Linux Engineer Jobs in the UK

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Linux Engineer

London, United Kingdom
Hybrid / WFH Options
VIQU IT
Linux Engineer 6-month contract Remote My Customer is looking for a skilled and motivated Linux Engineer to join their growing infrastructure team. This role is ideal for someone with solid experience in Linux systems administration, particularly in Red Hat environments, and a strong understanding of automation tools such as Ansible or Puppet. The Linux Engineer will be responsible for day-to-day Linux system operations, configuration management, patching, and helping drive DevOps practices across the environment. Key Skills & experience from the Linux Engineer: Strong experience in Linux system administration In-depth knowledge of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) Hands-on experience with Red Hat Satellite Automation skills … Puppet (Ansible preferred) Familiarity with DevOps tools and principles Shell scripting and command-line expertise Strong troubleshooting and diagnostic skills Good understanding of networking, storage, and security in a Linux environment Ability to work independently and within a team Key Responsibilities of the Linux Engineer: Day-to-day administration and support of Linux systems Manage and More ❯
Employment Type: Contract
Rate: GBP 450 - 550 Daily
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Linux Engineer

London, South East, England, United Kingdom
Hybrid / WFH Options
VIQU IT Recruitment
Linux Engineer – 6-month contract – Remote My Customer is looking for a skilled and motivated Linux Engineer to join their growing infrastructure team. This role is ideal for someone with solid experience in Linux systems administration, particularly in Red Hat environments, and a strong understanding of automation tools such as Ansible or Puppet. The Linux Engineer will be responsible for day-to-day Linux system operations, configuration management, patching, and helping drive DevOps practices across the environment. Key Skills & experience from the Linux Engineer: Strong experience in Linux system administration In-depth knowledge of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) Hands-on experience with Red Hat Satellite Automation skills … Puppet (Ansible preferred) Familiarity with DevOps tools and principles Shell scripting and command-line expertise Strong troubleshooting and diagnostic skills Good understanding of networking, storage, and security in a Linux environment Ability to work independently and within a team Key Responsibilities of the Linux Engineer: Day-to-day administration and support of Linux systems Manage and More ❯
Employment Type: Contractor
Rate: £450 - £550 per day
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Linux Engineer

London, Victoria, United Kingdom
Hybrid / WFH Options
VIQU IT
Linux Engineer – 6-month contract – Remote My Customer is looking for a skilled and motivated Linux Engineer to join their growing infrastructure team. This role is ideal for someone with solid experience in Linux systems administration, particularly in Red Hat environments, and a strong understanding of automation tools such as Ansible or Puppet. The Linux Engineer will be responsible for day-to-day Linux system operations, configuration management, patching, and helping drive DevOps practices across the environment. Key Skills & experience from the Linux Engineer: Strong experience in Linux system administration In-depth knowledge of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) Hands-on experience with Red Hat Satellite Automation skills … Puppet (Ansible preferred) Familiarity with DevOps tools and principles Shell scripting and command-line expertise Strong troubleshooting and diagnostic skills Good understanding of networking, storage, and security in a Linux environment Ability to work independently and within a team Key Responsibilities of the Linux Engineer: Day-to-day administration and support of Linux systems Manage and More ❯
Employment Type: Contract
Rate: £450 - £550/day
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Unix/Linux Engineer

West Midlands, United Kingdom
Anson Mccade
Unix/Linux Engineer £45000 - 52000 GBP Onsite WORKING Location: Birmingham, West Midlands - United Kingdom Type: Permanent Unix/Linux Engineer Location: Barrow-in-Furness (5 days a week on-site) Salary: £52,000 Clearance: Eligibilty for enhanced Security Clearance Our client is a leading technology and engineering consultancy supporting mission-critical projects across defence, engineering … and secure infrastructure programmes in the UK. They're looking for a Unix/Linux Engineer to join their on-site operations team in Barrow, maintaining and supporting complex systems that underpin national-level projects. The role This position will see you providing day-to-day support and maintenance for Unix and Linux environments (Solaris and Red … to the secure nature of the work, and you'll participate in a rostered on-call schedule to support critical operations. Key responsibilities Monitor, maintain, and troubleshoot Unix/Linux systems in production and development environments Apply regular patches and updates to ensure security and performance compliance Respond to alerts, incidents, and service requests, resolving technical issues within SLA More ❯
Employment Type: Permanent
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Linux Engineer - Doncaster Hybrid Remote - £55k

