Linux Administrator - Airbus - SC Cleared

Location: On-site Stevenage

Duration: 6 months
Rate: £500
Clearance: SC Cleared - UK Sole National Only

Role Overview

Seeking an experienced Linux Administrator to join a team supporting the engineering infrastructure of a major aerospace organisation.

The role is primarily focused on Linux systems operating across multiple network layers. The team supports infrastructure that enables engineering teams to access processing, storage, and memory resources for complex simulation activities.

You will also be involved in maintaining a range of applications hosted on the infrastructure, including incident and request management systems. Day-to-day, you will collaborate closely with Capgemini colleagues, third-party suppliers, and client stakeholders.

The role is based on site in Stevenage, with travel to the Airbus site as required.

MANDATORY

• Sole British citizenship is mandatory

• Active SC clearance required

• Role requires on-site presence in Stevenage

• Ability and willingness to travel to the Airbus site as needed

Key Responsibilities

• Application support, including installation and upgrades

• Provision of HPC resources (primarily for systems engineering, eg MATLAB)

• Infrastructure administration (Red Hat Linux, Kickstart, VMware systems)

• Information Management in liaison with support groups (Data Centre Services, Networks)

• Hardware diagnostics and fault finding

• Shell Scripting

• Management, investigation, and resolution of support tickets within SLA

• System updates (applications, Middleware, databases)

Required Skills & Experience

• Strong Linux Administration experience (RHEL or similar)

• Strong hands-on experience with Ansible

• Strong understanding and practical experience of Network Protocols

• Git (practical, hands-on experience)

• Strong documentation skills

• Red Hat IDM

• VMware

• Podman

Desirable Skills

• Jenkins

• Storage Area Network (SAN) concepts

• Red Hat Satellite Server

• Infrastructure monitoring tools (eg CheckMK)

• 3rd-party software installation

• CentOS (Legacy versions)

• Basic knowledge of GitLab

• LDAP/Active Directory