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Systems Administration Manager (UK)

Lincoln, England, United Kingdom · On-site

$75k–$95k/yr

Senior+$50M raised

About Bluestaq Limited Bluestaq starts with our people. We are looking for teammates who THINK strategically, SERVE the mission and LEAD from wherever they stand. If you bring curiosity, ownership and a thirst for delive…

Skills: Linux Systems Administration, Cloud Infrastructure, AWS, VMware vSphere, Infrastructure as Code

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2027 Bluestaq Summer Internship (NDSU)

Colorado Springs, Colorado, United States · On-site

$28/hr–$42/hr

Entry level$50M raised

Bluestaq Graduate Research Scholar — NDSU Partnership Full-Ride M.S./Ph.D. Sponsorship + Paid Summer Internship (Colorado Springs, CO) Bluestaq — a Colorado Springs leader in secure data ecosystems, graph technologies, n…

Skills: Large Language Models, Knowledge Graphs, Natural Language Processing, Agentic AI, Prompt Engineering

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Senior Staff Systems Engineer

Colorado Springs, Colorado, United States · On-site

$135k–$180k/yr

Senior+$50M raised

About the Role As a TacSRT Advanced Operator, you serve as a senior mission executor and operational quality lead within the JCO’s TacSRT enterprise. This role provides experienced oversight of complex and high-visibilit…

Skills: ISR Operations, Collection Management, GEOINT Analysis, All-Source Intelligence, Operational Planning

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Principal Solution Architect, AI & OSINT Systems

Colorado Springs, Colorado, United States · Remote OK

$200k–$300k/yr

Senior+$50M raised

Why This Role Matters Open-source intelligence is now a primary feed for mission decisions, not a supplement. The volume of publicly available information has outrun the ability of analysts to exploit it by hand. Mission…

Skills: AWS Architecture, Amazon Bedrock, Amazon SageMaker, AI/ML Pipeline Design, Infrastructure as Code

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Senior Partner Development Manager, Global Data Marketplace

Colorado Springs, Colorado, United States · On-site

$140k–$180k/yr

Senior$50M raised

About the Role Bluestaq is seeking a Senior Partner Development Manager to grow and strengthen the vendor ecosystem behind our Global Data Marketplace (GDM). GDM is a curated, contract-light platform that connects DoD, I…

Skills: B2B Partnerships, Vendor Management, Business Development, Data Market Fluency, Marketplace Acumen

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Systems Administration Manager (UK)

Bluestaq

Lincoln, England, United Kingdom • On-site

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  • $75k–$95k/yr
  • Full-time
  • Competitive pension via salary-sacrifice scheme, Group income protection, Group life assurance, 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays, Private medical cover, 24/7 remote general practitioner (GP) access
  • Posted 8h ago
  • ~40 hrs/week

Responsibilities

Establish and lead the UK systems administration capability, managing the recruitment and development of a Linux systems administrator team. Act as the technical authority for operational tooling and incident response while ensuring secure data infrastructure delivery for NATO partners.

Requirements

Requires strong hands-on experience with Linux in secure production environments and proficiency in cloud or virtualized infrastructure. Candidates must have formal line-management experience and the ability to meet UK security clearance requirements.

Full job description

About Bluestaq Limited

Bluestaq starts with our people. We are looking for teammates who THINK strategically, SERVE the mission and LEAD from wherever they stand. If you bring curiosity, ownership and a thirst for delivery, we would like to hear from you.

Every society runs on invisible systems; Bluestaq is that, for data. Bluestaq Ltd is the UK sovereign subsidiary of Bluestaq LLC (Colorado Springs, USA), and we build the secure data infrastructure that allied operations depend on: mission-critical solutions, flowing through thousands of global users, from ingest to publication in milliseconds, for customers spanning the NATO, Five Eyes and wider allied partners.

We are in our formative years in the UK, building on proven foundations in the USA and Australia. That means real opportunity, early: decisions at your level, and colleagues who know their craft and trust you to know yours.

The Role

You will establish and lead Bluestaq’s UK systems administration capability supporting our NATO delivery. Initially hands-on, you will help recruit and develop the team, implement proven operating practices and own UK service delivery, incident response and structured handovers with our US team. As the capability grows, the role will move towards team and service leadership while retaining technical accountability.

What You Will Do

  • Establish and run the UK systems administration capability, including processes, tooling, service controls and escalation paths, using proven Bluestaq practices.
  • Recruit, onboard and develop a high-performing team of Linux systems administrators, owning feedback, performance and career development.
  • Act as the UK technical authority for systems administration, operational tooling and incident response, remaining hands-on where it matters.
  • Own UK operational coverage and structured handovers with the US team, with tested runbooks for uptime, failover and rapid response.
  • Maintain security, patching, configuration compliance and audit readiness in partnership with cyber and information technology teams.
  • Provide operational support to data providers, data owners, data consumers and internal teams, from access and identity issues through to complex service incidents.
  • Represent systems administration in programme reviews and customer discussions, communicating progress, risks and blockers clearly while building a culture of ownership and psychological safety.

What We Are Looking For

Our ethos is Think, Serve, Lead. You will also bring:

  • Strong hands-on experience operating Linux systems in complex, secure production environments.
  • Experience with cloud or virtualised infrastructure. AWS experience is valuable, but skills from platforms such as VMware vSphere are transferable.
  • Working knowledge of operational automation, scripting, monitoring and infrastructure-as-code practices.
  • Experience leading, mentoring or providing technical direction to colleagues. Formal line-management experience expected.
  • Sound incident-management discipline, including structured handovers, escalation paths, service restoration and clear operational communication.
  • A customer-service mindset and the judgement to resolve issues at the service boundary while managing expectations across technical and non-technical teams.
  • A builder’s mindset: comfortable establishing a capability in an evolving environment while working within an established engineering framework.