Doncaster, South Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom
Hybrid / WFH Options
Ada Meher
Linux Engineer – Doncaster (Hybrid Remote) - £55k 4 days per week on-site | Docker | CI/CD & IaC | Linear Progression | Free Gym Onsite Ada Meher are currently searching for an experienced Linux Engineer to join a client in Doncaster on a hybrid remote basis. You’d be working in a Linux based environment on system administration … top of this, they offer a degree of flexibility in working with in-office requirements for this role 4 times a week. To Be Considered: Proven experience in a Linux focused role (eg. 3rd Line Support/Infrastructure Engineer/SysAdmin) Excellent knowledge of Linux/Unix and associated tools (eg. CentOS/Alma Linux) Experience … can develop, progress and have access to wellbeing benefits such as a fully furbished gym which is free to use on-site.We’re anticipating a strong response to this Linux Engineer role, so please get in touch with any questions ASAP or send a CV to to be considered. More ❯
Employment Type: Full-Time
Salary: Competitive salary
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Unix/Linux Engineer

Barrow, England, United Kingdom
Anson McCade
Unix/Linux Engineer Location: Barrow-in-Furness (5 days a week on-site) Salary: £52,000 Clearance: Eligibilty for enhanced Security Clearance Our client is a leading technology and engineering consultancy supporting mission-critical projects across defence, engineering, and secure infrastructure programmes in the UK. They’re looking for a Unix/Linux Engineer to … in Barrow, maintaining and supporting complex systems that underpin national-level projects. The role This position will see you providing day-to-day support and maintenance for Unix and Linux environments (Solaris and Red Hat), ensuring high system availability, rapid issue resolution, and compliance with security standards. You’ll handle incident management, performance tuning, and patching, as well as … to the secure nature of the work, and you’ll participate in a rostered on-call schedule to support critical operations. Key responsibilities Monitor, maintain, and troubleshoot Unix/Linux systems in production and development environments Apply regular patches and updates to ensure security and performance compliance Respond to alerts, incidents, and service requests, resolving technical issues within SLA More ❯
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Linux Engineer

City of London, London, United Kingdom
Denu Recruit
Linux Engineer – Up to £300k-£550k Total Comp | London We’re hiring for a Linux Engineer to join the Compute Engineering team at one of the most technically advanced hedge funds and market makers in the world (client name kept confidential). This is a rare opportunity to work on low-level Linux engineering that … directly supports global trading and research systems. This isn’t a typical Linux admin role. You won’t be managing users or installations — you’ll be writing the code that shapes the Linux OS itself , making kernel-level changes, tuning for ultra-low latency, and solving the kinds of problems that get escalated all the way to Red … Hat. What you’ll be doing: Writing and maintaining tools and infrastructure around the Linux OS Working closely with hardware and trading teams to fine-tune system performance Digging deep into memory, CPU, and I/O behavior to uncover and fix bottlenecks Automating the build, test, and release of custom Linux images Helping shape the future of More ❯
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Linux Engineer

South East, United Kingdom
Denu Recruit
Linux Engineer - Up to £300k-£550k Total Comp London We're hiring for a Linux Engineer to join the Compute Engineering team at one of the most technically advanced hedge funds and market makers in the world (client name kept confidential). This is a rare opportunity to work on low-level Linux engineering that … directly supports global trading and research systems. This isn't a typical Linux admin role. You won't be managing users or installations - you'll be writing the code that shapes the Linux OS itself , making kernel-level changes, tuning for ultra-low latency, and solving the kinds of problems that get escalated all the way to Red … Hat. What you'll be doing: Writing and maintaining tools and infrastructure around the Linux OS Working closely with hardware and trading teams to fine-tune system performance Digging deep into memory, CPU, and I/O behavior to uncover and fix bottlenecks Automating the build, test, and release of custom Linux images Helping shape the future of More ❯
Employment Type: Permanent
Salary: GBP Annual
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Linux Engineer

