Example Linux Engineer Job Descriptions
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Linux Engineer
Linux Engineer
Location:
London
Sector:
Job type:
Job functions:
Database Administrator, Infrastructure Analyst, Infrastructure Engineer, IT Services
Salary:
£55000 - £65000 per annum + + Opt Oncall + Benefits
Role: Linux Administrator Engineer
Location: London or Peterborough
Salary: £55,000 - £65,000 + Optional Oncall + Benefits
The role
I am looking for a skilled Red Hat/Centos Linux engineer who is experienced in working in an enterprise environment, and has strong technical, organisational and communication skills.
Main accountabilities
Monitor performance, troubleshoot problems and outages, schedule upgrades and provide continual improvement to your area of responsibility.
Designing and implementing new solutions and improvements to the resilience of the current environment
Ensure all platforms are maintained to a supportable stable version
Ensure all platforms are secure, working within our security team to ensure that systems are updated as and when necessary, and implementing any urgent fixes/mitigations responding to threats as they arise.
Designing and creating Linux infrastructure as code and in the cloud (AWS and Azure)
Create and maintain scripts to automate administrative procedures
Provide Out of hours cover as part of a rota
Must haves
Have an understanding of the challenges of supporting a large 24/7 operation
Be an expert in Linux administration, ideally within an enterprise environment handling 200+ servers
Red Hat Linux certification preferred
Good practical experience of configuration managers (Ansible)
Strong scripting, system security and automation skills (Desirable)
Linux Engineer
Location:
Essex
Sector:
Job type:
Job functions:
Infrastructure Analyst, Infrastructure Engineer, Systems Administrator, Systems Analyst, Systems Engineer
Salary:
Up to £650 per day
The Role
Role: Linux Engineer
Rate: £650 per day
Contract: Initial 6 months
IR35: Inside
Technical: Linux server and Red Hat technical administration.
Linux Engineer
Location:
London
Sector:
Job type:
Job functions:
Infrastructure Engineer, IT Services
Salary:
£75000 - £90000 per annum + Bonus + Benefits
Skills required:
RedHat Linux
Microsoft Azure
Kubernetes
Job Responsibilities:
Subject matter expert for Linux
Drive Engineering discussions in support of business requirements gathering, analysis, and design
Implement highly scalable and available solutions based on industry architectural direction, best practices, and practical experience
Collaborate with Developers, Systems Operations, and Vendors as needed to solve integration and implementation challenges.
Recommend tools and methodologies to Operations and Development to create proof-of-concept implementations for demonstration and eventual integration.
Break large complex systems into manageable subsystems and components, each of which can be managed by individuals or teams in a scalable manner
Create and utilize automations for initializing and provisioning systems and facilitate larger IT department orchestration.
Work with Developer teams and Infrastructure colleagues to convert high-cost inefficient systems and application stacks to low-cost OS platforms and Cloud Providers.
Utilize tools like Git, Ansible, Terraform, and Packer to drive consistency of configured systems.
Create and maintain technical documentation and utilize version control systems, such as Git
Linux Engineer
Location:
City of London
Sector:
Job type:
Job functions:
Systems Engineer
Salary:
£80000 - £90000 per annum
Industry: Insurance
We are working with a well known insurance company who are going through a significant period of growth and transformation.
They are looking for a Linux Engineer with containerisation experience to join their growing technology function.
The successful candidate will have the following:
Experience with scripting languages (e.g. Bash, Python), and automation tools (e.g. Ansible, Puppet, Chef)
Automation skills (Kubernetes, CentOS, Redhat, terraform, Ansible, Github)
Physical to Virtual conversion using well-known Cloud Platforms (Azure, AWS, Digital Ocean, etc)
At least 2 years of direct hands on experience with AWS VPC, EC2, S3, Elastic Load Balancer, Route53, Cloudwatch, CloudTrail, and AKS
Hands on experience with Azure DNS, Traffic Manager, Express Route, Load Balancer, Monitor and EKS
Extensive experience working within a distributed Git workflow
Senior Linux Engineer
Location:
Northamptonshire
Job type: Permanent
Industry: Logistics
Salary:
£60000 - £70000 per annum + Car Allowance + Benefits
Position -Senior Linux Engineer
Location -Northamptonshire
Salary -£60,000-£70,000 + Benefits
We are working with one of the world's leading logistics companies, who are looking to hire a Senior Linux Engineer to support the business on a number of large scale infrastructure projects as they embark on a global IT and Digital transformation.
You will be responsible for all support functions and be involved in the design and implementation of new technology to meet both internal and client needs.
The successful candidate will have the following:
Strong hands on experience supporting Linux systems.
Experience with Red Hat based Linux OS, SLES, CentOS or Ubuntu.
Strong knowledge of NetApp, SAN, NAS and Networking technologies.
Strong scripting skills - Perl/Bash/Python/Ruby.
Excellent communication skills.
Linux Engineer
La Fosse Associates are currently partnered with a client who are looking to recruit a contract Linux Engineer into their team. This is an initial 6 month role, paying £500-£550 a day and inside IR35. This role is fully remote.
This Engineer role is to take a lead on BAU activities. Working with an outsourced provider to ensure day to day stability of the RHEL estate. Support major DC transformation program to migrate to cloud with heavy essence on automation (Ansible, Chef, etc.).
Key Experience required:
5+ years of administrating Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Strong knowledge of/experience with automation tools - prefer Ansible and/or Chef
The ability to design technical solutions to be implemented globally (1500+ servers)
The ability to analyse Red Hat security bulletins and create a practical remedy to any vulnerabilities
Build and provisioning of images (including security hardening)
Desirable Skills:
Experience using Red Hat Satellite & managing Red Hat subscriptions
Experience with Cloud (prefer Azure) environments
Experience with VMware
Experience working with Application teams needs and helping other teams standardize their environments
Experience handing work off to external providers.
Background in Security topics
Linux Engineer
La Fosse Associates are currently partnered with a client who are looking to recruit a contract Linux Engineer into their team. This is an initial 6 month role, paying £500-£550 a day and inside IR35. This role is fully remote.
This Engineer role is to take a lead on BAU activities. Working with an outsourced provider to ensure day to day stability of the RHEL estate. Support major DC transformation program to migrate to cloud with heavy essence on automation (Ansible, Chef, etc.).
Key Experience required:
5+ years of administrating Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Strong knowledge of/experience with automation tools - prefer Ansible and/or Chef
The ability to design technical solutions to be implemented globally (1500+ servers)
The ability to analyse Red Hat security bulletins and create a practical remedy to any vulnerabilities
Build and provisioning of images (including security hardening)
Desirable Skills:
Experience using Red Hat Satellite & managing Red Hat subscriptions
Experience with Cloud (prefer Azure) environments
Experience with VMware
Experience working with Application teams needs and helping other teams standardize their environments
Experience handing work off to external providers.
Background in Security topics.
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