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A key part of the UK’s journey to net zero carbon is the revolution of our electricity industry to enable clean, green economic growth. As the North West’s electricity network operator, it’s our responsibility to lead the way, help the region decarbonise and pave the way for the growth of renewable energy and a sustainable energy future for all.
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Together we have the energy to transform our communities. We are switched on. We are adaptable. We take pride.
Our infrastructure team has an opportunity for a Infrastructure Operations Engineer (UNIX) 12 month FTC in Preston.
About The Opportunity
As an Infrastructure Operations Engineer (UNIX) within the Infrastructure Team, your primary responsibilities will be to support and build Unix/Linux infrastructure. This requires a strong knowledge of secure AIX, Solaris and Red Hat system configuration, as well as integration and support of wider data center infrastructure technologies.
Working within a regulated organisation with strict adherence to security and change control processes, the engineer would act as a subject matter expert for the Unix/Linux estate. This includes fault diagnosis and deep dive configuration to ensure services are running securely, reliably and efficiently.
- Build and configure Unix/Linux infrastructure for projects.
- Support enabling data centre infrastructure technologies such as storage, backup, tooling and remote access.
- Provide Unix/Linux technical leadership and consultation for projects.
- Administration and Level 3 incident resolution.
- System ownership of the Unix/Linux technology stack, using proactive monitoring to maintain system health.
- Provide on the job training for other team members when required.
- Coordinate changes.
- Peer review changes and technical documentation.
- Assist in continual improvement, risk mitigation, and problem resolution activities.
- Out of hours support as per standby rota.
- Liaise with third party support where required for incident and project activities.
- Create and maintain detailed build documentation.
Who we are looking for?
You will have proven experience of infrastructure engineering, and significant experience in Unix/Linux.
- IBM AIX Power platform and guest build, configuration and administration.
- RHEL build, configuration and administration.
- Experience in the following general areas:
- Unix/Linux resilient storage connectivity.
- Unix/Linux virtualization.
- Unix/Linux clustering.
- Unix/Linux backup and recovery.
- LDAP services.
- Unix/Linux patch and license management.
- Configuration and administration of SAN storage arrays and associated fabric infrastructure.
- Configuration and administration of enterprise SAN solution(s).
- Significant server build experience.
- Certificate administration.
- LDAP integration.
- YUM integration.
- Driving license.
- Comfortable working as the Unix SME, able to set Unix/Linux technical standards.
- Able to extract technical requirements from stakeholders and implement a solution.
- Detail oriented, with a concern for quality and security.
- Flexible in the face of changing business requirements.
- Solaris build, configuration and administration.
- Solaris Zones and LDOMs.
- Solaris Clustering.
- ZFS and zpools.
- Solaris Boot environments.
- Openshift
- Docker
- Ansible
What We’re Offering
As a vital team member and in return for your expertise, inclusive approach and commitment, we'll provide a favourable salary and the chance to join a passionate and welcoming team. We are committed to ensuring our people are supported and are proud of our reward and benefits offer, which includes:
- An annual bonus scheme
- 25 days annual leave increasing with length of service
- Private Health Care
- An employee rewards portal offering discounts on several well-known brands
- A market-leading contributory pension scheme
- Employee assistance programme
- Opportunity for professional development through our L&D function.
We’re champions of the North West and we’re proud that it’s our electricity network that connects communities and helps keep the electricity flowing every minute of every day, from when you wake up to when you fall asleep and all the hours in between.
A key part of the UK’s journey to net zero carbon is the revolution of our electricity industry and as the regions network operator, it’s our responsibility to lead the way, help the North West to decarbonise and pave the way for the growth of renewable energy.
Together we have the energy to transform our communities. We are switched on. We are adaptable. We take pride.
Our people important to us and we’re passionate about creating a great place to work where we can all be ourselves, reach our full potential and build long lasting careers. We’re striving to increase diversity of thought and talent in our people and to recruit highly skilled workforce that’s representative of the communities we serve. For us, embracing our differences is what makes us stronger.
