DevOps Engineer/Systems Admin-Linux-LAMP- Higher Education

The DevOps Engineer/Systems Admin postholder will be responsible for standardising how services are built, deployed, and operated, driving automation, repeatability, and robust documentation., * Implement and maintain standardised operating procedures for deployment, configuration, and testing.

• Automate manual tasks and deployment processes.
• Maintain version-controlled configuration management (Terraform, Ansible, or similar).
• Keep virtual machine and service configurations documented and up to date.
• Support automated testing (unit, integration, regression).
• Prepare and maintain technical documentation in line with standards.
• Collaborate with engineers, developers, and operational teams to deliver high-quality services.
• Provide customer support and record activities in service management tools.
• Contribute to continuous improvement of processes and tooling.

Full perm role including organisation benefits (Excellent pension)

You will turn manual tasks into automated pipelines, maintain configuration-as-code (Terraform, Ansible), keep environments well-documented and testable, and collaborate with engineers and developers across Digital Services.

This is a hands-on, varied role ideal for someone comfortable in Linux/LAMP environments, who enjoys improving processes and tooling and can help guide others as ways of working evolve.

DevOps Engineer/Systems Admin-Linux-LAMP- Higher Education Essential Experience

• Hands-on experience with Linux and LAMP operations.
• Solid understanding of web technologies.
• Experience with configuration-as-code and automation tools.
• Familiarity with deployment pipelines, version control, and automated testing.
• Exposure to automation tools (Terraform, Ansible, Perl,).
• Experience of deploying software on a Unix-based operating system (Linux, Ubuntu, CentOS, Debian, RHEL,)
• Excellent organisational, problem-solving, and communication skills.
• Ability to work effectively in teams and motivate colleagues.
• Customer-focused mindset, proactively engaging with stakeholders.
• Degree in Computer Science or related discipline, or equivalent experience.

DevOps Engineer/Systems Admin-Linux-LAMP- Higher Education- Desirable Skills:

• Experience using Terraform, Ansible, Perl, or similar for automation.
• Proven ability to drive improvements in processes and tooling.