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We are looking for an experienced SysAdmin to join our fast growth business. You will work directly with our Head of Tech to support the development, and maintenance of our back-end services as we move towards more cutting edge technologies, which you will help make decisions on. You will need to be highly knowledgable with Linux, scripting languages (NodeJS), and deployment/orchestration processes (Chef, Puppet, Ansible)
Who We Are:
We offer powerful monitoring tools that are quick-and-easy to set up, which provide instant alerts that you can trust, the moment your site goes down. Customers are given invaluable insight into how their website’s performance is impacting customers’ experiences – helping businesses stay ahead of the competition. We offer uptime, server, domain, SSL monitoring, and many more.
The ideal candidate is looking for a challenge, self motivated and excited to be part of a new team developing our future architecture/stack.
What We’re Looking For:
- Strong linux system admin experience, in a multi-server environment.
- Solid experience supporting websites using LAMP stack.
- Experience with automation infrastructure provisioning and management tools (Chef/Puppet/Ansible)
- Knowledge of core networking concepts like Network Design, Reverse Proxies, Firewalls, TCP/IP, DNS, VPN’s, NAT, Routing and Nginx.
- Experience with Cloudflare
- Moderate knowledge of database management (MySql, CloudSql, Postgres)
- Ability to manage workload affectively, and be self motivated.
- Good scripting knowledge and experience in NodeJS
Nice to haves:
- Experience in developing within the Digital Ocean cloud for commercial environments.
- Good knowledge of monitoring tools (Grafana, etc.)
- Keen on the DevOps mentality/process, and agile
- Great communicator, with an ability to work effectively within a team
The Offer:
- A great product, amazing team and funding to deliver what’s needed
- A competitive salary depending on experience
- Flexible working hours (Core hours are 10am-4pm)
- Office in a WeWork based in Chancery Lane
Get in touch with us at [email protected].
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