linux engineer / architect
Posted 4 days ago by Randstad
£550 Per day
Inside
Hybrid
city of london, london
Summary: The role of Linux Engineer / Architect involves designing, building, and maintaining mission-critical enterprise platforms for a well-established IT provider. The position requires expertise in troubleshooting, security hardening, and automation within a global server estate. The successful candidate will work on a 6-month contract basis with the possibility of extension, primarily in London, requiring active SC clearance. This role is suited for a technical heavyweight who excels in complex problem-solving and ensuring high availability in high-traffic environments.
Key Responsibilities:
- Provide expert-level guidance to engineering teams and lead root-cause analysis on complex system-wide issues.
- Linux Engineering: Manage and optimise a large-scale estate across RedHat, Ubuntu, and CentOS, ensuring peak performance of Apache, Nginx, and Tomcat stacks.
- Automation & IaC: Drive efficiency through the development of custom Ansible, Puppet, and Terraform scripts to automate deployments and server hardening.
- Security & Compliance: Lead server hardening initiatives and vulnerability mitigation, ensuring our infrastructure meets rigorous industry standards (including ISO27001 or MOD restricted requirements).
- Infrastructure Design: Produce High-Level and Low-Level Design (HLD/LLD) documentation for monitoring suites and hybrid cloud integrations.
- Network & Storage: Configure and troubleshoot advanced networking (DNS, VIP, Load Balancing) and manage enterprise-grade storage solutions (SAN/NAS).
Key Skills:
- A minimum of 11 years of deep Linux experience (20+ years preferred)
- Advanced proficiency in Bash and Python, with the ability to write bespoke tools to improve system efficiency.
- Practical experience with AWS or Azure migrations and managing virtualised environments via VMware.
Salary (Rate): £550 daily
City: London
Country: United Kingdom
Working Arrangements: hybrid
IR35 Status: inside IR35
Seniority Level: Senior
Industry: IT
Linux Engineer / Architect
6 Months Contract + with possible extension
£550 a day inside IR35
London Based - 2 days in the office
*Active SC Clearance is Needed*
A well established IT Provider is looking for an experienced Linux Engineer / Architect with a proven track record of designing, building, and maintaining mission-critical enterprise platforms to join their IT Team on a 6 months contract. You will be at the heart of their infrastructure strategy, responsible for the high-end troubleshooting, security hardening, and automation of our global server estate.
This is a role for a technical heavyweight who thrives on solving complex root-cause issues and enjoys the architectural challenge of ensuring 24/7 availability for high-traffic environments.
Key Responsibilities
- Provide expert-level guidance to engineering teams and lead root-cause analysis on complex system-wide issues.
- Linux Engineering: Manage and optimise a large-scale estate across RedHat, Ubuntu, and CentOS, ensuring peak performance of Apache, Nginx, and Tomcat stacks.
- Automation & IaC: Drive efficiency through the development of custom Ansible, Puppet, and Terraform scripts to automate deployments and server hardening.
- Security & Compliance: Lead server hardening initiatives and vulnerability mitigation, ensuring our infrastructure meets rigorous industry standards (including ISO27001 or MOD restricted requirements).
- Infrastructure Design: Produce High-Level and Low-Level Design (HLD/LLD) documentation for monitoring suites and hybrid cloud integrations.
- Network & Storage: Configure and troubleshoot advanced networking (DNS, VIP, Load Balancing) and manage enterprise-grade storage solutions (SAN/NAS).
The Successful candidate should have the following essential skills
- A minimum of 11 years of deep Linux experience (20+ years preferred)
- Advanced proficiency in Bash and Python, with the ability to write bespoke tools to improve system efficiency.
- Practical experience with AWS or Azure migrations and managing virtualised environments via VMware.
6 Months Contract + with possible extension | £550 a day inside IR35
London Based - 2 days in the office
*Active SC Clearance is Needed*
If you are an experienced Linux Engineer with a background that matches the above then I want to hear from you. If this seems of interest to you then please apply directly to the AD or send your CV to Iram.Shariff@randstaddigital.com
Randstad Technologies is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy.