IT Operations Analyst - EM244
Overall Purpose of Role:
We are looking for an experienced Linux Sysadmin to join the IT Operations team of our Technology organization. This individual will be responsible for maintaining and deploying Web servers, Core Trading servers, and related services and systems.
Candidates should have at least 4 years’ experience in Linux based server administration specifically focused on delivering web applications to a global audience. They should have hands-on experience with server configuration management, infrastructure as code, and be able to provision servers from scratch. Experience with automating build processes and deployments is very beneficial.
Main Activities and Responsibilities:
- Administration of multiple Linux CentOS servers and configurations
- Responsible for the availability of servers across products and services including proactive monitoring of systems
- Development and maintenance of configuration management to provision new servers or provide updates to existing infrastructure
- Deployments to production systems ensuring no downtime for clients as well as providing updates to deployment procedures in a variety of projects
- Provide input on stability, scalability and security of the environment and support to developers when needed
- Day to day Linux support for business requests and back-end work on internal web systems and applications
- Development work to support the team and business priorities with the benefit of gaining knowledge of applications / services maintained
- Performing releases for Windows Production services and applications
- Performing updates and maintenance for Windows and Linux Production and PRP infrastructure
- Monitoring Production systems, performing basic support, troubleshooting, and escalation
- Operations Team Rota participation
Requirements:
- Comprehensive experience in Linux based server administration, preferably CentOS including strong command of terminal and shell scripting
- Comprehensive experience in LEMP stack configuration in a load balanced, distributed environment
- Practical experience in server configuration practices and technologies (Puppet, Ansible) including building and monitoring production servers
- Practical experience troubleshooting production issues and working with different teams to understand and resolve problems and minimize impact on clients
- Practical experience deploying projects to staging or production environments
- Experience with Code as Infrastructure practices and development
- Experience in high availability, high traffic configurations
- Experience in MERN stack configuration in a load balanced, distributed environment
- Experience with Memcached / Redis configuration
- Firm understanding of concepts such as caching, proxying, content distribution, WebSockets, remote synchronization, load balancing and persistent backups
- Solid knowledge of version control tools (GitHub).
- Solid knowledge of puppet and ansible
- Solid knowledge of Windows servers’ administration
- Familiar with Disaster Recovery concepts and procedures
Further Info:
- Working hours start from 7:30 am - 9:00 am, and end at 4:30pm – 6:00pm Monday to Friday
- Some weekend work will be required
- The role is in Limassol, Cyprus
- Fun and creative work environment
- Attractive remuneration package
- Opportunities for professional development/learning and development opportunities
- Fun and dynamic work environment
- 20 days of annual leave days which increases every two years (capped at 23 days)
- Group medical insurance
- Provident Fund
- Discretionary bonuses at the end of the year
- Quarterly team building activities
- Weekly lunches
- Monthly team outings
- A strong culture promoting work-life balance, hybrid model, and flexibility
