IT Systems Manager

Salary: £60,000 - 75,000 per year

Requirements:

• Strong Linux systems administration experience.
• Experience provisioning and deploying physical Linux servers.
• Knowledge of provisioning and automation tools such as Ansible, Kickstart, Cobbler, Foreman, Packer or similar.
• Strong networking experience including managed switches, firewalls, VLANs, routing, ACLs and network segmentation.
• Experience integrating specialist hardware, industrial equipment or bespoke devices into IT environments.
• Ability to improve manual processes through automation, documentation and standardisation.
• Experience managing or mentoring technical engineers.
• Familiarity with server management technologies such as IPMI, iDRAC or iLO.
• Understanding of infrastructure handover into DevOps or Kubernetes-based environments would be advantageous.

Responsibilities:

• Lead a small specialist IT team, managing day-to-day priorities while mentoring and developing team members.
• Own the infrastructure supporting advanced engineering systems and hardware deployments.
• Manage Linux server provisioning, operating system configuration and infrastructure readiness.
• Design, implement and maintain secure lab and engineering network environments.
• Configure and support managed switches, firewalls, VLANs, routing and network segmentation.
• Support the integration of specialist hardware and bespoke technical equipment into production environments.
• Drive improvements in automation, documentation, provisioning processes and operational standards.
• Produce technical documentation, runbooks and best practice guides to improve repeatability and scalability.
• Collaborate closely with infrastructure, DevOps, engineering and wider technology teams to deliver robust solutions.

Technologies:

• Ansible
• DevOps
• Foreman
• Hardware
• Support
• Kubernetes
• Linux
• Network

More:

We are a rapidly growing technology business based in Oxford, working in a hybrid model with three days in the office. We offer a competitive salary and excellent benefits, and this role provides the opportunity to lead a small specialist IT function supporting cutting-edge technology in a highly innovative engineering environment. You will combine technical leadership with hands-on infrastructure engineering, help shape a growing infrastructure function, and work on projects that support world-leading engineering and technology.

last updated 31 week of 2026