Lead System Administrator (Defence & Security)

📋 Description

• Owning, maintaining, and refining the team’s backlog to ensure clear direction and steady workflow.
• Setting priorities for upcoming work based on business impact, urgency, and technical dependencies.
• Building and maintaining DefSec’s internal IT systems.
• Developing automation for system maintenance and infrastructure management.
• Ensuring that our environments are secure, compliant, stable, and reliable.
• Troubleshooting issues across hardware, operating systems, networks, and automation.

🎯 Requirements

• At least 8 years of relevant experience in system administration or IT infrastructure.
• Proven experience in gathering requirements, prioritising a team backlog, and balancing conflicting
• Demonstrated ability to work directly with business stakeholders and align technical priorities
• Good communication skills with both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Strong knowledge of Linux, such as Fedora, CentOS, or similar.
• Good understanding of IP networking, VPNs, and firewalls.

🎁 Benefits

• An opportunity to work with our DefSec’s internal IT team to ensure our consultants have access to
• The ability to impact how you work. Together with your team, you choose the approach, technologies
• A community with as much support as your heart desires.
• A team that’s not only experienced but considerate as well – they all want you to succeed.
• Career development, helping you develop your skills further through guidance and/or courses, and
• A sustainable work-life balance and support for your daily life outside of work. (e.g., free moving