Senior Systems Engineer

BBC Studios Ltd; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 54,000 - 64,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading broadcasting organization in the UK seeks a Senior Systems Engineer to develop and maintain web applications hosted on-premises and in the cloud. You will collaborate with a dynamic team to enhance solutions for BBC Monitoring. Candidates must possess strong Linux skills, experience with AWS, and demonstrated expertise in deploying web applications. The role offers a competitive salary, hybrid working arrangements, and opportunities for professional development.

Benefits

Competitive salary package

Flexible working hours

25 days annual leave with the option to buy

Defined pension scheme

Qualifications

• Proven expertise in securely operating and troubleshooting Linux systems.
• Hands on experience of deploying web applications on a Linux platform.
• Experience with AWS cloud technologies and infrastructure.

Responsibilities

• Configuring Cobbler, Ansible, and Jenkins for system deployment.
• Collaborating with developers for application security.
• Troubleshooting using Linux terminal and monitoring tools.

Skills

Linux systems operation

Web application deployment

AWS cloud technologies

Network technologies

Tools

Cobbler

Ansible

Jenkins

CloudFormation

Job description

JOB BAND: D
CONTRACT TYPE: Permanent, Full-time
DEPARTMENT: Broadcast and End User Technology, Technology and Media Operations
LOCATION: London – Energy Centre/Hybrid
PROPOSED SALARY RANGE: Up to £64,000 depending on relevant skills, knowledge and experience. The expected salary range for this role reflects internal benchmarking and external market insights. Plus London Weighting £5,441

We're happy to discuss flexible working. If you'd like to, please indicate your preference in the application – though there's no obligation to do so now. Flexible working will be part of the discussion at offer stage.

PURPOSE OF THE ROLE

Join the Software and Systems Development team for BBC Monitoring. We create, maintain and support web-based tools for our journalists. These encompass text editing and publication tools plus video capture and streaming tools.
BBC Monitoring, funded by the license fee, provides essential media insight to their customers, with over 80 years of expertise. They analyse and interpret international media and geopolitics in more than 100 languages.

WHY JOIN THE TEAM

As a Senior Systems Engineer, you’ll help develop and maintain our web applications, hosted on premises and AWS platforms. You’ll be working with a strong community of innovative and enthusiastic people who love what they do to support the work of BBC Monitoring.
You will be part of a small, cross-functional, agile team, bringing your own specialty, collaborating and overlapping with others. You will have the opportunity to pick up and share new skills and ways of working.

YOUR KEY RESPONSIBILITIES AND IMPACT

• Configuring Cobbler, Ansible and Jenkins to automatically deploy the operating system and software to our infrastructure.
• Collaborating with our software developers to secure our applications and infrastructure.
• Using the Linux terminal/AWS Console to troubleshoot application issues, using monitoring tools and logs.
• Defining infrastructure as code using AWS CloudFormation and Ansible.
• Taking responsibility for the upgrade, backup, monitoring and disaster recovery processes for our systems within the BBC approved processes.

YOUR SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE

ESSENTIAL CRITERIA

• Proven expertise in securely operating and troubleshooting Linux systems, ideally Rocky/Red Hat. This includes troubleshooting in the Linux terminal.
• Hands on experience of deploying open source / proprietary web applications on a Linux platform, using Cobbler, Jenkins, Ansible and CloudFormation.
• Experience with on premises hardware servers, including installation, configuration, firmware patching and remote management.
• Experience of AWS cloud technologies, e.g., CloudFormation, CloudWatch, S3, SQS, Lambda and EC2.
• Good understanding of key network technologies, including TCP/IP, QoS, VLANs, Multicast.

DESIRED BUT NOT REQUIRED

• Experience in at least one scripting language e.g. Python, Groovy, bash.
• Experience of using software control systems e.g. Git.
• Experience of working with databases. E.g. MySQL, PostgreSQL and OpenSearch.
• Experience of Video Streaming technologies. E.g. Multicast, SRT, HLS.
• Some experience of working with Agile (Scrum/Kanban) methodologies.

If you can bring some of these skills and experience, along with transferable strengths, we’d love to hear from you and encourage you to apply.

As part of the selection process, before being invited for the main interview, shortlisted candidates will be invited to a technical test which involves interacting with a Linux shell to perform tasks on a virtual machine.

Before your start date, you may need to disclose any unspent convictions or police charges, in line with our Contracts of Employment policy. This allows us to discuss any support you may need and assess any risks. Failure to disclose may result in the withdrawal of your offer.

Disclaimer

This job description is a written statement of the essential characteristics of the job, with its principal accountabilities, incorporating a note of the skills, knowledge and experience required for a satisfactory level of performance. This is not intended to be a complete, detailed account of all aspects of the duties involved.

Please note: If you were to be offered this role, the BBC will conduct Employment screening checks which include Reference checks; Eligibility to work checks; and if applicable to the role, Safeguarding and Adverse media/Social media checks. Any offer made is conditional on these checks being satisfactory.

The BBC is committed to redeploying employees seeking suitable alternative employment within the BBC and they will be given priority consideration ahead of other applicants. Priority consideration means for those employees seeking redeployment their application will be considered alongside anyone else at risk of redundancy, prior to any individuals being considered who are not at risk.

Information at a Glance

This is your BBC

At the BBC you can create and innovate in an inclusive environment while contributing to some of the world’s best loved content, and the BBC’s mission to inform, educate and entertain.

Find out more about the BBC

Life at BBC

Here you will benefit from:

• Fair pay and flexible benefits including a competitive salary package, a flexible 35-hour working week, 25 days annual leave with the option to buy an extra 5 days, a defined pensionscheme and discounted dental, health care and gym.
• Excellent career and professional development.
• Support in your working life, including flexible working which you can discuss with us at any point during the application, selection or offer.
• A values-based organisation where the way we do things is important as what we do.

Benefits may vary if you are joining on an FTC basis or on an orchestra conditions contract.

Candidate pack

You belong

We have a working environment where we value and respect every individual's unique contribution, so all our employees feel that they can belong, thrive and achieve their full potential.

We want to attract the broadest range of talented people to join us. The more diverse our workforce, the better able we are to respond to and reflect our audiences in all their diversity.

We welcome applications from individuals, regardless of age, gender, ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, socio-economic background, religion and/or belief.

Find out more about diversity, inclusion and belonging in our strategy below.

Disability confident

We are a disability confident employer. If you need to discuss adjustments or access requirements for the interview process, or to carry out this role, please contact us via email and we’d be happy to discuss: [e-mail]

BBC Group and Public Services, Broadcasting House, Portland Place, London, United Kingdom, W1A 1AA. BBC Studios Distribution Limited, company no: 01420028, registered address: 1 Television Centre, 101 Wood Lane, London, United Kingdom W12 7FA.