Senior RedHat Linux Engineer

Title: Senior RedHat Linux Engineer

Location: Wokingham / Hybrid - 2/3 days per week onsite

Duration: 6 months

Rate: £368 per day inside ir35

SC Clearance is required for this role.

We are seeking an experienced and driven Senior Red Hat Linux Engineer to lead the design, build, and ongoing management of enterprise Linux platforms within a dynamic, customer-focused IT environment.

The Role

You will take ownership of our Red Hat ecosystem, leading a small team of subject matter experts while remaining technically hands-on. You will design, implement, and support resilient enterprise infrastructure, ensuring stability, automation, and continuous improvement across services.

Working within an ITIL / DevSecOps-based support model, you will engage directly with customers, produce high-quality documentation, and ensure critical systems remain secure, optimised, and highly available.

Knowledge, Experience & Technical Expertise

• Proven track record in the design, build, and management of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 8, 9, and 10
• Strong experience designing and managing:
• Red Hat Satellite
• Ansible Automation Platform
• Experience managing VMware environments
• Demonstrated leadership of a small team of Red Hat SMEs
• Strong understanding of network protocols and topologies
• Extensive customer-facing experience within an IT service environment
• Experience supporting business-critical, real-time systems with high availability requirements
• Methodical, positive, and solutions-focused approach to problem-solving
• Proven accountability in driving issues through to successful resolution
• Ability to produce clear, high-quality technical documentation for both technical and non-technical audiences
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Comfortable working independently and collaboratively within high-performing small-to-medium teams

Essential Experience

• Proven experience in a production IT environment managing:
• Enterprise infrastructure
• Hardware platforms
• Hosting services
• Network environments
• Ability to write and review architectural design documentation
• Strong awareness of industry trends and emerging technologies, with the ability to apply them to evolving architectural requirements