Position: System Administrator
Location: Stevenage | 3 days a week onsite
Day Rate: £400 - £500 inside IR35
BPSS clearance required
An exciting opportunity to join a leading aerospace and defence organisation as a Systems Administrator, supporting complex engineering environments and mission-critical infrastructure. You’ll work across modern and legacy systems, ensuring reliable deployment, configuration, and operation of the platforms that underpin advanced engineering projects.
Key Responsibilities
*Manage version-controlled scripting using Git
*Maintain and extend Ansible-based configuration management
*Deploy systems using Autoinstall or similar tooling
*Administer Ubuntu 20+ or other Debian-based environments
*Build and run containerised services using Podman (incl. hardware passthrough and QEMU emulation)
*Configure and install physical machines, including racking, power/UPS, networking, and specialist hardware setups
*Contribute to the design and implementation of IT system architectures
This role is ideal for someone who enjoys hands-on technical work, solving complex infrastructure challenges, and supporting engineering teams working at the forefront of aerospace innovation.
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