Linux Syst Admin

Job Description
At DXC Technology, delivering excellence for our customers and colleagues is more than just a motto, it’s something we strive towards constantly through our work. Every day we deliver mission critical services in a secure environment whilst promoting our people first agenda, a real sense of community and a healthy work‑life balance. Our consistently positive customer feedback and continuous growth helps us cement our place as one of the world’s leading IT solutions enterprises, helping us deliver services and solutions in both challenging and exciting situations.

Location
Cheltenham (5 Days on Site)

Linux System Administrator
At DXC, one of our platinum accounts has openings for Linux System Administrators at varying skill levels. The successful candidate will work within multiple teams and will be innovative and analytical with a good eye for detail. Your role will include implementing standards, policies, and procedures for continual service improvement.

Role Responsibilities

Provide first and second level technical support on incidents and problems

Monitor overall system performance and ensure smooth system functionality

Create, maintain, and utilise documentation

Assist building compliance with processes and policies

What You Will Bring To The Team

Excellent organisation and time management skills

Working to ITIL best practices

Desire to improve processes, looking for the root cause of a problem

Willingness to both share your knowledge and learn from others

A proactive approach towards looking for risks and problems

Desirable Skills and Technologies

Proficiency in UNIX/Linux systems (Red Hat, Debian, Solaris, AIX, etc.)

Shell scripting (Bash, KornShell, etc.)

Infrastructure as Code (IaC): Ansible, Terraform, Puppet, Chef

Process and job control (cron, at, systemd timers)

Networking fundamentals (TCP/IP, DNS, DHCP, NFS, SSH, FTP)

Filesystem management (LVM, ext4, XFS, ZFS)

Performance tuning and monitoring (top, vmstat, iostat, sar, netstat)

Exposure to automation software such as Ansible/Puppet

Knowledge of scripting with Bash, Python, and/or Git

Experience of AWS

Automation tools (Ansible, Puppet, Chef)

Virtualization and containers (KVM, VMware, Docker, Podman)

What We Will Do For You

Competitive compensation

Pension scheme

DXC Select – Our comprehensive benefits package (includes private health/medical insurance, childcare vouchers, gym membership and more)

Perks at Work (discounts on technology, groceries, travel and more)

DXC incentives (recognition tools, employee lunches, regular social events etc)

Employment Details
Seniority Level: Entry level
Employment Type: Full‑time
Job Function: Information Technology
Industries: IT Services and IT Consulting

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