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# Unix/Linux Administrator

- **Company:** J&C Associates
- **Location:** UK
- **Salary:** £6,175.0 - £20,000.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Unix, IBM Rational ClearCase, Command-Line Interface, Linux, Distributed Systems, Domain Name System (DNS), Lightweight Directory Access Protocols (LDAP), Network File Systems, Network Time Protocols, Network Protocols, Red Hat Enterprise Linux, Software Tools, Simple Network Management Protocols, Subversion, TCP/IP, Trivial File Transfer Protocols, Veritas Cluster Servers, VMware Virtualization, File Transfer Protocol (FTP), Git, Containerization, Information Technology, Software Version Control, Docker
- **Published:** July 24, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www1.jobdiva.co.uk/portal/?a=34jdnwd4ls8uthmwrzi4o3humpp74fc3d5cx3iu8mtcrkknzjqz9d2mvwwdvi9j7.co.ukpid=0/jobs/11245948#/jobs/11245948

## About the Role

* Essential knowledge and experience in using Unix/Linux command line tools
 * Good understanding of incident and problem management
 * Automated OS Installation solutions: Linux AutoYast and Kickstart, Orcharhino (Foreman/Satellite) and experience in unattended, centralized software installation mechanisms (PXE/TFTP)
 * Version control systems (such as SVN, CVS, ClearCase, git)
 * Networking, distributed applications, and TCP/IP services
 * Basic UNIX/Linux System Administration
 * Administration and troubleshooting of distributed systems
 * Expert knowledge and a significant work experience of Linux and Unix operating systems
 * Good IT system design skills
 * Good experience in VMware virtualization
 * Technical documentation skills

Practical knowledge of as many as possible of the following software tools and products will be an advantage:

 * Knowledge in Container technologies (Docker)
 * TCP/IP and related network protocols and applications, e.g. NIS, LDAP, NFS, DNS, SNMP, FTP, NTP, etc.
 * High Availability software like RedHat HA Add-On, Veritas Cluster or any other



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