Systems Administrator, London, UK

We are seeking a competent Systems Administrator to develop our business and development environment.

1. The requirement

The ideal applicant will need to have experience of setting up an office infrastructure for a software development company where there are hosted components and office based components. We also have offices in Krakow and Uppsala that should have access to the infrastructure. Our goal is to phase out Microsoft and move completely over to Open Office and Open Source offerings so somebody who understands and believes in this approach is hugely desirable.

The following are a broad list of the technologies and application we are either using, or intend to use and which the incumbent would be expected, in the longer term, to manage and improve.

OS: Windows XP and Vista, All flavours of Linux, UNIX.
DB’s: mySQL, Postgresql, Berkley DB
Collaborative environments: MS Exchange and Zimbra
Office suites: MS Office and Open Office,
Set up of VPNs
Set up and maintenance of Firewalls
Wireless Networks
PBX’s: Nortel BCM50
Wiki’s
Single Sign on
File share and Backups
Process for signing up new users and removing leavers
Policies for access privileges
Security and encryption
Experience of CRM systems like SugarCRM or Salesforce and Trouble Ticketing systems like Bugzilla or Trac would be desirable
Knowledge of email and IM protocols are useful
Experience of dealing with service providers and selecting best ADSL, SDSL services is also a plus as well as SLA’s

Selection and recommendations for hardware purchases Ability to work alone and under pressure

A hands on and “I can do it” attitude

Confident person

A creative thinker



2. The company offers:
A supportive and friendly working atmosphere together with the opportunity to progress.
Salary: 22,000GBP - 28,000GBP + Discretionary Bonus

Benefits: Private Health Insurance, Life Protection, 20 days holiday, Bike Scheme, Stakeholder Pension Scheme.

Training and advancement is on offer once the successful candidate has proven themselves within the company as a dedicated member of the team.

Only applicants who have a legal right to work within the UK will be considered.

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