London Area, United Kingdom
Quant Capital
Linux Engineer – High-Performance Prop Trading Up to £200k total | London | Hybrid (4 days in-office) Are you a Linux Engineer passionate about high-performance systems and cutting-edge technology? Quant Capital is looking for a skilled engineer to join a small, global team supporting a new trading business. You’ll be responsible for designing … powers trading desks and internal teams across the globe. Strong communication skills are essential in this close-knit, collaborative environment. What you’ll do: Take ownership of mission-critical Linux systems from day one. Design, operate, and improve highly available, high-performance infrastructure. Enable traders and developers to run their applications at the bleeding edge. Troubleshoot and debug complex … systems using command-line tools. Automate tasks and improve processes through scripting and configuration management. What we’re looking for: Extensive Linux engineering experience in a high-availability environment (RedHat/Debian-based or similar). Experience supporting mission-critical systems and high-performance applications. Strong scripting/automation skills (Bash, Python, or another high-level language). Experience More ❯
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Linux Engineer

South East, United Kingdom
Quant Capital
Linux Engineer - High-Performance Prop Trading Up to £200k total London Hybrid (4 days in-office) Are you a Linux Engineer passionate about high-performance systems and cutting-edge technology? Quant Capital is looking for a skilled engineer to join a small, global team supporting a new trading business. You'll be responsible for designing … powers trading desks and internal teams across the globe. Strong communication skills are essential in this close-knit, collaborative environment. What you'll do: Take ownership of mission-critical Linux systems from day one. Design, operate, and improve highly available, high-performance infrastructure. Enable traders and developers to run their applications at the bleeding edge. Troubleshoot and debug complex … systems using command-line tools. Automate tasks and improve processes through scripting and configuration management. What we're looking for: Extensive Linux engineering experience in a high-availability environment (RedHat/Debian-based or similar). Experience supporting mission-critical systems and high-performance applications. Strong scripting/automation skills (Bash, Python, or another high-level language). Experience More ❯
Employment Type: Permanent
Salary: GBP Annual
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Linux Production Engineer

City of London, London, United Kingdom
Autonomai Recruitment
Role: Linux Platform Engineer Skills: Deep Linux, Scripting, DevOps, Kubernetes Salary: £500k+ Location: London The ideal candidate comes from a top-tier tech environment (FAANG, elite trading, hyperscale infra). They have experience building technology 0→1 , owning systems end-to-end, and working close to the metal. They will operate across everything from bare-metal Linux to modern build and observability stacks . Linux Platform Engineer – Trading Infrastructure Overview The firm is seeking a Linux Platform Engineer to join a small, high-impact engineering group supporting ML/AI-driven trading. These teams run massive simulation, HPC, and production workloads and depend on ultra-reliable, ultra-fast Linux platforms. The … engineer will own critical infrastructure at scale and help shape the next generation of compute systems. Key Responsibilities Optimize and tune Linux for performance, stability, and low latency . Contribute to kernel-level debugging and system improvements . Automate Linux fleet builds—creating consistent, reproducible systems . Manage Kubernetes cluster infrastructure, networking, and container orchestration. Enhance observability More ❯
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Linux Production Engineer

