Howdens Joinery have a fantastic opportunity to join our Infrastructure department as a new Mid-Range Systems Administrator. You will support and maintain the Linux platforms running on IBM Power-VM and VMWare ESXi virtualisation layers. A permanent opportunity based from our office on Brackmills in Northampton working onsite 4 days per week with 1 day working from home. What you will be doing - Installation, configuration, documentation and ongoing maintenance of Linux servers, and any underlying management platforms, as per any build or compliance policies - Proactively monitor and report on the capacity and performance of Howdens platforms. - Participate in and, where required, lead in IS projects providing expert support and guidance in delivering solutions to meet business needs. - Provide detailed 2nd / 3rd level design and documentation in support of Linux and IBM-Power platforms - Ensuring system availability, resolving any service effecting issues and escalating as appropriate - Ensure projects and introduction of new Mid-Range platforms are delivered in a timely and cost effective manner. - Ensures adoption of best practise for Linux platforms and any underlying hardware to satisfy capacity, performance, availability and security requirements - Build and maintain relationships with key internal and external stakeholders and partners What we need from you - Demonstrable experience designing, implementing and supporting Linux systems (including but not limited ..... full job details .....