Systems Administrator

University of Edinburgh

  • Edinburgh Midlothian
  • £41,064-48,822 per year
  • Permanent
  • Full-time
  • 15 days ago
Job Category: TechnicalJob Description:The Opportunity:We are seeking a Systems Administrator to play a pivotal role across the College of Science and Engineering. This college-wide position is focused on building, maintaining, and ensuring the continuity and resilience of various systems critical to our operations. The role includes managing an expansive on-premise Linux estate, which features Ceph storage, an OpenNebula virtual machine cluster, compute servers, web servers, and a Linux remote desktop service. The role demands proactive collaboration with colleagues throughout the College and coordination with the University's Information Services to support our diverse technological ecosystem.This post is fixed-term (for 18 months) and full-time (35 hours per week).We are open to considering requests for hybrid working (on a non-contractual basis) that combines a mix of remote and regular on-campus working.The salary for this post is at Grade UE07: £41,064 - £48,822 per annum.Your skills and attributes for success:Experience of administering Linux / Unix based operating systems.Experience of configuration management systems.Programming skills in one or more scripting languages - e.g. Python, Perl and shell scripts.Programming skills in compiled languages such as C or Fortran would be useful.Excellent problem solving and troubleshooting skills.Calm and organised under pressure.Experienced in change and incident management.Ability to communicate clearly and concisely with staff and students with widely varied levels of technical expertise in computing..Application InformationPlease ensure you include the following documents in your application:- CV- Cover letterAs a valued member of our team you can expect:
  • A competitive salary.
  • An exciting, positive, creative, challenging and rewarding place to work.
  • To be part of a diverse and vibrant international community.
  • Comprehensive Staff Benefits, such as a generous holiday entitlement, competitive pension schemes, staff discounts, and family-friendly initiatives. Check out the full list on our
(opens in a new tab) and use our reward calculator to discover the total value of your pay and benefits.Championing equality, diversity and inclusionThe University of Edinburgh holds a Silver Athena SWAN award in recognition of our commitment to advance gender equality in higher education. We are members of the Race Equality Charter and we are also Stonewall Scotland Diversity Champions, actively promoting LGBT equality.Prior to any employment commencing with the University you will be required to evidence your right to work in the UK. Further information is available on our (opens new browser tab).On this occasion the University will not consider applicants requiring sponsorship for this role. International workers will therefore only be able to take up this role if they can demonstrate an alternative right to work in the UK.Key dates to noteThe closing date for applications is 9th September 2025.Unless stated otherwise the closing time for applications is 11:59pm GMT. If you are applying outside the UK the closing time on our adverts automatically adjusts to your browsers local time zone.Interviews will be held as soon as possible after the advert closing date.About Us: As a world-leading research-intensive University, we are here to address tomorrow's greatest challenges. Between now and 2030 we will do that with a values-led approach to teaching, research and innovation, and through the strength of our relationships, both locally and globally.About the Team:The College of Science and Engineering (CSE) is one of the largest and highest-ranked STEM groupings in the UK. Headed by Professor Iain Gordon, CSE comprises seven Schools (Biological Sciences, Chemistry, Engineering, GeoSciences, Informatics, Mathematics, and Physics and Astronomy) as well as a national supercomputing centre (the Edinburgh Parallel Computing Centre) and the Bayes Centre for interdisciplinary data science and innovation. We extend beyond the University through many joint activities - for example we host the cross-Scotland DataLab innovation Centre, we are a founding partner in the Scottish Industrial Biotechnology Innovation Centre, and we are a partner in UK-wide collaborations including the Alan Turing Institute and the Rosalind Franklin Institute. Most Schools are located 2 miles south of the city centre at the King's Buildings whilst Informatics, EPCC, Bayes and sections of GeoSciences are located in the University's Central Area near George Square. The College has over 3,000 academic and support staff, and educates around 7,000 undergraduates, almost 1,500 taught postgraduates and more than 2,000 research students.

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