Junior Linux Infrastructure & Build Engineer

Ex-Mil Recruitment Limited; West Midlands; On-site; GBP 32,000 - 48,000; Full time

Job summary

We are seeking a Junior Systems & Build Engineer to join the engineering team of an established technology organisation operating within a Defence technology environment. The role focuses on Linux, infrastructure, software builds and deployment while developing specialist skills across automation and build tooling.

You will work with engineering teams to build, deliver and support software products and infrastructure.

Qualifications

• 2+ years' experience in systems administration or a similar infrastructure role.
• Strong Linux administration skills, ideally Red Hat or similar.
• Bash scripting.
• Experience with yum/dnf or equivalent package management.

Responsibilities

• Supporting the build, deployment and delivery of software products.
• Administering and maintaining Linux-based development and build infrastructure.
• Supporting configuration and version‑control systems.
• Maintaining build machines, development environments and associated infrastructure.
• Responding to infrastructure and engineering support requests.
• Investigating technical issues and providing effective diagnostic support.
• Supporting business continuity and disaster recovery activities.
• Contributing to technical documentation and training materials.
• Supporting research and improvements to engineering processes and ways of working.
• Contributing to technical design and wider engineering activities.
• Developing your skills across infrastructure, automation and build technologies.

Skills

Linux administration

Bash scripting

Red Hat Linux

Package management yum/dnf

Education

Relevant qualification/degree/apprenticeship

Tools

Terraform

Ansible

Jenkins

Conan

Artifactory

Coverity

Job description

We are seeking a Junior Systems & Build Engineer to join the engineering team of an established technology organisation operating within a Defence technology environment. The role focuses on Linux, infrastructure, software builds and deployment while developing specialist skills across automation and build tooling.

You will work with engineering teams to build, deliver and support software products and infrastructure.