Dev and Ops Engineer
Gardens, Libraries, and Museums (GLAM), University of Oxford Closing date: Fri, 27 Nov 2026
- Full time
- £40k-£50k
- Apply now
Mon, 26 Oct 2026 "> published -
Job Description
About the role
You will join Bodleian Digital Library Systems and Services (BDLSS), which provides digital services across the Bodleian Libraries for students, academics, researchers and the public. Working with software engineers and other technical colleagues, you will help keep the Libraries' primarily Linux-based digital services reliable, secure and straightforward to maintain.
You will maintain and support Linux-based applications and infrastructure, including deployment, configuration, upgrades, patching and troubleshooting. You will help operate and develop cloud and virtualised infrastructure, implement monitoring, logging and alerting, support containerised applications, and contribute to business continuity, backup, restoration and recovery testing. You will also troubleshoot complex technical problems and work with colleagues on architecture, deployment and improvements to existing services, with particular attention to security and reliability.
There are two full-time posts available - post 1 is permanent, and post 2 is fixed-term for 2 years. Please specify your post preference in your application.
What We Offer
As an employer, we genuinely care about our employees' wellbeing and this is reflected in the range of benefits that we offer including:
An excellent contributory pension scheme
38 days of annual leave
A comprehensive range of childcare services
Family leave schemes
Discounted bus travel and Season Ticket travel loans
More information is available at https://www.ox.ac.uk/about/jobs/life-in-oxford
Job Requirements
About You
You will have demonstrable experience of administering and troubleshooting Linux-based systems and applications, including command-line tools, service configuration, patching and system security. You will have experience of automated provisioning, configuration management and deployment, together with a good understanding of relational databases, particularly PostgreSQL and/or MySQL.
You will be an excellent problem solver with experience of diagnosing technical issues across applications, operating systems and infrastructure. You will have experience of monitoring and supporting production systems and services, and an understanding of performance, reliability, availability, logging, alerting, backup and recovery. Experience of cloud platforms, containers, Infrastructure as Code, CI/CD, observability technologies or public-facing digital services would be advantageous.
Job Overview
- Job Title: Dev and Ops Engineer
- Salary: £40k-£50k
- Hours: Full time
- Artform: Libraries
- Role: IT
- Contract: Permanent
- Closing date: Fri, 27 Nov 2026
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Location:
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Job: Dev and Ops Engineer
Job: Dev and Ops Engineer
Organisation: Gardens, Libraries, and Museums (GLAM), University of Oxford
Postcode: OX2 0EW
How to Apply
How to apply
You will be required to upload your CV and a supporting statement as part of your online application. Your supporting statement should list each of the essential and desirable selection criteria, as listed in the job description, and explain how you meet each one. Both documents must be submitted to be considered.
Only applications received online by 12.00 midday (GMT) on Friday 27th November 2026 can be considered. Interviews are expected to take place during the week commencing Monday 14th December 2026.
- Contact name: GLAM Recruitment
- Contact email: [email protected]
About Gardens, Libraries, and Museums (GLAM), University of Oxford
Oxford University’s Gardens, Libraries and Museums (GLAM) house some of the world's most significant collections. They provide important places of scholarly enquiry and serve as the front door to the wealth of knowledge and research generated at Oxford, welcoming over 3 million visitors each year. We form one of the greatest concentrations of university collections in the world.