Linux & Ansible Consultant
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Job Title: Linux & Ansible Consultant
Location: United Kingdom
Hybrid
This is Fixed term contract role
Automation Engineer (Cryptography & PKI Infrastructure)
Role Overview
1. Core Linux Expertise (10+ years expected)
Look for strong, hands‐on capability in:
- Deep understanding of Linux internals (process management, memory, storage, kernel concepts).
- Expertise in system configuration & hardening across RHEL/CentOS/Ubuntu/SUSE.
- Strong troubleshooting skills
- Experience managing filesystems, LVM, RAID, networking, boot loaders .
- Capability to design and manage secure, scalable Linux environments .
Ansible Expertise (5+ years expected)
Candidate should be strong in:
- Writing modular, reusable playbooks and role-based structures .
- Deep understanding of YAML , Jinja2 templating , and inventory management .
- Creating custom Ansible modules , filters, or plugins (optional but strong plus).
- Managing large-scale automation of:
- configurations
- patching
- deployments
- infra provisioning