This role can be worked from Livingston or Leeds.

Want to do the best work of your life? With 24 million customers in 6 countries, make your mark at Europe’s leading media and entertainment brand. A workplace where you can proudly be yourself; our people make Sky a truly exciting and inclusive place to work.

“The infrastructure Operations team supports and delivers some of Sky’s most critical systems and projects. We have an exciting opportunity for an experienced engineer to join our team and assist with the transformation of the way we automate our day-to-day activates assisting in our transition towards the provision of hybrid cloud focused services”

– UNIX Platform Manager

What you’ll do:

• Work as part of a team responsible for the support and delivery of projects across a large UNIX estate.

• Take ownership of problems and provide methodical technical troubleshooting and problem-solving skills with an ability to lead and manage investigation activities, troubleshooting and identify problems across different technology areas not just the core UNIX operating system.

• Build effective working relationships with a variety of infrastructure and application teams to ensure that technology and process improvements deliver overall service improvements to our end customers with a focus on innovation and identifying opportunities for standardisation and automation of manual processes.

• Show an understanding of the strategic technical direction of the company and industry and be able to participate and lead with technical solutions to match.

• Provide 24/7 on call support on a rota basis by responding to incidents, providing root cause analysis, and participating in High and Major Incident calls as well as post-incident wash-up meetings.

What you’ll bring:

• Viewed as an expert by your peers you should be able to demonstrate. An in-depth knowledge of UNIX.

• Advanced skills in automation technologies and programming languages. Ansible, Puppet, AWX/Tower, Perl, Python, Php.

• Good communication & relationship leadership skills. You should be able to clearly communicate details to others with the ability to get your point across to the other specialists you work with, communicating complex technical ideas to the target audience.

• Experience of automating the installation and configuration of UNIX operating systems and application software. Preferably with Ansible, AWX/Tower and Red Hat Satellite

• Understanding of enterprise virtual server and cloud environments, including networking, storage, and compute.

UK Tech: Our team focuses on technology strategy, design, and delivery. From AI to 5G to Cloud, we work on the latest tech whilst building out our web presence and CRM systems for fixed and mobile networks. We’re bold, proactive, forward-thinking, and collaborative. Together, we’re proud of the products and services we deliver for our customers.

The Rewards:

There’s a reason people can’t stop talking about #LifeAtSky. Our great range of rewards really are something special, here are just a few:

• Sky Q, for the TV you love all in one place

• A generous pension package

• Private healthcare

• Discounted mobile and broadband

• Access a wide range of exclusive Sky VIP rewards and experiences

Where you’ll work:

Livingston Watermark House:

Our lively campus is a free shuttle bus away from Livingston South train station and the town centre. Plus there’s onsite parking available for cars, motorbikes and bicycles.

You’ll be well fed at our subsidised canteen, and you can keep in shape at our onsite gym. Or play a game of pool or table tennis.

Leeds:

Our spacious tech hub is under a mile away from Leeds train station, with free water taxis available from Granary Wharf. There’s also plenty of parking in the surrounding streets and at the nearby CitiPark.

You can also blow off steam over a game of pool or table tennis, and stay fit at our subsidised gym.

Inclusion:

We take pride in our approach to diversity and inclusion: we’ve been recognised by The Times and Stonewall for this, and we’ve committed £30million to support the fight against racial injustice. We’ve also set ambitious targets for increasing ethnic diversity and representation throughout our organisation.

At Sky we don’t just look at your CV. We’re more passionate about who you are and your potential. We also know that everyone has a life outside work, so we’re happy to discuss flexible working.

And we’ll do everything we can to support you during your application. If you need us to make any adjustments to our recruitment process, speak to our recruitment team who will be happy to support you.

Why wait?

Apply now to build an amazing career and be part of a brilliant team. We can’t wait to hear from you.

To find out more about working with us, search #LifeAtSky on social media. A job you love to talk about.

Just so you know: if your application is successful, we’ll ask you to complete a criminal record check. And depending on the role you have applied for and the nature of any convictions you may have, we might have to withdraw the offer.