UNIX/ Linux Engineer

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