Essential Conditions

  • Right to work in the UK.
  • Ability to meet the security requirements set out above.
  • Willingness and eligibility to travel up to approximately 10% of the time, including to Bluestaq headquarters in USA and to sites across the UK and Europe.

Nice to Have

  • Familiarity with NATO structures, the NATO Communications and Information Agency (NCIA), UK Ministry of Defence (MOD) or other allied defence programmes.
  • Experience with Kubernetes or other containerised platforms, DevSecOps, Secure by Design or infrastructure-as-code delivery.
  • Experience with database administration or data-platform operations.
  • A background in cloud, cyber security or Command, Control, Communications, Computers, Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance environments.

If you meet most of the criteria and believe you can succeed in the role, we encourage you to apply. We hire on capability and potential, not credentials alone.

Why Join Us

  • Competitive salary based on qualifications, experience and achievements.
  • Competitive pension via salary-sacrifice scheme.
  • Group income protection and group life assurance.
  • 25 days annual leave plus United Kingdom bank holidays.
  • Private medical cover and 24/7 remote general practitioner (GP) access for you and your family.
  • Professional subscription support and ongoing development.
  • Continuous development is expected, not negotiated.

We are proud to support the Armed Forces Covenant. Service leavers and reservists who know watch-keeping, escalation and operating under pressure will find this role speaks their language.

Salary Range (CO)
£75,000—£95,000 GBP

Join the Mission
Protect data that matters. Build capability the United Kingdom depends on. Launch into operations, not pitch decks.

Bluestaq Limited is committed to creating a diverse and inclusive workforce. We welcome applications from candidates of all backgrounds, including those returning from career breaks, military service-leavers, and those underrepresented in the defence technology sector. We make recruitment decisions based on merit, in line with the Equality Act 2010.


When you apply to a job on this site, the personal data contained in your application will be collected by Bluestaq LLC ("Controller"), located at 2 S. Cascade Ave., Ste 200, Colorado Springs, CO 80903, contactable at [email protected]. Controller’s data protection officer is Ashley Higgins, who can be contacted at [email protected].

Your personal data will be processed for the purposes of managing Controller's recruitment activities, including setting up and conducting interviews and assessments, evaluating results, and other steps in the recruitment and hiring process. This processing is lawful under Article 6(1)(f) of the UK GDPR as necessary for Controller's legitimate interests in soliciting, evaluating, and selecting applicants for employment.

Your personal data will be shared with Greenhouse Software, Inc., a cloud services provider based in the United States engaged by Controller to help manage recruitment on its behalf. Your data will accordingly be transferred to the United States once submitted. Greenhouse is certified under the UK Extension to the EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework, which the UK government has confirmed provides an adequate level of protection for personal data transferred from the UK.

Your personal data will be retained for 180 days from the date of your application, reflecting the time limit (including possible extensions) for bringing recruitment-related legal claims in the UK, after which it will be deleted or anonymised. If you are hired, your application data will become part of your employee record, retained in accordance with our employee privacy notice.

Under the UK GDPR, you have the right to request access to, rectification of, or erasure of your personal data, and to request that processing be restricted. You also have the right to object to processing carried out on the basis of legitimate interests, and the right to data portability. You may lodge a complaint with the UK Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) at ico.org.uk or 0303 123 1113.

 

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About Bluestaq

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The right data to the right people, in the right place, at the right time.

Industry
Software Development
Company size
201-500 employees
Founded
2018
Headquarters
Colorado Springs, Colorado
LinkedIn followers
5,532
Total funding
$50M

Bluestaq is a data company. We build and operate the infrastructure that gets critical data to the people who need it, across defense, government, and commercial environments. The problem we exist to solve hasn't changed since 2018: data silos. Critical information trapped in disconnected systems, unavailable at the moment of decision. The people who need it most can't get to it. We've spent eight+ years solving that problem for some of the most demanding operators in the world. Colorado Springs-based, with a global presence in London, Brisbane, and Canberra. A global team of restless builders. We take rough ideas, find what works, and turn them into something real, fast. We don't spend a lot of time talking about what we could build. We'd rather show you what we already have. The right data. The right people. The right place. The right time.

Offices: 2 S Cascade Ave, Colorado Springs, Colorado 80903, US

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About Bluestaq

LinkedInVisit site

The right data to the right people, in the right place, at the right time.

Industry
Software Development
Company size
201-500 employees
Founded
2018
Headquarters
Colorado Springs, Colorado
LinkedIn followers
5,532
Total funding
$50M

Bluestaq is a data company. We build and operate the infrastructure that gets critical data to the people who need it, across defense, government, and commercial environments. The problem we exist to solve hasn't changed since 2018: data silos. Critical information trapped in disconnected systems, unavailable at the moment of decision. The people who need it most can't get to it. We've spent eight+ years solving that problem for some of the most demanding operators in the world. Colorado Springs-based, with a global presence in London, Brisbane, and Canberra. A global team of restless builders. We take rough ideas, find what works, and turn them into something real, fast. We don't spend a lot of time talking about what we could build. We'd rather show you what we already have. The right data. The right people. The right place. The right time.

Offices: 2 S Cascade Ave, Colorado Springs, Colorado 80903, US

Data AnalyticsArtificial IntelligenceMachine LearningSpaceSpace Situational AwarenessDataand Data ManagementInformation TechnologySecurityDatabase
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