Deployment & Monitoring Engineer (Linux)

Sopra Steria; Farnborough; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 75,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

£5,400 car allowance

25 days annual leave

Private medical

Life assurance

Pension

Generous flexible benefits fund

Job summary

Sopra Steria in Farnborough is seeking a Deployment and Monitoring Engineer with strong Linux and automation expertise to support a defence client. You will help shape strategy and direction, with hands-on duties maintaining the Linux estate, patching and deploying across environments.

The role requires DV clearance eligibility and is office-based in Farnborough. Proficiency with Ansible, Terraform, Bash and Python is essential, along with stakeholder engagement in a secure setting.

Qualifications

• Strong Linux system administration skills (RHEL/Debian).
• Experience with Red Hat Satellite for patching and configuration management.
• Automation experience with Ansible and Terraform.
• Scripting skills in Bash and Python.
• Excellent stakeholder engagement and customer-facing skills.

Responsibilities

• Maintain and automate Linux estate in a multi-tenant environment.
• Patch, configure and deploy Linux systems ensuring compliance with security frameworks.
• Develop automation strategies using Ansible and Terraform.
• Engage with senior internal and external stakeholders.
• Operate in a secure, high-pressure delivery environment.

Skills

RHEL

Debian

Red Hat Satellite

Ansible

Terraform

Bash

Python

Stakeholder mgmt

Tools

Automation tooling

Job description

Are you a highly experienced Infrastructure Engineer looking for a move?

Sopra Steria’s Aerospace, Defence and Security sector are recruiting for a Deployment and Monitoring Engineer with expertise in Linux and automation technologies to join a team supporting a key client in the defence sector. This is a fantastic opportunity for a highly technical individual to come in and make the role their own, supporting with strategy and technical direction moving forward. If you have a solid grounding in Linux and penchant for Automation using Ansible and Terraform then this one is for you.

This role would be based on site in the office in Farnborough.

Due to the nature of the projects we are working on, we are only able to progress with candidates eligible for DV clearance.

What you’ll be doing:

• Maintenance of several domains in a multi-tenancy private cloud environment with an automation first mindset
• Looking after the patching, configuration, and deployment of the Linux estate ensuring that it is compliant with various frameworks and addressing vulnerabilities that may arise within the supply chain.
• Develop effective automation strategy using Ansible and Terraform
• Engage with Senior internal and external stakeholders
• Manage deliverables in a highly pressurised, secure environment

What you’ll bring:

• General Linux System Administration & Management (RHEL & Debian)
• Red Hat Satellite
• Ansible & Terraform for Automation
• Bash & Python Scripting
• Good Stakeholder engagement and customer facing skills

It would be great if you had:

• Experience working in the defence sector

Employment Type: Full-time, Permanent

Location: Farnborough

Security Clearance Level: DV

Salary: Competitive, based on experience

Benefits:

• £5,400 car allowance
• 25 days annual leave with the option to buy additional days
• private medical
• life assurance
• pension
• generous flexible benefits fund

Although this role is advertised as full-time, we believe that flexibility at work can promote work/life balance, increase your motivation, reduce stress and improves performance and productivity. We support different ways of working and can offer a range of flexible working arrangements. So, if you’re interested and need to work flexibly, we encourage you to apply and talk to us about what might be possible.

Loved reading about this job and want to know more about us?

Sopra Steria’s Aerospace, Defence and Security business designs, develops and deploys digital solutions to Central Government clients. The work we do makes a real difference to the client’s goal of National Security, and we operate in a unique and privileged environment. We are given time for professional development activities, and we coach and mentor our colleagues, sharing knowledge and learning from each other. We foster a culture in which employees feel valued and supported and have pride in their work for the customer, delivering outstanding rates of customer satisfaction in the UK’s most complex safety- and security-critical markets.

We embrace difference as a source of creativity, innovation and competitive advantage and are striving to become a more diverse organisation. We welcome applications from people with a diverse variety of backgrounds and identities. We are committed to equality of opportunity for all and do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, colour, gender, age, disability, sexual orientation or marital status. We have partnered with Vercida, the UK's largest diversity and inclusion focused careers site, where all our vacancies are available in an accessible format.

If you require any adjustments to the recruitment process, to enable you to perform to the best of your ability, please let us know when completing your application. We participate in the Disability Confident scheme and are committed to offering an interview to any candidate with a disability, who meets the minimum criteria for the role. If you believe this could apply to you, please let us know when completing your application.