Linux Engineer – Infrastructure Server Support BPDTS Ltd
Reference
BPDTS 56.20
Number of vacancies
1
Location
Blackpool or Newcastle
Salary
Up to £50,655
Work hours
37.5
Employment type
Permanent
Job benefits
Great work life balance and flexible benefits including employer pension contributions of up to 10%, a performance related annual bonus of up to 10%, and lots more.
Closing date
31 August 2020
Job description
DWP. Digital People.
We are looking for Linux Server Support Engineer to work with us on one of the biggest transformation programmes in Europe, providing services that have far-reaching and pivotal roles in citizens’ lives.
Our people are our biggest asset. We harness and develop their expertise so we can design, build and run secure and intuitive digital services used by 20 million UK citizens, often during critical times in their lives.
We work across one of the largest and most complex IT estates in Europe where we take on unique challenges using cutting-edge design, data and technologies and experiment, iterate and innovate as part of multi-disciplinary agile teams.
You and your role
As a Linux Server Support Engineer you will:
• Act as 2nd/3rd line support for incidents, problems and changes to solutions and services.
• Provide specialist technical support and assistance to projects ensuring delivery of requisite non-functional requirements and to continual service improvement.
• Prepare and support IT Operations solutions and services, physical or virtual, according to industry and organisational best practices standards, service requirements and KPIs.
• Provide technical support and assistance to projects.
• Coach and mentor junior team members and assist in the delivery of provision of first class service.
What skills and experience are we looking for?
• You can anage and maintain hardware and software such as Red Hat Linux 5 > 7.8, Red Hat Identity Manager (IdM), OEL, X86 HP BL660c Blades, HP7000
• Experience with virtualisation technologies such as Oracle Virtual Machine (OVM), VMware, Hyper-V, and XenServer
• Experience with tools such as Ansible, Gitlab, Bladelogic
• Background in Service Management & Operations (particularly Request Fulfilment, Incident/Problem/Change Management) with experience of Service Transition
• Experience and successful track record of operating hosting services in large scale organisations
• Experience of the main Infrastructure technologies – Compute, network,Storage
Where will you work?
BPDTS Ltd provides dedicated services to the Department for Work and Pensions. Our digital, data and technology specialists work closely with experts in DWP Digital’s community to make digital services quicker, simpler and more efficient for the millions of people that use them.
You’ll join us in one of our brilliant digital hubs in either Blackpool or Newcastle.
Find out more about working in our hubs here: https://careers.dwp.gov.uk/our-locations/
We also all have the tech and tools we need to enable our people to work flexibly, and many of us are working remotely at the moment due to COVID-19.
We are an equal opportunity employer and we welcome applications regardless of age, gender, race or sexuality.
What is our offer?
• We’ll reward you with a very competitive salary of up to £50,655
• You will be eligible for a pension with employer contributions of up to 10%
• We can offer you a performance-related annual bonus
• We’ll help you balance your life and work
• We’ll give you a generous leave allowance starting and 25 days and rising to 30, with the option to buy and sell extra days each year.
• We’ll help you work as you learn with access to coaching, training, structured development and career progression opportunities, as part of a dedicated community of practice.
We also offer much more as part of a flexible benefits package – including a cycle to work scheme and lots of family friendly perks – which can be tailored to your lifestyle.
Hit APPLY for more information and to continue your application on our careers page.
There you will also find candidate pack with more information, which you can download by clicking the ‘Candidate Information Pack’ button.
If you have any questions or you want to discuss this opportunity please contact me via viv.vayapooree@dwp.gov.uk