UNIX/FreeBSD Systems Administrator We're looking for a skilled FreeBSD Administrator to join our fast growing Oxford-based company to take responsibility of our server cluster. You should have some commercial experience managing production systems and experience with FreeBSD, be comfortable working remotely with co-located servers and experience with network security and backup systems including planning and recovery. You will be responsible for installing, configuring, securing and maintaining our existing network as well as new servers as required. Skills/Reponsibilities: * Commercial FreeBSD experience * Network and system security * Backup/recovery management and disaster recovery provisions * Managing company systems such as email and intranet services * Experience with high volume email servers * Experience with PostgreSQL administration would be very favourable * Perl and/or shell scripting skills would be helpful * Web services such as Apache, SSL, mod_perl, Squid/Web Proxies, DNS, PHP, Mysql * Experience with high throughput and high availability email services and performance tuning would be very advantageous. * Programming experience (C or Perl mainly, but also PHP, Python, Ruby, etc) would also be helpful. Personal Characteristics * A self starter who is willing to learn and take ownership of project in a key role for Adestra. Able to work with limited supervision and show initiative where relevant, the individual will be confident, bright and happy to share and discuss ideas with others. * The ideal candidate will have excellent English and a strong telephone manner, they must be comfortable dealing with people at all levels of an organisation and be familiar with some marketing terminology. * A good humoured team player, the ideal candidate will take pride in their work and be able to thrive in a fairly pressurised environment Salary & hours of work * The role will be based in Adestra's Oxford offices. The role will run for an initial trial period of 3 months, and if successful will continue on a permanent basis. * You will be working primarily out of our Oxford office with our development team to provide services and support for our staff and clients. Occasional visits to our hosting provider in London will be necessary as well as possible out-of-hours callouts. * Salary negotiable depending on skills and experience. About Adestra Adestra Ltd are a digital marketing agency that specialise in inbound and outbound email, fax and SMS broadcast solutions. We work with clients in many markets including publishing, entertainment, travel and charities. Adestra are relied upon by the key players in both B2B and B2C marketplaces for bulk or highly targeted individual campaigns. For more information, please see www.adestra.co.uk Applicant should send a short overview of their relevant experience and a copy of their CV to jobs@adestra.com.