Infrastructure Support Engineer

AccelerComm was founded by Rob Maunder whose vision during his tenure as a professor at the University of Southampton was to establish a company centred around his wireless communications PhD research team. This team continues to drive the development of the technology so you will be working with some of the worlds top experts in 5G communications.

Since its inception AccelerComm has been dedicated to advancing the field of wireless communications and today we continue to grow our Southampton-based centre of excellence. Our commitment to excellence is driven by our vision to accelerate the development of the next generation of wireless communications worldwide.

We work on a hybrid basis with most of the team spending two or three days a week in the office. This gives you the opportunity to work closely with your colleagues and have real input into how the business moves forward.

Given the nature of this role the successful candidate should have an understanding that their presence in the office will be required more often. Key Responsibilities The Infrastructure Development Engineer will adopt the following

responsibilities

Installation configuration and maintenance of the full range of physical and virtualised Engineering infrastructure that services the Software and Hardware development functions of Accelercomm. The role involves on-prem equipment and systems almost exclusively although there may be a small cloud-based element at some point in the future.

This role is not a direct contributory role to product development; however the role necessitates balancing operational development needs of the product teams against hardware and infrastructure availability and the successful candidate should expect to be taking part in the full range of tasks in supporting and developing on-prem infrastructure.

Assist in the implementation of internal tools to simplify the operational activities associated with Accelercomms day-to-day infrastructure tasks. Skills Knowledge Expertise

Essential

Linux system administration (Ubuntu Rocky / RedHat Debian) Networking (Switch / Firewall configuration network troubleshooting) Virtualisation stack management (ideally XCP-ng / XOA) Storage configuration and management (ideally NetApp) Automation first mindset - experience with Ansible Terraform / OpenTofu Jenkins - installation configuration and management; pipeline development Experience of Dashboard and Metrics monitoring (Zabbix Prometheus Grafana etc.) Scripting using tool such as bash Python.

Desirable

Kubernetes admin / Rancher cluster manager IPXE / RedFish or other bare metal OS installation automation Hashicorp Vault or similar License server administration (FlexLM / FlexNet) Experience of pipeline build systems such as or Jenkins or ADO Artifactory - any experience with installation configuration or daily administration Slurm Workload Manager - any experience with installation or administration Familiarity with Windows Server/AD administration alongside Microsoft 365 Azure and Entra ID tenant management Personal Attributes Must be personable highly capable motivated enthusiastic and innovative.

Should have hands-on experience of relevant industry tools techniques and technology. Good communication skills written presentational and verbal. Required Experience: IC Employment Type : Full-Time Experience: years Vacancy: 1

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