Linux Engineer

About the role

The Linux Engineer will design, implement, secure and support enterprise Linux platforms, contributing to reliability, automation and modernisation of infrastructure services.

Key responsibilities

• Build, configure and maintain enterprise Linux servers and platforms.
• Manage OS upgrades, patching, hardening and lifecycle activities.
• Implement security baselines, identity controls and configuration standards.
• Support high‑availability, resilience, backup and recovery requirements.
• Develop scripts and automation to improve provisioning and operational efficiency.
• Contribute to Infrastructure as Code initiatives and CI/CD integration.
• Support containerised platforms and Kubernetes‑based services where required.
• Monitor system performance, availability, capacity and security events.
• Participate in incident, problem and change management processes.
• Investigate complex technical issues and conduct root‑cause analysis.

Required profile

• 6‑10 years of hands‑on experience administering enterprise Linux environments, especially Red Hat.
• Bachelor's degree or equivalent professional experience.
• Proven ability to document technical solutions and communicate with both technical and non‑technical stakeholders.
• Experience coordinating work of others or contributing to technical projects.

Required skills

• Linux installation, configuration, troubleshooting and performance tuning.
• Shell scripting and automation, particularly Ansible Automation Platform.
• Networking, storage, authentication, certificates and system security.
• Virtualisation, cloud platforms and container technologies.
• Kubernetes and associated ecosystem tools.
• Monitoring, logging, event correlation and operational support.
• Infrastructure as Code, CI/CD and Git workflows.