Systems Administrator 24/7
Systems Administrator 24/7
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Job Description
This hybrid role offers a great balance of home and office working. Youll join your colleagues in your local office at least 2 days a week.
Please note: The on-call rota is 1 week in 3 - on-call for a 7 day period every 3 weeks. First point of contact outside office hours i.e. Monday to Friday 17:30-09:00 and for the weekend from 17:30 Fri to 09:00 Monday to deal with any incidents which require the Systems Administrator support.
As the UKs largest fibre-only network and its only proven wholesale challenger were busy setting new standards for what digital infrastructure can and should be.
Designed from scratch for the internet our network is greener more reliable and ready for the future. The products we provide over it not only lead the market on speed value and service they help businesses to innovate provide entire communities with a better foundation for their digital lives and support economic growth locally and nationally.
What does that mean for you The opportunity to make internet connections (and daily life) a whole lot better for a lot of people!
Joining us as a Systems Administrator 24/7
Are you someone who enjoys solving infrastructure challenges improving systems through code and working in a collaborative high-impact team Were looking for a proactive and curious Systems Administrator to join our dynamic Platform team where youll play a key role in supporting scaling and evolving our cloud infrastructure.
This is a hands-on role focused on maintaining the health performance and reliability of our systems while contributing to ongoing improvements across the platform. Youll work closely with engineers across the business to manage infrastructure as code streamline deployments and enhance monitoring and alerting.
Youll receive a competitive salary a performance related bonus and a range of benefits to support you across your financial physical and mental wellbeing.
This is some of what you can expect to be doing:
- Maintain and support AWS cloud infrastructure to ensure performance and reliability across environments
- Act as the first point of escalation for infrastructure incidents ensuring timely resolution and documentation
- Deploy and manage infrastructure using tools like Ansible focusing on consistency and automation
- Monitor system health using observability tools and ensure alerts reach the right teams
- Collaborate with engineering teams to support CI/CD pipelines and cloud-native applications
- Manage core services including DNS networking and firewall changes to keep environments secure and performant
What youll bring to the role
Youll have solid experience in systems administration with a proven ability to deploy and support operating systems and applications across both Linux and Windows environments. Youre someone whos curious proactive and excited about using technology to make systems faster more secure and easier to manage. Youll also bring:
- Expertise in DNS management and core networking fundamentals
- Proven experience in provisioning managing and troubleshooting services within AWS
- Hands-on experience with Infrastructure as Code (e.g. Ansible) for consistent and scalable deployments
- Working knowledge of at least one scripting language to quickly prototype and automate solutions
Diversity Inclusion & Belonging
Were a Times Top 50 Employer for Gender Equality. Were endorsed by WORK180 and were a partner of Diversifying. We have pledged our commitment to the Armed Forces Covenant and were a Disability Confident Employer. Working together with our Employee Networks were wholly committed to ensuring that our peoples voices are heard and that everyone feels a sense of belonging and pride to be a part of CityFibre. If youd like to explore our culture and values check out The CityFibre Way.
What you can expect from us
We want to offer you all the support you need to thrive inside and outside of work. This means giving you the tools to grow your career with us as well as a comprehensive benefits package that you can adapt to your lifestyle. This includes 25 days annual leave a day off on your birthday a day off to support a charity or organisation of choice a range of wellbeing and savings initiatives including private medical insurance and supportive family friendly and menopause policies.
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Additional Information :
We want to create a sense of belonging for everyone. We celebrate our differences and work to ensure everyone has the best chance to succeed starting with our recruitment process. No matter your background family or carer status ethnicity sexual orientation religion age disability gender or gender identity we welcome your application. If you need any support or reasonable adjustments throughout the application process please email us at We want to help!
Remote Work :
No
Employment Type :
Full-time
Employment Type
Full-time
