Linux Architect
***Linux Architect – 6 Months Contract – Location - Remote***
RED now has a new contract opportunity for an SC-Cleared Linux Architect to join one of our key partners for a new cloud migration and transformation project. The initial contract will be for 6 months.
This contract is to start ASAP and will be fully remote. Please note that this role is inside IR35.
*** Active SC Clearance is a requirement ***
Specific skills/experience required:
- 12+ years of overall IT experience, with 5+ years focused on Azure Infrastructure, including Azure IaaS/PaaS, Azure Migrate, Networking, Data/Storage, Security, SIAM, Azure Key Vault and Azure IAM
- Proven experience working with and leading infrastructure teams (5+ members), providing technical guidance, governance and delivery oversight
- Strong expertise in Azure Migrate and cloud infrastructure assessments, including large-scale migration solutioning
- Experience designing and delivering Azure Landing Zones and target cloud architectures (HLD & LLD)
- Ability to define end-to-end Azure solution architectures, covering business, application and infrastructure layers as well as commercial considerations (TCO/ROI)
- Experience providing BoM pricing, licensing details, and solution design documentation
- Hands-on experience with migrating on-prem workloads to Azure
- Strong troubleshooting experience across Azure and Linux environments (performance, networking, clustering, memory, IO issues)
- Strong knowledge of Linux administration, including storage, file systems, networking, DNS, backup & restore, services, scripting and performance tuning
- Experience with web servers and infrastructure tools such as Apache HTTPD, HAProxy, Varnish, Postfix
- Strong understanding of security in UNIX/Linux environments
- Experience across industries such as banking, healthcare, or insurance
- Ability to perform root cause analysis and resolve complex infrastructure issues
- Excellent communication skills in English
- Able to join ASAP
Nice to have:
- Experience with configuration management tools (Ansible, Chef, etc.)
- Scripting/programming knowledge in Bash, Python, Ruby, or Perl
- Familiarity with DevOps tools such as GIT, Jenkins
If this role interests you, please send your CV to Lara on logul@redglobal.com or apply here!