Linux System Administrator
Workplace: Karlskoga, Sweden
Expires: August 5, 2025
Centric seeks a technically driven System Administrator with good experience in UNIX and Linux environments for an assignment with a client in the defense sector in Karlskoga. You are a communicative and cooperative team player who enjoys interacting both internally and externally. Furthermore, you have an analytical mindset and appreciate contributing ideas and improvement suggestions. Prioritizing and structuring your work efficiently is natural for you.
Main requirements:
- Relevant higher education or equivalent work experience
- At least 5 years of experience in UNIX/Linux operations
- Very good experience working with Redhat and Centos
- Previous experience setting up new development environments including the above technologies
- Very good ability to communicate in spoken and written Swedish and English
Responsibilities:
- Systematic development of solutions, concepts, and ideas to drive improvements and innovation
- Daily operation and long-term development of systems and infrastructure
- Handling patching and updates, system troubleshooting, version updates, and technology evaluations to ensure stable and secure operations
- Issue management including resolving faults and handling orders
- Collaborating with a larger team of system administrators in Sweden to optimize and improve the IT environment
Required hard skills:
- UNIX/Linux system administration
- Redhat and CentOS experience
- Setting up development environments
- Swedish and English communication proficiency
Recommended hard skills:
- System hardening
- Scripting (Bash, Python, or Perl)
- IT/information security
- Networking knowledge (TCP/IP, switching, routing, firewalls in data center environments)
- Monitoring tools (Nagios/op5)
- Docker/Podman, Kubernetes, Golang, Git, Jenkins, Artifactory, PostgreSQL, Grafana
- Virtualization technologies (VMware)
- Configuration management (Ansible, Puppet)
Soft skills:
- Communicative
- Cooperative team player
- Analytical mindset
- Ability to prioritize and structure work effectively
Coding languages:
- Bash
- Python
- Perl
- Golang
Frameworks:
- Kubernetes
- Ansible
- Puppet
Operating systems:
- Linux
- UNIX
- Redhat
- CentOS
Natural languages:
- Swedish (Proficient)
- English (Proficient)
Cultural skills:
- Collaboration
- Communication
- Continuous learning orientation
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