Company:
Roke
Location: Innsworth
Closing Date: 02/11/2024
Hours: Full Time
Type: Permanent
Job Requirements / Description
As a Linux System Administrator, your work will be integral to maintaining and sustaining operational integrity of mission critical services for Roke's National Security customers. Your technologically curious mind will aid in ensuring successful and secure operation of on-premise cloud platforms and specialised software applications.
This is not your typical 3rd party payment vendor service.
As our next Linux System Administrator, you'll be operating and maintaining platforms in both reference and live environments; resolving issues before your customers notice and ensuring continued operational integrity of services that are strategically important to the nation.
Roke are a leading technology & engineering company with clients spanning National Security, Defence and Industry 4.0 through our Futures business and Intelligence as a Service. You will work alongside our customers to solve their complex and unique challenges.
The Key Requirements
Personal Development
The below technologies are not a requirement of the role, but it would be a bonus if you were familiar with them. Your personal development will include learning the below technologies and provide an idea of your future career development.
Joining a team united by purpose and ambition, you'll be at the heart of an exciting growth journey: having doubled in size over the last 4 years, we intend to double our headcount by 2027. At Roke, every individual counts. We push technical boundaries, together. We re-invest in product innovation, and we empower our people to make a difference.
Where you'll work
You'll find our Gloucester site in a business park two minutes from junction 11A of the M5; The site allows easy access to our local customer base. Set on the outskirts of the Cotswolds, you are never far from a picturesque view or lunch time walk.
This role will involve spending 5 days per week on site with trips to customers in the local Gloucester area as and when required.
Why you should join us
Operating as one Roke, there is a shared belief that everyone has a responsibility to create an environment that encourages you to bring your whole self to work; in a place where everyone has the time, trust and freedom to succeed.
We are committed to a policy of Equal Opportunity, Diversity and Inclusion, enabled by our employee led resource groups of Women In Roke, Neurodiversity, Inspire (LGBT+) ME (Majority Ethnic), Veterans and Disability; which each contribute to making Roke a great place for people from all backgrounds to work.
Mental health and wellbeing is also important to Roke, there is a group of supportive Mental Health First Aiders to lend a listening ear for anyone who needs it; alongside a team of Mental Health First Aid Champions who help build a mentally healthy workplace, challenge stigma and support positive wellbeing.
The Benefits and Perks
Due to the nature of this role, we require you to be eligible to achieve DV clearance. As a result, you should be a British Citizen and have resided in the U.K. for the last 10 years.
The Next Step
Click apply, submitting an up-to-date CV. We look forward to hearing from you.
This is not your typical 3rd party payment vendor service.
As our next Linux System Administrator, you'll be operating and maintaining platforms in both reference and live environments; resolving issues before your customers notice and ensuring continued operational integrity of services that are strategically important to the nation.
Roke are a leading technology & engineering company with clients spanning National Security, Defence and Industry 4.0 through our Futures business and Intelligence as a Service. You will work alongside our customers to solve their complex and unique challenges.
The Key Requirements
- Experience with Linux System Administration
- Have worked with virtualisation or containerisation technologies such as VMWare ESXi or Docker.
Personal Development
The below technologies are not a requirement of the role, but it would be a bonus if you were familiar with them. Your personal development will include learning the below technologies and provide an idea of your future career development.
- Infrastructure as Code technologies (IaC) such as Ansible or Terraform
- Scripting languages (e.g. Python, BASH or Powershell)
- Windows server technologies.
Joining a team united by purpose and ambition, you'll be at the heart of an exciting growth journey: having doubled in size over the last 4 years, we intend to double our headcount by 2027. At Roke, every individual counts. We push technical boundaries, together. We re-invest in product innovation, and we empower our people to make a difference.
Where you'll work
You'll find our Gloucester site in a business park two minutes from junction 11A of the M5; The site allows easy access to our local customer base. Set on the outskirts of the Cotswolds, you are never far from a picturesque view or lunch time walk.
This role will involve spending 5 days per week on site with trips to customers in the local Gloucester area as and when required.
Why you should join us
Operating as one Roke, there is a shared belief that everyone has a responsibility to create an environment that encourages you to bring your whole self to work; in a place where everyone has the time, trust and freedom to succeed.
We are committed to a policy of Equal Opportunity, Diversity and Inclusion, enabled by our employee led resource groups of Women In Roke, Neurodiversity, Inspire (LGBT+) ME (Majority Ethnic), Veterans and Disability; which each contribute to making Roke a great place for people from all backgrounds to work.
Mental health and wellbeing is also important to Roke, there is a group of supportive Mental Health First Aiders to lend a listening ear for anyone who needs it; alongside a team of Mental Health First Aid Champions who help build a mentally healthy workplace, challenge stigma and support positive wellbeing.
The Benefits and Perks
- Flexi-time: Working hours to suit you and your life
- Annual bonus: Based on profit share and personal performance
- Private medical insurance: Includes cover for existing conditions
- Holiday: 25 days plus public holidays and your birthday off
- Chemring Share Save: Monthly savings into a 3 or 5 year plan.
Due to the nature of this role, we require you to be eligible to achieve DV clearance. As a result, you should be a British Citizen and have resided in the U.K. for the last 10 years.
The Next Step
Click apply, submitting an up-to-date CV. We look forward to hearing from you.
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