The Digital Repository of Ireland (DRI) is hiring a DRI Systems Administrator. This is a three-year fixed-term contract to support the DRI technical team based at Trinity College Dublin in delivering Repository services and administering the Repository infrastructure, including managing day-to-day system administration tasks such as monitoring, system upgrades, backups, website administration, and security audits. This appointment will be made on the Administrative 3 Salary Scale (€41,755 – €52,735 per annum) at a point in line with current Government pay policy.
The role holder will work as part of a small team of Linux oriented software engineers in the DRI group of the Research IT unit in Trinity College IT Services. They will also work closely with other DRI team members in Trinity College Dublin, the Royal Irish Academy, and Maynooth University to identify areas where the Repository functionality can be expanded to better support the aims of DRI as a whole.
Main Responsibilities
- Operating system and website security updates
- Maintenance of backup infrastructure, including testing of backups
- Investigate and resolve technical issues with the Repository infrastructure
- Develop and maintain automated deployment scripts
- Contribute to bug fixing, documentation, software maintenance and other activities as directed by the DRI Technical team
Qualifications
- Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or another technical discipline
Knowledge/Experience
- Experience in Unix/Linux systems administration – essential
- Experience with logging and monitoring tools for Linux systems – desirable
- Experience with shell scripting (e.g., Bash, Ruby, Python) – desirable
- Experience with virtualisation technologies – desirable
- Knowledge of deployment/provisioning tools – desirable • Knowledge of linux-based file-systems – desirable
- Experience with team collaboration tools (issue-trackers, wikis, etc.) and version control systems (e.g., Git or Subversion) – desirable
- Ability to work well with a range of technical and non-technical staff – desirable
Applications for the job must be made through the Trinity College Dublin online job application system: https://jobs.tcd.ie The Job ID is 036443. The closing date for receipt of applications is 22 Feb 2023 at 12:00.
Find out more and apply by searching the Trinity College Dublin Vacancies page.
