Job Description:
We are seeking an on-site Senior Linux Engineer, providing Linux support for one of our key public sector clients. This is a high-impact role within a fast-paced and dynamic environment, focused on the support, troubleshooting, and continuous improvement.
Suitable candidates for this role must be eligible to obtain SC clearance.
Location: Luton
The successful candidate will join a highly skilled team of support engineers providing technical infrastructure support. The role will require a flexible working ethic and a pragmatic approach to IT support. Successful candidates will have a second/third line support background and great customer service and communication skills. They will have a keen interest in innovation alongside a willingness to implement new ways of working and automation.
Education and Experience required:
- Proven track record of working in a support role in UNIX/Linux
- Solid technical background supporting large-scale Unix /Linux Server environments.
- Ability to mentor technical staff and partners to troubleshoot complex server environments and situations.
- Experience in a highly visible role providing support and troubleshooting services on multiple projects at the same time.
- Ability to communicate technical concepts to non-technical business partners.
- Linux and Solaris System Administration
- Comprehensive and demonstratable UNIX/Linux troubleshooting ability.
- Red Hat Linux ( versions 5.x-8.x) System Administration
- Solaris (versions 10.x-11.x) System Administration
- Working knowledge of SRDF & STAR storage replication
- Clustering (Veritas VCS, RedHat Resilient Storage GFS2)
- Storage and Filesystems (VXFS, ZFS, EXT3, EXT4, XFS, UFS, SVM)
- Volume Managers (VXVM, LVM)
- Cyberark and SCCM compliant support for CI’s.
- UNIX/Linux auditing and logging systems
- Networking
- LDAP configuration Server/Client
- UNIX/Linux Software Patching
Education and Experience required:
Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field or equivalent work experience. professional-level certification(s) in work field. Typically 5-10 years of relevant experience.
Candidates should possess at least Disclosure Scotland / BPSS clearance or be willing to undertake appropriate security vetting. Ideally, you will hold SC clearance as a minimum but there may be a requirement to undergo DV Clearance .
Desirable skills and knowledge
- Virtualization (VMware, Solaris Zones and Containers)
- EMC SAN Storage
- Scripting (Shell, Python, Perl, Ansible YAML)
- Configuration management tools (Ansible or CFEngine)
- Familiarity with AIX (version 7)
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