London Area, United Kingdom
Autonomai Recruitment
Role: Linux Platform Engineer Skills: Deep Linux, Scripting, DevOps, Kubernetes Salary: £500k+ Location: London The ideal candidate comes from a top-tier tech environment (FAANG, elite trading, hyperscale infra). They have experience building technology 0→1 , owning systems end-to-end, and working close to the metal. They will operate across everything from bare-metal Linux to modern build and observability stacks . Linux Platform Engineer – Trading Infrastructure Overview The firm is seeking a Linux Platform Engineer to join a small, high-impact engineering group supporting ML/AI-driven trading. These teams run massive simulation, HPC, and production workloads and depend on ultra-reliable, ultra-fast Linux platforms. The … engineer will own critical infrastructure at scale and help shape the next generation of compute systems. Key Responsibilities Optimize and tune Linux for performance, stability, and low latency . Contribute to kernel-level debugging and system improvements . Automate Linux fleet builds—creating consistent, reproducible systems . Manage Kubernetes cluster infrastructure, networking, and container orchestration. Enhance observability More ❯
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Senior Linux Engineer - £120K+

London Area, United Kingdom
Oliver Bernard
Senior Linux Engineer - £120K+ Our client is a leading SaaS and technology company, building innovative solutions for Data Management, Analytics and Machine Learning. Offering hybrid, flexible, working they’re looking to hire an experienced Linux Engineer and good experience across Ansible, Packer and AWS. From day one you’ll be involved in the design, build, implementation … and support of innovative Linux systems with a focus on availability, performance, reliability, and security - From bare-metal through to virtualisation, AWS Cloud and automation. You’ll have the opportunity to work across a range of projects, tools and technologies and have real ownership of your work – A very varied challenge! Requirements: - Proven experience of Linux administration and More ❯
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Senior Linux Engineer - £120K+

South East, United Kingdom
Oliver Bernard
Senior Linux Engineer - £120K+ Our client is a leading SaaS and technology company, building innovative solutions for Data Management, Analytics and Machine Learning. Offering hybrid, flexible, working they're looking to hire an experienced Linux Engineer and good experience across Ansible, Packer and AWS. From day one you'll be involved in the design, build, implementation … and support of innovative Linux systems with a focus on availability, performance, reliability, and security - From bare-metal through to virtualisation, AWS Cloud and automation. You'll have the opportunity to work across a range of projects, tools and technologies and have real ownership of your work - A very varied challenge! Requirements: - Proven experience of Linux administration and More ❯
Employment Type: Permanent
Salary: GBP 120,000 Annual
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Senior Linux Engineer - £120K+

City of London, London, United Kingdom
Oliver Bernard
Senior Linux Engineer - £120K+ Our client is a leading SaaS and technology company, building innovative solutions for Data Management, Analytics and Machine Learning. Offering hybrid, flexible, working they’re looking to hire an experienced Linux Engineer and good experience across Ansible, Packer and AWS. From day one you’ll be involved in the design, build, implementation … and support of innovative Linux systems with a focus on availability, performance, reliability, and security - From bare-metal through to virtualisation, AWS Cloud and automation. You’ll have the opportunity to work across a range of projects, tools and technologies and have real ownership of your work – A very varied challenge! Requirements: - Proven experience of Linux administration and More ❯
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Linux Engineer / Administrator

Worthing, West Sussex, England, United Kingdom
Hybrid / WFH Options
Adecco
Linux Engineer/Administrator is requireby a well known company. Hybrid working. You will have the following skills/experience: Overall purpose of the roleThe IT Senior Linux Engineer is responsible for managing the high availability server infrastructure and associated operational services in line with the agreed Service Level Targets. Working with the other IT teams … place 5. Attends and positively influences the appropriate technical and operational governance forums Experience and capability requirementsKnowledge/experience:* RHEL 5,6,7 & 8 experience* Understanding of LVM* SE Linux configuration* Redhat Satellite, patch management* Ansible automation* Solaris 9 & 10 experience or relevant Unix knowledge* Solaris LDOM* Veritas Volume management* GIT or SVN version control* Cloud Platform experience - MS More ❯
Employment Type: Contractor
Rate: £500.00 - £550.00 per hour
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Linux Engineer / Administrator

