System Administrator

In this role you enable reliable infrastructure for Dematic’s software platforms, supporting a diverse customer base across regulated industries. You’ll work within the Infrastructure Managed Services Team to design, deploy and maintain scalable environments, combining hands-on Linux expertise with monitoring and incident response. You will engage with customers, resolve issues, and drive improvements across the full project lifecycle. This position offers exposure to cloud, virtualization and cross-functional collaboration in a global context.

• Competitive salary
• Incentive schemes
• Group pension plan with generous company contributions
• Holidays - 25 days plus bank holidays
• Private Health Scheme (employee non-contributory)
• Opportunity for international travel`,`Life assurance`,`Campus gym at Manchester site

• Provide day-to-day support for Dematic customers and project work throughout the lifecycle
• Monitor systems, analyze logs, and identify performance trends and anomalies
• Oversee infrastructure performance for both managed and in-house services
• Install and configure infrastructure for new customers and enhance existing deployments
• Manage monitoring configurations, backups, and automatic failover procedures
• Apply vulnerability patches proactively/reactively
• Communicate with customers to diagnose issues and escalate as needed
• Collaborate across Dematic to ensure prompt resolution and share knowledge
• Engage in design, tender, procurement and delivery phases of new projects
• Support colleagues and promote knowledge sharing
• Occasionally work out of hours and participate in on-call roster

• Fluent in English (spoken and written)
• Team player with willingness to learn and train others
• Strong communication skills
• Degree in technical discipline or demonstrable equivalent experience
• Willingness to travel to customer sites
• Minimum 3 years of Linux experience as a Systems Administrator/Engineer/DevOps
• Valid driving license

• customer-focused
• problem solving
• proactive communicator
• Linux (Redhat/Centos)
• Nagios
• Grafana and/or Prometheus