This is an exciting opportunity to join a thriving university supporting and enhancing its enterprise IT systems and infrastructure. You will be involved in the wide ranging development and operational activities of the IT Core Services team, contributing towards the administration and management of the virtual and physical servers, systems and software that form the critical core services.

You will be primarily responsible for the practical, routine and technical tasks associated with the day-to-day operations of the enterprise-level IT datacentres and the wide ranging critical services delivered from them. Acting as a third-line contact and subject matter expert for new server and storage service requests and incident reporting, supporting a community of over 20,000 students and 2,600 staff based on campuses in Brighton and Eastbourne.

You will have a degree in a relevant discipline or demonstrable practical experience in a server and storage systems support role. You will possess a broad range of technical skills across Operating Systems (Microsoft Server and Linux based), Storage Technologies (SAN, Fibre Channel Zoning, RAID, Software defined storage etc..), Networking and Network protocols (such as TCPIP, DNS, DHCP, FTP, etc..), and familiarity with Enterprise Backup and Recovery products and concepts. Experience in PowerCLI, PowerShell and bash scripting would be an advantage.

You will be proficient within the virtualisation arena specialising in VMware vSphere and the VMware suite. Experience in enterprise datacentre operations, including power and cooling and operational monitoring tools would be an advantage. We are seeking enthusiastic individuals with IT support experience looking to develop their server, systems and storage area of expertise, with good documentation and communication skills.

As well as this being a good career development opportunity, the university offers excellent rewards for the right candidate including a final salary pension scheme, generous holiday entitlement and personal development as well as sports facilities and activities.

Interviews are expected to be conducted in May/June 2020.

This is a full-time permanent role. Job sharers are welcome to apply.

Further details:

The University is committed to an inclusive environment which embraces equality and diversity in our working, learning, research and teaching environment. We particularly encourage applicants from a Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) background because the university is underrepresented by BAME staff.

Further information about working for us, as well as the wide range of benefits we offer, can be found in the working with us section of our vacancies page.

This is an exciting opportunity to join a thriving university supporting and enhancing its enterprise IT systems and infrastructure. You will be involved in the wide ranging development and operational activities of the IT Core Services team, contributing towards the administration and management of the virtual and physical servers, systems and software that form the critical core services.

You will be primarily responsible for the practical, routine and technical tasks associated with the day-to-day operations of the enterprise-level IT datacentres and the wide ranging critical services delivered from them. Acting as a third-line contact and subject matter expert for new server and storage service requests and incident reporting, supporting a community of over 20,000 students and 2,600 staff based on campuses in Brighton and Eastbourne.

You will have a degree in a relevant discipline or demonstrable practical experience in a server and storage systems support role. You will possess a broad range of technical skills across Operating Systems (Microsoft Server and Linux based), Storage Technologies (SAN, Fibre Channel Zoning, RAID, Software defined storage etc..), Networking and Network protocols (such as TCPIP, DNS, DHCP, FTP, etc..), and familiarity with Enterprise Backup and Recovery products and concepts. Experience in PowerCLI, PowerShell and bash scripting would be an advantage.

You will be proficient within the virtualisation arena specialising in VMware vSphere and the VMware suite. Experience in enterprise datacentre operations, including power and cooling and operational monitoring tools would be an advantage. We are seeking enthusiastic individuals with IT support experience looking to develop their server, systems and storage area of expertise, with good documentation and communication skills.

As well as this being a good career development opportunity, the university offers excellent rewards for the right candidate including a final salary pension scheme, generous holiday entitlement and personal development as well as sports facilities and activities.

Interviews are expected to be conducted in May/June 2020.

This is a full-time permanent role. Job sharers are welcome to apply.

Further details:

The University is committed to an inclusive environment which embraces equality and diversity in our working, learning, research and teaching environment. We particularly encourage applicants from a Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) background because the university is underrepresented by BAME staff.

Further information about working for us, as well as the wide range of benefits we offer, can be found in the working with us section of our vacancies page.

An opportunity has arisen for an experienced and professional Linux technical specialist with an interest in taking the first steps into management and in developing and supporting the diverse research equipment in the University’s Science and Engineering faculties.

