Systems Administrator

Team Blue; Hemel Hempstead; Remote; GBP 35,000 - 65,000

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team.blue Hemel Hempstead, England, United Kingdom

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Team.Blue Internet Services UK Limited is one of the UK's biggest domain name and hosting providers. Domain names and web hosting are our specialities, but we also provide everything else needed to run a booming online business.

Since 2019, we have been part of team.blue, a European group of brands enabling entrepreneurs to succeed online. As a group, we operate across 22 countries and serve over 3.3 million customers. Our incredible team of nearly 3000 experts make this happen - are you ready to share your passion and join our team?

Why choose Team.Blue Internet Services UK Limited?

• A diverse and inclusive culture
• A relaxed, collaborative atmosphere
• Motivational, coach-style leadership
• Employee perks, including an enhanced holiday scheme and a birthday bonus.

Job Description

On a day-to-day basis, you will manage the infrastructure that delivers the self-managed & managed services to our customers in our server brands based in the UK.

You should have at least 5 years’ recent experience as a Linux/Windows administrator/engineer specifically within the ISP industry.

This is a fast-paced and varied role requiring a strong candidate, accustomed to responsibility, able to apply themselves effectively across multiple technologies in different areas of our UK business.

This role is either completely remote (UK-based only, occasional office travel required) or working from our Worcester or Reading offices. Completely remote candidates should have existing experience of remote working.

Key responsibilities

• Supporting existing platforms, ensuring optimal operation and uptimes of systems and services.
• Design and deploy new customer and product solutions.
• Document solutions and builds to provide a knowledgebase to other administrators.
• Resolve escalated issues, sharing with and coaching other departmental staff.
• Liaise with customers to ensure the smooth running of systems and roadmap future requirements.
• Occasional travel to various offices and data centres.

Required skills and experience:

• Very strong IT skills in an Internet-facing environment.
• Strong Windows Server administration skills in a hosting environment.
• Strong experience involving SQL systems admin, specifically MSSQL Server MySQL/MariaDB.
• Experience with common web platforms (Umbraco, Magento, WordPress) and their setup/operation.
• Familiarity with backup solutions (Veeam, R1soft, Acronis).
• Experience with load balancing and HA platforms (DB replication, load balancing).
• Knowledge and experience with at least one shell scripting language (I.e. bash, PowerShell etc).
• Knowledge and experience with configuration management tooling (I.e., Chef, Ansible, Puppet, Salt etc).
• Experience with handling security issues and access control mechanisms.
• Experience with change management and configuration policies.

The following would be advantageous:

• Experience of working with or managing equipment in a datacentre environment
• Resilient with the ability to problem-solve at pace.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Flexible team-focused thinking.
• Self-motivation and time-management.
• Decision making.
• Bringing innovation to problem-solving.
• Ownership of delivering solutions and resolving issues
• Ability to work well under pressure.
• Coordinating projects.
• Developing others.
• Project management.

Working Hours:

Your usual work hours will be from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. working in a team, Monday to Friday inclusive over two differing shifts. However, these may be subject to alteration by the dictates of the business. Participation in an on-call rota is required.

Right to work

At any stage please be prepared to provide proof of eligibility to work in the UK.

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