Application Support Administrator - Liverpool - £37 , 000 - CV Bay Ltd - Liverpool

We are currently looking to hire a permanent System Support Administrator to join our IT department to provide on-going Linux / windows system administrator and support duties. You will be supporting a number of bespoke Linux and windows applications.

Company

We are a well-known name in the sports / entertainment market. We are market leader within our sector in Europe. With 2,000 outlets employing 3,000 people across the UK, Belgium, Croatia, Poland, Romania, Cyprus, Germany, Greece and Italy.

Skills required:

* Commercial experience of Debian (preferred) or RHEL / CentOS

* Strong experience of scripting languages, in particular Bash, but a working knowledge of Perl, Python, PHP, Ruby is beneficial but not essential

* Working knowledge of Apache, Nginx, Squid, Varnish

* Experience using Postgres or other database technologies

* Previous use of monitoring tools such as Nagios, Munin, Zenoss, MRTG

* Strong knowledge of Log Management and associated tools

* Good experience of Configuration Management (e.g. Puppet, SaltStack)

* Eagerness to work in a dynamic environment and take on new challenges

* Proven competence in analysis, design, development, and testing solutions

Duties of the role:

* Troubleshoot issues with applications and services

* Deployment, upgrade and improvement of applications and services

* Installation and configuration of servers and environments

* Implementation of automation technologies to aid productivity

* Enhancement of application and service monitoring

* Creation and maintenance of technical documentation

* Investigate and implement new technologies and new ideas

* Support internal users and external parties

* The role involves weekend and shift work as well as a regular On-Call support rota.

Benefits

* 5% bonus – depending on company performance

* Pension Scheme – 3% contribution

* 25 days holiday + bank holiday

* Relaxed working environment – ping pong, pool table, social events i.e.

* football teams, after work drinks

* Regular Salary Reviews

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Company / Office / Culture:

* Our company is very diverse.

* We employ people from all over Europe due to the International Nature of our business and the need to communicate across border.

* Our people come from backgrounds such as the financial sector, computer gaming sector, and software houses.

* We employ a wide range of talented individuals.

* Our offices are based in the central business district in Liverpool and near to Moorfields Train station and a 10 minute walk from Lime Street Station with a public car park nearby and public transport links nearby.

If you are interested in applying for this role please call me, Dan Johnston on Phone number removed or email a copy of your CV to Email address removed