Junior Systems Administrator

Salary: £28,000 - 34,000 per year

Requirements:

• A basic understanding of server environments, operating systems and networks.
• A genuine interest in IT systems, infrastructure and technology.
• The ability to learn unfamiliar systems, applications and technical concepts quickly.
• Flexible, prepared to assist colleagues and cope with change.
• Education to A level or equivalent, with excellent IT, English and Maths skills.
• Knowledge and experience of some of the following: Windows administration, Linux administration, hypervisor administration, network administration, server and application monitoring tools such as Nagios, JIRA and Confluence, SQL and relational databases, Google Workspace, configuration management or automation tools such as Ansible, scripting using Python, backup, recovery and disaster recovery processes, information security and data protection principles, software testing or technical support.

Responsibilities:

• We remotely monitor the general health of systems and services provided to our customers.
• We review Application, App Server, Database and Operating System logs for issues and unusual occurrences or patterns.
• We provide timely responses to supported customers on queries relating to systems administration and upgrades.
• We carry out regular remote administration such as maintaining and synchronising system properties.
• We test software updates to applications, application servers, operating systems and databases.
• We install software updates to internal and customer systems.
• We carry out routine maintenance such as regular server reboots.
• We provide on-call support out of normal working hours on a rota basis.

Technologies:

• Ansible
• Confluence
• Support
• JIRA
• Linux
• Network
• Python
• SQL
• Security
• Windows

More:

We are a well-established small company based in central Newbury, and this is a full-time, office-based Junior Systems Administrator role working five days a week on-site. You will work closely with an experienced Systems Administrator to maintain customer systems in both hosted and customer-owned environments, keeping systems updated, monitoring and resolving issues, and testing upgrades. We are looking for someone who ideally lives within commuting distance of Newbury and is comfortable communicating with colleagues, customers and suppliers with varying levels of technical knowledge.

last updated 39 week of 2026