Position Overview & Specifications
Role Title: UNIX/ Linux Engineer
Location: Remote/UK
Duration: 6 Months
SC eligible
Role Description:
Proactively maintain and develop all Linux infrastructure technology to maintain a 24x7x365 uptime service
Engineering of systems administration-related solutions for various project and operational needs
Maintain best practices on managing systems and services across all environments
Fault finding, analysis and of logging information for reporting of performance exceptions
Proactively monitoring system performance and capacity planning
Manage, coordinate, and implement software upgrades, patches, hot fixes on servers, workstations, and network hardware
Create and modify scripts or applications to perform tasks
Provide input on ways to improve the stability, security, efficiency, and scalability of the environment
Collaborate with other teams and team members to develop automation strategies and deployment processes
Linux Support Engineers are required to work to a shift pattern that spans 08:00 ? 18:00. This is also a requirement for on-call support and out of hours work.
Previous working experience as a Linux Administrator for 2+ year(s)
IN depth knowledge of Linux: RedHat, SUSE,
Knowledge of HP UX, IBM AIX and Solaris an advantage.
Familiarity with VMWare and SAN management and concepts
Experience of Clustering, Docker or Kubernetes an advantage.
Experience of Shell, Python and Ansible scripting an advantage.
Additional Linux certifications (RHCT, RHCE and LPIC) will be considered an advantage