As a Systems Engineer you will join the Systems team who are responsible for building new servers / systems as well as ensuring that all of our existing ones are maintained, reliable and resilient. You will be also responsible for the installation, configuration and operation of the applications running on those systems. You will have the opportunity to work with a diverse range of technologies including but not limited to: Virtualization, AWS, Containers, Linux, Ansible, PostgreSQL, Cybersecurity, Monitoring & Elastic Stack. The role offers plenty of opportunity to innovate and develop.

ESSENTIAL KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERIENCE

Configuration Management Systems – Puppet / Ansible
Source Control - Git
Linux Administration – CentOS ideally, but any Linux / Unix
Virtualization – VmWare / Veeam
Monitoring Systems – Icinga2 / Elastic Stack / InfluxDB / Grafana
Core internet applications protocols – DHCP / DNS
Scripting – Python / Perl / Bash
Application and network security best practices – SSH / Iptables / TLS
Hardware management – Server racking / Storage

REQUIRED KNOWLEDGE

Containerisation - Docker / Kubernetes

QUALIFICATIONS

Degree-level background in a Computer Science field is desirable
Gigaclear is a growing Fibre Broadband (FTTP / FTTH) company, developing our fibre-to-the-premises broadband infrastructure to some of the most difficult to reach areas of the UK, empowering those communities with broadband to rival any city.

Work with teams across the Technology department to design and implement new physical and virtual infrastructure that meets business requirements around availability and security.
Create, improve and maintain automation scripts to increase system efficiency and reduce repetitive manual tasks.
Manage and maintain existing Linux based servers, both on-prem and cloud hosted, including management of security patches, distribution upgrades and configuration management systems/codebases, installation/configuration/operation of the applications running on the servers.
Be part of the on 24x7 on call rota to provide out of hours support for our critical systems.
Work on innovative projects which would improve workflow and processes within the department and wider company.