Linux & Infra Engineer – Hybrid Cloud & Automation

International Business Machines Corporation; Abbots Worthy; Hybrid; GBP 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working

Sabbatical program

Maternity/paternity leave

Maternity returners scheme

25 days holiday

Private medical cover

Dental & optical cover

Employee Assistance Program

Life assurance

Group pension plan

Job summary

IBM Consulting FutureNow is seeking Linux & Infrastructure Specialists to design, build, support and optimise enterprise Linux-based platforms across on‑premise, hybrid and cloud environments. The role covers administration of RHEL/Ubuntu/CentOS, virtualization and automation to ensure secure, resilient operations.

You’ll collaborate with architects, cloud security teams and client stakeholders, contributing to best practices, documentation and continuous improvement across regulated

Qualifications

• Strong experience administering Linux operating systems (RHEL, Ubuntu, CentOS).
• Experience supporting enterprise server environments across physical, virtual and cloud-hosted infrastructure.
• Knowledge of virtualization technologies including VMware, KVM, Hyper-V; exposure to cloud platforms.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, administer and support Linux-based infrastructure platforms.
• Manage and maintain enterprise server environments across on-premise, hybrid and cloud-hosted infrastructure.
• Deploy, configure and troubleshoot Red Hat Enterprise Linux, Ubuntu, CentOS and similar operating systems.
• Support virtualization platforms such as VMware, OpenShift Virtualization or similar technologies.
• Automate routine operational tasks using scripting and infrastructure automation tools.
• Implement system hardening, patching and vulnerability remediation activities.
• Monitor system health, performance and capacity, proactively identifying and resolving issues.
• Assist with infrastructure migrations, upgrades and transformation initiatives.
• Collaborate with multidisciplinary delivery teams and client stakeholders to solve technical challenges.
• Contribute to operational best practices, documentation, continuous improvement and knowledge sharing.
• Support infrastructure delivery within highly regulated and security-conscious environments.

Skills

Linux engineering

Infrastructure engineering

Scripting

Automation

Problem solving

Stakeholder engagement

Tools

VMware

KVM

Hyper-V

Ansible

Bash

Python

PowerShell

Job description

IBM Consulting FutureNow is seeking Linux & Infrastructure Specialists to design, build, support and optimise enterprise Linux-based platforms across on‑premise, hybrid and cloud environments. The role covers administration of RHEL/Ubuntu/CentOS, virtualization and automation to ensure secure, resilient operations.

You’ll collaborate with architects, cloud security teams and client stakeholders, contributing to best practices, documentation and continuous improvement across regulated