Description

Key Responsibilities

• Installation, configuration and maintenance of the full range of physical and virtualised Engineering infrastructure that services the Software and Hardware development functions of Accelercomm.
• The role involves on-prem equipment and systems almost exclusively, although there may be a small cloud-based element at some point in the future.
• This role is not a direct contributory role to product development; however, the role necessitates balancing operational development needs of the product teams against hardware and infrastructure availability, and the successful candidate should expect to be taking part in the full range of tasks in supporting and developing on-prem infrastructure.
• Assist in the implementation of internal tools to simplify the operational activities associated with Accelercomm’s day-to-day infrastructure tasks.

Skills, Knowledge & Expertise

• Linux system administration (Ubuntu, Rocky / RedHat, Debian)
• Networking (Switch / Firewall configuration, network troubleshooting)
• Virtualisation stack management (ideally XCP-ng / XOA)
• Storage configuration and management (ideally NetApp)
• "Automation first" mindset - experience with Ansible, Terraform / OpenTofu
• Jenkins - installation, configuration and management; pipeline development
• Experience of Dashboard and Metrics monitoring (Zabbix, Prometheus, Grafana etc.)
• Scripting using tool such as bash & Python.

• Kubernetes admin / Rancher cluster manager
• IPXE / RedFish or other bare metal OS installation automation
• Hashicorp Vault or similar
• License server administration (FlexLM / FlexNet)
• Experience of pipeline build systems such as or Jenkins or ADO
• Artifactory - any experience with installation, configuration or daily administration
• Slurm Workload Manager - any experience with installation or administration
• Familiarity with Windows Server/AD administration alongside Microsoft 365, Azure, and Entra ID tenant management

• Must be personable, highly capable, motivated, enthusiastic, and innovative.
• Should have hands-on experience of relevant industry tools, techniques and technology.
• Good communication skills – written, presentational and verbal.

About AccelerComm Ltd