About us

The Faculty IT Support Team for the Science and Engineering Faculties has 16 members with a broad range of skills and experience and is part of the University’s IT Services division. We support the teaching and research of the two faculties, which includes everything from Windows and mac devices to complex multi-node Linux based computational clusters, via an array of Linux and Windows labs and research systems, running engineering and scientific software.

About the role

The majority of your role will involve dealing with complex CentOS & Ubuntu Linux systems supporting and used in the faculties; however you will also be one of two deputies for the Team Manager, with particular responsibilities for technical management of all the Linux systems across the two faculties and for providing leadership and mentoring to other team members, potentially including line management. The University has an ITIL based change management system and you will need to be continuously engaged with this process, and to manage and implement local projects as part of the IT work request process. You should expect to be an advocate for user needs, whilst being prepared to constructively challenge wants expressed as needs. 

About you

You should be highly motivated and enthusiastic about working in a fast paced and constantly changing environment and be able to work in a highly autonomous fashion. You must be able to demonstrate considerable experience and knowledge in Linux Systems Administration, ideally with prior experience in a research-led university. Suitable applicants must have a degree relevant to IT Services or vocational experience which demonstrates equivalent professional development. ITILv3 Foundation Diploma is desirable. You do not need experience of line management at work, however you should have a desire to move into carrying out these activities and be able to demonstrate leadership experience either within work or outside. Experience of any of the following would be very desirable for the post:

• Configuration management and version control systems especially Puppet and git
• Specific CentOS/RHEL and/or Ubuntu experience or qualifications
• License management, especially FlexLM on redundant clusters
• Linux integration with windows especially NFS4 authentication via AD
• HPC/HPT cluster management and queuing, especially Rocks, Bright, Slurm & Torque/Maui
• Scientific programming, especially Fortran & Python
• Windows and/or macOS support especially AD
• ITIL concepts, especially change management

For more information on this role please contact Chris Tothill at chris.tothill@bristol.ac.uk

The closing date for applications is midnight on Wednesday 18th March 2020.

We welcome applications from all members of our community and are particularly encouraging those from diverse groups, such as members of the LGBT+ and BAME communities, to join us.

An opportunity has arisen for an experienced and professional Linux technical specialist with an interest in taking the first steps into management and in developing and supporting the diverse research equipment in the University’s Science and Engineering faculties.

About us

The Faculty IT Support Team for the Science and Engineering Faculties has 16 members with a broad range of skills and experience and is part of the University’s IT Services division. We support the teaching and research of the two faculties, which includes everything from Windows and mac devices to complex multi-node Linux based computational clusters, via an array of Linux and Windows labs and research systems, running engineering and scientific software.

About the role

The majority of your role will involve dealing with complex CentOS & Ubuntu Linux systems supporting and used in the faculties; however you will also be one of two deputies for the Team Manager, with particular responsibilities for technical management of all the Linux systems across the two faculties and for providing leadership and mentoring to other team members, potentially including line management. The University has an ITIL based change management system and you will need to be continuously engaged with this process, and to manage and implement local projects as part of the IT work request process. You should expect to be an advocate for user needs, whilst being prepared to constructively challenge wants expressed as needs. 

About you

You should be highly motivated and enthusiastic about working in a fast paced and constantly changing environment and be able to work in a highly autonomous fashion. You must be able to demonstrate considerable experience and knowledge in Linux Systems Administration, ideally with prior experience in a research-led university. Suitable applicants must have a degree relevant to IT Services or vocational experience which demonstrates equivalent professional development. ITILv3 Foundation Diploma is desirable. You do not need experience of line management at work, however you should have a desire to move into carrying out these activities and be able to demonstrate leadership experience either within work or outside. Experience of any of the following would be very desirable for the post:

• Configuration management and version control systems especially Puppet and git
• Specific CentOS/RHEL and/or Ubuntu experience or qualifications
• License management, especially FlexLM on redundant clusters
• Linux integration with windows especially NFS4 authentication via AD
• HPC/HPT cluster management and queuing, especially Rocks, Bright, Slurm & Torque/Maui
• Scientific programming, especially Fortran & Python
• Windows and/or macOS support especially AD
• ITIL concepts, especially change management

For more information on this role please contact Chris Tothill at chris.tothill@bristol.ac.uk

The closing date for applications is midnight on Wednesday 18th March 2020.

We welcome applications from all members of our community and are particularly encouraging those from diverse groups, such as members of the LGBT+ and BAME communities, to join us.