Hosting Platform Engineer (Unix/Linux)

Advanced Resource Managers Ltd; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work model

London-based office 2 days/week

Job summary

Advanced Resource Managers Ltd is seeking a Hosting Platform Engineer (Unix/Linux) for an initial 6 month contract in London. The role focuses on patching, lifecycle maintenance, security hardening, and resilience across UNIX/Linux environments with hybrid work arrangement.

You will implement configuration management, perform rolling upgrades and validate DR readiness while aligning with enterprise security standards and change control processes.

Qualifications

• Manage patching, upgrades and lifecycle maintenance across UNIX/Linux environments.
• Perform security hardening and vulnerability remediation per standards.
• Coordinate change management and disaster recovery testing.

Responsibilities

• Patch, upgrade and lifecycle maintenance for UNIX/Linux platforms and middleware.
• Apply security hardening and vulnerability remediation.
• Perform disaster recovery validation and post-patch testing.

Skills

Unix/Linux

Red Hat Satellite

Ansible

Oracle WebLogic

OPatch

JBoss EAP

Java JDK/JRE

JVM Tuning

Security Vulnerability Management

Change Management

Disaster Recovery

Smoke Testing

Tools

Red Hat Satellite

Ansible

Oracle WebLogic

OPatch

JBoss EAP

Java JDK/JRE

Job description

Hosting Platform Engineer (Unix/Linux)

6 Months

£Negotiable Market Rate

Hybrid/London - 2 Days per week

My client, in the banking industry is looking for a Hosting Platform Engineer to join their fast‑paced team on an initial 6 month contract.

Job description

Manage and execute operating system, middleware, application server, and Java platform patching, upgrades, and lifecycle maintenance across UNIX/Linux environments. Perform security hardening, vulnerability remediation, configuration management, cluster patching, rolling upgrades, rollback planning, disaster recovery validation, and post‑patch testing while ensuring compliance with enterprise security and change management standards.

Skills required for the role

• UNIX/Linux (RHEL, Solaris, AIX)
• Red Hat Satellite
• Ansible
• Oracle WebLogic
• OPatch
• JBoss EAP
• Java (JDK/JRE)
• JVM Tuning
• Security & Vulnerability Management
• Change Management
• Disaster Recovery
• Smoke Testing