Job Description

Environment Manager - System Administrator.

SC Cleared

Onsite 4 days per week in Croydon

Outside IR35 - Contract Role

Digital Skills are working with a niche consultancy. They are helping to manage and maintain a highly secure "Air Gapped" environment, on behalf of a Secure Government Department. We require an expert in Environment Management to help manage a Linux based system, incorporating networks, Storage (NAS & SAN) as well as working in an IaC (Infrastructure as Code) best practice.

This role will be responsible for all technical aspects including architecture and design through to day-to-day support of the environment. You will serve as the nominated point of contact to the end client in the role of Environment Manager, ensuring the seamless delivery of our services.

Responsibilities

Design, deploy, configure, and maintain secure Linux-based systems in compliance with established security policies and practices.
Develop, implement, and manage the virtualisation platform, provisioning and maintenance of infrastructure resources.
Utilise Ansible and Git to automate repetitive tasks, configuration management, and maintain version control.
Implement effective networking solutions to ensure seamless communication between various components of the environment while maintaining security protocols.
Perform regular security assessments, vulnerability scanning, and implement appropriate remediation measures to ensure a secure environment.
Monitor system performance, troubleshoot issues, and optimise system performance to meet the demands of the environment and facilitate efficient movement of large datasets.
Manage storage solutions, including allocation, monitoring, backup, and recovery processes.
Collaborate with data science teams to design data transformation pipelines for large sets and support dataset analysis work.
Document system configurations, procedures, and environment management processes to maintain a comprehensive knowledge base.

This is an exciting opportunity to contribute to a continuously evolving system for those with a focus on working with on-prem hardware environments. You will also be required to help mentoring and overseeing junior members of our system.

Location Croydon - Onsite 4 days per week.

Given the sensitivity of the stored data, the security governance and the air-gapped nature of the environment, this role will predominantly be based on site in central Croydon. There are some architectural, reporting and planning activities that can be conducted remotely. We anticipate up to one day of remote working per week may be possible.

Key Technologies:

Linux (Debian based)
Networking
Docker/Containerisation
Ansible
Bash scripting
Proxmox
Git
Jenkins
Management of shared storage (NAS/SAN)
Active Directory

Required background and Skills

For this role, we are looking for candidates who are proven in :

Linux System Administration
System Architecture
Experience with CICD pipelines, concepts, and related technologies.
Proficiency in Ansible and Git for configuration management and automation.
Experience in implementing Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using tools such as Terraform.

It would be nice if you have

AWS knowledge/experience is a plus but not essential.
Experience in programming languages such as Java/Python would also be a advantageous.

Due to the highly secure nature of the role you should have current SC Clearance

The role is Outside of IR35

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