Senior Systems Engineer

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6 days ago
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A role with plenty of scope to innovate and develop to ensure we design and implement new physical and virtual infrastructure that meets business requirements and aligns to strategy and security.

Work with a diverse range of technologies including but not limited to: Virtualization, Infrastructure as Code, AWS, Containers, Linux, PostgreSQL, Monitoring and Cybersecurity.

You will build new servers / systems as well as ensure that all our existing ones are maintained, reliable and resilient and our applications are installed and operating smoothly.

As we continue to scale and mature there are always numerous innovative projects to work on to improve and upgrade technology as well as improve workflow and processes.

Note: this role is part of the 24/ 7 on call rota, although call outs are rare this would be 1 week in 4 and is renumerated separately.

Key areas we would love to see knowledge and understanding to discuss further would be:

Virtualization - platforms such as Vmware / Redhat Openshift

Kubernetes and Docker

Configuration Management Systems – Puppet / Ansible

Linux Administration – redhat family OS, including RHEL, Alma and some legacy CentOS

Core internet applications protocols – DHCP / DNS

Monitoring Systems – Icinga2 / Elastic Stack / InfluxDB / Grafana

Application and network security best practices – SSH / Iptables / TLS

AWS (EC2 / VPS / RDS/ EKS / S3)

Terraform

Databases – PostgreSQL / MySQL

CI/CD and DevOps Tools / principles

About Us

Gigaclear is a leading alternative operator of rural full fibre broadband networks in the UK. Offering customers a truly world class product, we are developing our fibre-to-the-premises broadband (FTTP / FTTH) infrastructure to some of the most difficult to reach areas of the UK, empowering those communities with broadband to rival any city.

Staff rewards, benefits and opportunities

We foster a collaborative, engaging culture that empowers staff to grow and maximise their skills. We want to challenge our people in a fair environment where hard work is rewarded and a path for progression is open to all.

Generous employer pension; up to 8% matched contribution 

Income protection & life assurance 

25 days holiday (plus bank holidays), holiday purchase scheme and Yay Days!  

Health cash plan, 24/7 remote GP access and Employee Assistance Programme including counselling & legal advice 

Unlimited access to online training and development content via our Learning Management System 

Long service benefits and monthly employee recognition 

Enhanced maternity and paternity provisions 

Flexible working environment 

Health & Wellbeing initiatives and company funded social events 

Our values

Our approach is to work guided by our mission, vision and values.

Find a way, Be committed, Do the right thing, Keep it simple

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