Linux Engineer

Linux Engineer

Very successful financial services organisation is recruiting for an Infrastructure Engineer who will responsible for effective provisioning, installation/configuration, operation, maintenance and performance of systems hardware, software and related infrastructure.

This individual will be a member of the Infrastructure team and will provide Linux system engineering expertise and perform a key DevOps role. Covering live production support, development support and project work. The candidate will be expected to join the on call rota with the rest of the team.

Responsibilities:

• Install new/rebuild existing Servers and configure hardware, peripherals, services, settings, directories, storage, etc. in accordance with standards and project/operational requirements.
• Develop and maintain installation and configuration procedures.
• Contribute to and maintain system standards.
• Research and recommend innovative, and where possible automated approaches for system administration tasks. Identify approaches that leverage our resources and provide economies of scale.
• Research and development to ensure continual innovation.

Required Experience:

• At least 5 years experience in a Linux system engineering role (ideally Redhat/CentOS)
• Proven root cause analysis thought processes and approach.
• Linux engineering skills to build, operate and manage a complex production environment. Familiarity with RedHat based Linux versions.
• Experience of Web Application Servers architectures, security, protocols and technologies (Apache Web Server, HAProxy, Tomcat) configuration and optimisation
• Thorough understanding of computer networking protocols and concepts including IP/TCP/UDP, NAT, DNS, NFS, and similar systems.
• Experience troubleshooting Linux and application problems, with demonstrated history to understand root causes of complex problems.
• Experience with UNIX utilities and Scripting (Python, Shell, etc.), experience with a version control system (eg Git) highly preferred.
• Knowledge of VMware vSphere
• Knowledge of Solarwinds or Equivalant
• Knowledge of automation, configuration management and monitoring with systems such as, Ansible, Satellite, Puppet, Chef, Salt or similar systems.
• Knowledge of cloud technologies from AWS, GCP or Azure and tools related to build and operate cloud based applications.
• Experience in container based technologies.
• Expert level/Final point of escalation experience.

Linux Engineer