Worthing, Sussex, United Kingdom
Hybrid / WFH Options
Adecco
Linux Engineer/Administrator is requireby a well known company. Hybrid working. You will have the following skills/experience: Overall purpose of the role The IT Senior Linux Engineer is responsible for managing the high availability server infrastructure and associated operational services in line with the agreed Service Level Targets. Working with the other IT … 5. Attends and positively influences the appropriate technical and operational governance forums Experience and capability requirements Knowledge/experience: RHEL 5,6,7 & 8 experience Understanding of LVM SE Linux configuration Redhat Satellite, patch management Ansible automation Solaris 9 & 10 experience or relevant Unix knowledge Solaris LDOM Veritas Volume management GIT or SVN version control Cloud Platform experience - MS More ❯
Employment Type: Contract
Rate: GBP 500 Hourly
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Linux Support Engineer

Staines-upon-Thames, Middlesex, England, United Kingdom
Spectrum IT Recruitment
Linux Support Engineer required by a market leading technology company based in Staines. Due to continued success and planned expansion the company are looking to hire an ambitious Linux Support Engineer to join their existing team. The successful Linux Support Engineer should have experience working with Linux-based systems and be a keen … the operations team in the roll-out and maintenance of their core SaaS product.Responsibilities will include;- Working with solution architects to implement roll-out of software- Troubleshooting issues using Linux tools and scripting- Hardware/Software migration- Customer installation and supportEssential Experience; - Customer facing experience- Linux i.e. CentOS/RHEL- Scripting languages i.e. Shell, PERL, Python, PHP- Knowledge More ❯
Employment Type: Full-Time
Salary: £45,000 - £50,000 per annum
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Linux Support Engineer

Staines, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Spectrum IT Recruitment
Linux Support Engineer required by a market leading technology company based in Staines. Due to continued success and planned expansion the company are looking to hire an ambitious Linux Support Engineer to join their existing team. The successful Linux Support Engineer should have experience working with Linux-based systems and be a keen … operations team in the roll-out and maintenance of their core SaaS product. Responsibilities will include; - Working with solution architects to implement roll-out of software - Troubleshooting issues using Linux tools and scripting - Hardware/Software migration - Customer installation and support Essential Experience; - Customer facing experience - Linux i.e. CentOS/RHEL - Scripting languages i.e. Shell, PERL, Python, PHP More ❯
Employment Type: Permanent
Salary: GBP Annual
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Linux Support Engineer

Staines, Surrey, South East, United Kingdom
Spectrum It Recruitment Limited
Linux Support Engineer required by a market leading technology company based in Staines. Due to continued success and planned expansion the company are looking to hire an ambitious Linux Support Engineer to join their existing team. The successful Linux Support Engineer should have experience working with Linux-based systems and be a keen … operations team in the roll-out and maintenance of their core SaaS product. Responsibilities will include; - Working with solution architects to implement roll-out of software - Troubleshooting issues using Linux tools and scripting - Hardware/Software migration - Customer installation and support Essential Experience; - Customer facing experience - Linux i.e. CentOS/RHEL - Scripting languages i.e. Shell, PERL, Python, PHP More ❯
Employment Type: Permanent
Salary: £50,000
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Unix/Linux Engineer

West Midlands, United Kingdom
Anson Mccade
Unix/Linux Engineer £45000 - 52000 GBP Onsite WORKING Location: Birmingham, West Midlands - United Kingdom Type: Permanent Unix/Linux Engineer Location: Barrow-in-Furness (5 days a week on-site) Salary: £52,000 Clearance: Eligibilty for enhanced Security Clearance Our client is a leading technology and engineering consultancy supporting mission-critical projects across defence, engineering More ❯
Employment Type: Permanent
Salary: GBP Annual
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Systems Engineer - Linux - AWS - £100K+

