SC Cleared Senior Linux Engineer — SLES/RHEL & Automation

Experis IT; Telford; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 105,000; Full time

Job summary

Experis IT in the United Kingdom is seeking a Senior Linux Engineer to support a large Linux estate across live, development and test environments. The role focuses on ongoing administration, maintenance, and involvement in migration/transformation projects, with some out-of-hours activity.

The candidate will manage SUSE and Red Hat Enterprise Linux systems, develop shell scripts for automation, and work with project teams on infrastructure improvements.

Qualifications

• Extensive hands-on Linux administration experience including SUSE and Red Hat.
• Experience with enterprise-scaleLinux server environments.
• Ability to develop and maintain UNIX Shell Scripts.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.

Responsibilities

• Provide support, administration and maintenance for Linux server environments.
• Manage and support SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES) and Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL).
• Deliver operational support across live, development and test environments.
• Perform incident resolution, problem management and root cause analysis.
• Implement, test and deploy infrastructure changes following change processes.
• Support infrastructure migration and transformation programmes.
• Automate tasks with UNIX Shell Scripts and contribute to documentation.

Skills

Linux administration

Enterprise Linux

UNIX Shell Scripting

Performance tuning

Problem solving

Stakeholder communication

Tools

SLES

RHEL

Job description

Experis IT in the United Kingdom is seeking a Senior Linux Engineer to support a large Linux estate across live, development and test environments. The role focuses on ongoing administration, maintenance, and involvement in migration/transformation projects, with some out-of-hours activity.

The candidate will manage SUSE and Red Hat Enterprise Linux systems, develop shell scripts for automation, and work with project teams on infrastructure improvements.