Windows/Linux Systems Administrator

Global financial instituion based in the City of London is seeking a Windows/Linux Systems Administrator for 6 months inside IR35 contract with scope for extension.

This is a hybrid position (2-3 days in the London office), offering a rate of £550 to £700 per day (inside IR35)

Required Skills/Experience

• Strong system administration experience within a RedHat (or RH derivative such as CentOS / Rocky Linux) based environment.
• Proficiency with Build, CI/CD systems and especially GIT.
• Previous experience with low latency systems or financial experience is desirable.
• Scripting with Python and bash other languages is a bonus.
• Prior experience with cloud environments desirable (AWS / GCP). Terraform experience is a bonus but not necessary.
• Webserver technologies, nginx, NodeJS, JavaScript, Python, Tomcat.
• Packaging and maintaining software in an RPM based environment.
• Proficiency with virtualisation software and configuration (e.g. VMware, Nutanix, Proxmox)

Job Overview

• The successful candidate will be part of a team responsible for the smooth running of all internal systems (Exchange platforms) and associated systems:
• Deployment and Maintenance of Software/OS/hardware using systems and configuration management tools (RH Satellite, ansible, etc.).
• Systems capacity planning; creating and maintaining a scalable system for Dev, QA, Test, and Production environments.
• Manage backups and archiving systems/scripts.
• Patching/patch plans and implementation.
• Manage monitoring systems such as SolarWinds / Nagios.
• Assist the internal 1st-line Linux support team where required.
• Supporting the platforms during market opening hours, troubleshooting operational issues, or assisting with upgrades.
• Assist the company’s Exchange Technology clients through the lifecycle of the implementation process:
• Initial specifications / RFP
• Installation/knowledge transfer / on-site support
• Integration with client's existing systems – work with their infrastructure teams as well as any projects
• Provide Linux support and assistance to the DevOps team.
• Prepare and maintain up-to-date documentation.

If this sounds like a good fit and you would like it hear more information then please email your CV in word format to cvs@marcusdonald.com