Senior Unix Platform System Engineer - Unix, Linux, Solaris - Hybrid, London, Permanent Role

A large global organisation are looking for a Senior Unix Platform System Engineer to focus on building, implementing and support of Vocalink Core Services of Virtualisation & Compute platforms (Redhat, OEL, Solaris, OVM, VMware). The role requires a focus on service to ensure that all SLA’s and availability targets are met.

This will be a full time, permanent position.

The position will be worked on a Hybrid basis, 3 days on site in Central London, 2 days worked remotely.

Key Skills/Responsibilities:

• Coordinate the building and maintaining of system and platform technologies and environments, including associated software products
• Perform lifecycle management for supported hardware platforms, including technical refresh planning and capacity upgrades
• Participate in the planning and implementation of system/platform updates to optimize performance, efficiency, and capacity
• Perform holistic platform security posture which includes identifying risks, escalating potential concerns, and implementing both risk mitigation plans and control functions
• Complete status reports, troubleshooting guides, and project plans to provide in-depth technical assistance to development programmers and customers
• Assist 3rd line support in the analysis of root causes of all major issues, planning redesigns where appropriate.
• Work in partnership with 3rd party suppliers, understanding and implementing industry best practice across our technology stack.
• Experience leading a major work stream or multiple smaller work streams for a large platform system domain initiative, often providing technical guidance and advice to ensure consistent deployment of solutions
• Implement UNIX/Linux/Platform installs and upgrades
• Implement UNIX/Linux/Platform 3rd Party Software installs and upgrades.
• Document and manage change to existing hardware/software platforms.
• At least one shell scripting language (Bash, Bourne, Perl, C-Shell)
• Experience with DevOps Tooling (Ansible,Git)