Oxford University

University of Oxford — Systems Administrator / Senior Systems Administrator (Permanent)

University of Oxford — Systems Administrator / Senior Systems Administrator (Permanent)

About the company

University of OxfordThe University of Oxford is a world-leading research university and the oldest university in the English-speaking world. IT services support web services, research computing, and central departments including the Bodleian Library, with a focus on UNIX systems, automation, and monitoring.

At the University of Oxford my main responsibility was to support web services and to ensure the configuration and ongoing monitoring of UNIX systems. I focused on robust integration with the network and on automating server configurations and builds wherever possible. This included server builds with Puppet, support for Apache and Jboss web servers, and monitoring with Nagios, Cacti, SNMP, and scripting in Perl and Bash.

Role Location Period
Systems Administrator / Senior Systems Administrator United Kingdom Nov 2010 – Dec 2011

Key responsibilities and skills

  • Server builds & automation — Puppet scripting for server builds and automated configuration.
  • Web servers — Configuration and support for Apache and Jboss web servers.
  • Monitoring — Nagios, Cacti, SNMP, and Perl/Bash scripting for performance and availability.
  • Virtualisation — VMware and vSphere ESX for virtualised environments and resource allocation.
  • Solaris — Installed and supported Sun Solaris 5.10 systems.

Supporting web services and UNIX infrastructure at the University of Oxford with automation, monitoring, and consistent server builds.

Technologies

Category Technologies
Automation Puppet
Web servers Apache, Jboss
Monitoring Nagios, Cacti, SNMP, Perl, Bash
Virtualisation VMware, vSphere ESX
Platforms Sun Solaris 5.10

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