Cloud Systems Manager - SysOps / DevOps - Remote UK Home Based

Remote Cloud Systems Manager - SysOps / DevOps - Office or UK Home Based (Tech for FMCG Brands)
up to £48,000
Office (Loughborough) or UK Home Based

Home or Office based. Remote based staff will be expected to visit the office on a regular basis (3-4 times/month)

About Us:

We are a growing business providing online “Intelligent” Sales Promotions to brands using unique codes as a proof-of purchase. We’ve run countless promotions and run online loyalty programmes for many well-known names including PG Tips, Heineken, Anchor, Cravendale and Kenco.

We have a great team spirit with a relaxed atmosphere that makes for an effective and creative working environment. We are looking for an enthusiastic and innovative person who is passionate about creating quality code.

About the Systems Manager role:

We are looking for an experienced person to help us manage and develop our cloud infrastructure. This role will work closely with our development teams to provide the support necessary to allow for rapid code deployment and high levels of system uptime.

You will join the Technical team and lead the work on enhancing our Cloud infrastructure and Continual Integration processes.

The role Involves:

- Managing the activities of 3rd party service providers such as hosting vendors and Database Administrators.
- Supporting the Development teams in provisioning of infrastructure for client projects
- Providing tools to enable configuration, deployment and monitoring of cloud servers by the Development team(s)
- Ensuring system updates and patches are applied on a regular basis. 
- Ensuring a Backup and Disaster Recovery process is implemented and tested on a regular basis
- implementing practices and processes to ensure that the infrastructure is secure from vulnerabilities and attack, and to follow industry best practices
- Implement a Performance testing process to ensure the infrastructure is suitable for the loading and usage requirements
- Regularly review infrastructure spending to ensure efficient control of costs 
- Provide out of hours cover according to a duty rota to respond to emergency technical issues affecting client sites

You should be able to demonstrate excellent interpersonal and team-working skills. The ideal person will be able to show passion and enthusiasm for all aspects of Systems Operations.

You must have experience in the following:

- Advanced Linux System administration (CentOS & RHEL)
- Working with a cloud type infrastructure such as Amazon Web Services or Rackspace Cloud
- Web server configuration using Nginx/Apache or similar
- Configuration management tools such as Chef/Puppet/CF Engine
- Database servers; specifically MySQL knowledge
- Distributed version control software such as Mercurial or Git

Additionally you will need:

- Good communication skills (written and verbal) – the ability to converse with people at all levels, especially non-technical
- The ability to manage their own workload and prioritise appropriately 
- The ability to work in a team
- Your own transport to travel to our location when required

We’re about 40 strong and based in a purpose built office located on a working farm in the beautiful Leicestershire countryside close to Leicester, Nottingham and Loughborough. You’ll need your own transport, however we’ve plenty of parking spaces! 

You may have worked in the following capacities:
Senior Linux Sys Admin / DevOps, Senior Linux Systems Engineer, Linux Infrastructure Engineer, Cloud Systems Administrator, Senior Systems Engineer, Cloud Infrastructure Engineer.

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