Desired Skills and Experience

  • Degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or a numerical discipline.
  • 3+ years’ experience in a Microsoft/Linux environment focused on server products rather than desktop deployment.
  • Experience working with vendor support raising incidents for failed hardware and managing vendor responses.
  • Familiar with Agile SCRUM/Kanban processes.
  • Flexibility to perform occasional out of hours work and willingness to take on-call responsibilities.
  • Ability to administer Ubuntu Linux and other flavours of Linux – Bash/Shell scripting.
  • Detailed understanding of TCP/IP networking, including but not limited to: IP addressing, static/dynamic routing, firewalls, ACLs, ASDM.
  • Experience of administering/managing Cisco ASA Firewalls including IPS/IDS and L2/L3 Switches.
  • Understanding of DNS.
  • Scripting experience in at least one of the following languages: PowerShell, Bash, Python and Ruby.
  • Experience of automated configuration management tools (e.g. Chef, Puppet, and DSC) and DevOps practices.
  • Deploying and managing cloud hosted virtual environments – AWS EC2 primarily, however, experience with other services would be beneficial.