Unix System Administrator

Unix System Administrator

Location: Cheltenham / Gloucestershire (on site 5 days per week)

Security Clearance: Candidates must be eligible for or currently hold SC or DV, be a sole UK national/British citizen and have resided in the UK for 10 years and over.

At DXC, one of our platinum accounts has openings for Unix System Administrators at varying skill levels. The successful candidate will work within multiple teams and will be innovative and analytical with a good eye for detail. The role includes implementing standards, policies, and procedures for continual service improvement.

• Provide first and second level technical support on incidents and problems
• Monitor overall system performance and ensure smooth system functionality
• Create, maintain, and utilize documentation
• Assist building compliance with processes and policies

• Excellent organisation and time management skills
• Working to ITIL best practices
• Desire to improve processes, looking for the root cause of a problem
• Willingness to both share your knowledge and learn from others
• A proactive approach towards looking for risks and problems

• Proficiency in UNIX/Linux systems (Red Hat, Debian, Solaris, AIX, etc.)
• Shell scripting (Bash, Korn Shell, etc.)
• Infrastructure as Code (IaC):
  Ansible, Terraform, Puppet, Chef
• Process and job control (cron, at, systemd timers)
• Networking fundamentals (TCP/IP, DNS, DHCP, NFS, SSH, FTP)
• File system management (LVM, ext4, XFS, ZFS)
• Performance tuning and monitoring (top, vmstat, iostat, sar, netstat)
• Exposure to automation software such as Ansible/Puppet
• Knowledge of scripting with Bash, Python, and/or Git
• Experience of AWS
• Automation tools (Ansible, Puppet, Chef)
• Virtualization and containers (KVM, VMware, Docker, Podman)

• Competitive compensation
• Pension scheme
• DXC Select – Our comprehensive benefits package (includes private health/medical insurance, childcare vouchers, gym membership and more)
• Perks at Work (discounts on technology, groceries, travel and more)
• DXC incentives (recognition tools, employee lunches, regular social events etc)