London Area, United Kingdom
Oliver Bernard
Systems Engineer - Linux - AWS - £100K+ Our client is a leading SaaS company, building innovative solutions for Data Analytics, Machine Learning and AI in the financial services. Offering hybrid, flexible, working they’re looking to hire an experienced Linux Engineer and good experience across Ansible, Packer and AWS. From day one you’ll be involved in the … design, build, implementation and support of innovative Linux systems with a focus on availability, performance, reliability, and security - From bare-metal through to virtualisation, AWS Cloud, DevOps and automation. You’ll have the opportunity to work across a range of projects, tools and technologies and have real ownership of your work – A very varied challenge! Requirements: - Proven experience of … Linux administration and engineering - Great understanding of RPM packaging, systems, networking and storage - Great AWS skills - Knowledge of Ansible and DevOps methods - Packer skills - HCL/JSON templates, builder vs. provisioner distinction etc - Strong CI/CD understanding - Excellent communication skills and a motivated, proactive, approach to work - The ability to take the lead on work and drive projects More ❯
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Systems Engineer - Linux - AWS - £100K+

South East, United Kingdom
Oliver Bernard
Systems Engineer - Linux - AWS - £100K+ Our client is a leading SaaS company, building innovative solutions for Data Analytics, Machine Learning and AI in the financial services. Offering hybrid, flexible, working they're looking to hire an experienced Linux Engineer and good experience across Ansible, Packer and AWS. From day one you'll be involved in the … design, build, implementation and support of innovative Linux systems with a focus on availability, performance, reliability, and security - From bare-metal through to virtualisation, AWS Cloud, DevOps and automation. You'll have the opportunity to work across a range of projects, tools and technologies and have real ownership of your work - A very varied challenge! Requirements: - Proven experience of … Linux administration and engineering - Great understanding of RPM packaging, systems, networking and storage - Great AWS skills - Knowledge of Ansible and DevOps methods - Packer skills - HCL/JSON templates, builder vs. provisioner distinction etc - Strong CI/CD understanding - Excellent communication skills and a motivated, proactive, approach to work - The ability to take the lead on work and drive projects More ❯
Employment Type: Permanent
Salary: GBP 100,000 Annual
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Systems Engineer - Linux - AWS - £100K+

City of London, London, United Kingdom
Oliver Bernard
Systems Engineer - Linux - AWS - £100K+ Our client is a leading SaaS company, building innovative solutions for Data Analytics, Machine Learning and AI in the financial services. Offering hybrid, flexible, working they’re looking to hire an experienced Linux Engineer and good experience across Ansible, Packer and AWS. From day one you’ll be involved in the … design, build, implementation and support of innovative Linux systems with a focus on availability, performance, reliability, and security - From bare-metal through to virtualisation, AWS Cloud, DevOps and automation. You’ll have the opportunity to work across a range of projects, tools and technologies and have real ownership of your work – A very varied challenge! Requirements: - Proven experience of … Linux administration and engineering - Great understanding of RPM packaging, systems, networking and storage - Great AWS skills - Knowledge of Ansible and DevOps methods - Packer skills - HCL/JSON templates, builder vs. provisioner distinction etc - Strong CI/CD understanding - Excellent communication skills and a motivated, proactive, approach to work - The ability to take the lead on work and drive projects More ❯
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Snr Linux Engineer - £700+ per day

London Area, United Kingdom
Oliver Bernard
Snr Linux Engineer - £700+ per day Our client is a leading SaaS and technology company, building innovative solutions for Data Management, Analytics and Machine Learning. They’re looking to hire an experienced Linux Engineer and experience across Ansible, Packer and AWS. 2 days a week in the office, hybrid, inital 6 months, inside IR35 and paying … up to £700+ per day. From day one you’ll be involved in the design, build, implementation and support of innovative Linux systems with a focus on availability, performance, reliability, and security - From bare-metal through to virtualisation, AWS Cloud and automation. You’ll have the opportunity to work across a range of projects, tools and technologies and have … real ownership of your work – A very varied challenge! Requirements: - Proven experience of Linux administration and engineering - Great understanding of RPM packaging, systems, networking and storage - Good knowledge of AWS - Knowledge of Ansible and DevOps methods - Packer skills - HCL/JSON templates, builder vs. provisioner distinction etc - Strong CI/CD understanding - Excellent communication skills and a motivated, proactive More ❯
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Linux Engineer
10th Percentile
£36,750
25th Percentile
£42,500
Median
£60,000
75th Percentile
£75,313
90th Percentile
£82,500