I recieved this today from Torchbox. If you're interested, see the bottom of the message for reply details.
Torchbox, a web applications company, is seeking a system administrator or junior system administrator to join our growing team. We're a small and friendly firm, based in beautiful parkland surroundings in Charlbury, just outside of Oxford. We design, develop and deploy web applications for a range of prestigious clients from the charitable and not-for-profit sectors.
Your responsibility will be to support around twenty production and development servers (mostly Linux, with some Windows). In addition, you will advise and assist developers in deploying and maintaining new applications and installations. Most of the systems and platforms you will use or support are open source. You will report to the two senior system administrators.
This is a full time position, but some flexibility in hours is possible. The position is based in Charlbury; lift shares are available from much of Oxford, and there are good train services from Oxford / Reading.
Benefits include a competitive salary (based on experience), plenty of opportunities to grow your skill-set, and a friendly working environment at a stable and profitable company.
Required skills:
- 2 years of Linux or Unix experience (junior sysadmin position)
or
- 3 years of Linux or Unix experience (sysadmin position)
- 1 year of Windows experience (sysadmin position)
- Strong problem determination
- Ability and desire to see tasks through to completion
And at least some of the following skills:
- Debian Linux administration
- Redhat Linux administration
- Windows 2003 administration
- Apache administration
- Perl and Python for scripting
- rpm and deb packaging / rebuilding
(Training will be provided in most areas if required, but the more you already know the better)
Familiarity with the following programming environments would be useful, as you will be supporting deployments onto them:
- Ruby On Rails
- Django (Python)
- Apache Tomcat 5.5
- ColdFusion MX
- PHP
- Perl and Python for scripting
And familiarity with any of the following systems would be helpful:
- Asterisk
- Munin
- Nagios
- OpenLDAP
- PostgreSQL
- MySQL
- MS SQL Server
- Exim
Please email your CV to jobs@torchbox.com, indicating "Junior Sysadmin" or "Sysadmin" in the subject as appropriate. Please include your salary expectations.