Linux Administrator, RHEL – Onsite UK (DV Ready)

Vodafone Group Plc; Farnborough; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Bonus

28 days holiday

Pension plan

Charity time off

Job summary

Vodafone Group Plc in Farnborough is seeking a Senior Linux Administrator to join our Secure IT team. You will maintain and secure our Linux estate across enterprise environments, ensuring high availability and performance for critical UK infrastructure.

Join us to work on Red Hat based systems, VMware environments, and automation tasks using Bash, Python or Ansible. DV clearance or willingness to obtain DV clearance is required.

Qualifications

• Strong Linux administration experience within enterprise environments.
• Experience with Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) or similar.
• Experience with Linux patching, tuning, and troubleshooting.
• Familiar with VMware and virtualised server environments.
• Scripting/automation skills (Bash, Python, or Ansible).
• Ability to work under IT security policies and DV vetting.

Responsibilities

• Administer and maintain RHEL and other Linux OSs.
• Monitor, troubleshoot and resolve Linux server issues.
• Perform system patching, upgrades and lifecycle management.
• Manage deployments, configuration and hardening per security standards.
• Support virtualised environments using VMware.
• Develop and maintain automation scripts with Bash, Python or Ansible.
• Maintain documentation, asset records and procedures.
• Support delivery of infrastructure and security projects.

Skills

Linux administration

RHEL / CentOS

VMware

Scripting: Bash / Python / Ansible

DV clearance or willingness to obtain

Job description

Vodafone Group Plc in Farnborough is seeking a Senior Linux Administrator to join our Secure IT team. You will maintain and secure our Linux estate across enterprise environments, ensuring high availability and performance for critical UK infrastructure.

Join us to work on Red Hat based systems, VMware environments, and automation tasks using Bash, Python or Ansible. DV clearance or willingness to obtain DV clearance is required.