Senior Linux Engineer

Senior Linux Engineer

Please note you will need to have lived and worked in the UK for 4 years to current, to apply for this role, due a need to pass security clearance.

• Rickmansworth
• Annual Bonus
• Benefits: High street discounts, life assurance, pension, health insurance
• Free Parking
• Walking distance from train station
• Excellent perks and benefits package, pension, life assurance etc.
• Outstanding career path, you will be using all the latest tech, and have options to be involved with a structured career and training path.

Our Award winning client is in urgent need of a professional to source junior engineer to join their expanding team. The Junior Systems Engineer is responsible for deployment, configuration and maintenance of my clients systems. The role has a wider scope to assist with all server-related tasks company wide, and work with the lead system administrator and the software team on new solution designs.

The role generally requires someone with a senior level technical implementation background in infrastructure with some experience of delivering technical solutions.

POSITION OBJECTIVE

The Systems Engineer is responsible for deployment, configuration and maintenance of systems. The role has a wider scope to assist with all server-related tasks company wide, and work with the lead system administrator and the software team on new solution designs.

The role generally requires someone with a technical implementation background in infrastructure with real world experience of delivering technical solutions.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES AND SKILLS

• Excellent Linux skills over multiple distributions
• Excellent scripting skills in BASH or similar
• Some programming knowledge, however, would not expect this to be their strongest point
• AWS experience, ideally with a developer or similar qualification
• Other cloud experience to some degree (Google or Azure)
• Some networking experience, but does not matter if limited to just cloud (i.e. not switches etc.)
• Some form of automation experience such as Ansible or GitLab runners, don't really mind which but they need to be very strong at something in this space
• Does not need management skills
• Would expect minimum 4 years' experience, however 6+ would be better

PROFILE

The role requires someone who is committed to quality, has a high attention to detail, works well with others and had a can-do attitude. The person will be dealing with problems at their own pace, as such it will need a good time-management skill.

EDUCATION / QUALIFICATIONS / CERTIFICATIONS

• Degree level or equivalent education is expected for this role.
• No specific qualification or certifications are expected for this role.
• Able to obtain UK security clearance.