Senior Linux Devops Engineer

Redtech Recruitment Ltd.; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Private medical insurance

Pension

Life insurance

Additional holiday

Job summary

RedTech Recruitment Ltd. in London is hiring a Senior Linux DevOps Engineer. You will own large-scale production environments, focusing on Linux, containers, Kubernetes, automation and cloud infrastructure. The role is hybrid with office presence required a minimum of 2 days per week.

The ideal candidate has strong Linux administration, scripting (Python), and hands-on container orchestration experience, plus CI/CD pipeline and observability tool expertise.

Qualifications

• Strong Linux systems administration and command line skills, with experience operating and troubleshooting large-scale production environments.
• Hands‑on experience operating containerised workloads using Docker and Kubernetes.
• Experience building and managing CI/CD pipelines using GitLab CI/CD, GitHub Actions, Jenkins or similar.
• Experience with monitoring, logging and observability technologies such as Prometheus, Grafana, Loki, OpenTelemetry or the ELK Stack.
• Commercial experience with Microsoft Azure or another major cloud platform such as AWS or GCP.

Responsibilities

• Operate, troubleshoot, secure and automate large-scale Linux‑based production environments.
• Build and improve containerised environments using Docker and Kubernetes.
• Diagnose complex infrastructure, networking and performance issues, supporting incident response and root cause analysis.
• Develop automation, Infrastructure as Code and CI/CD processes to improve engineering efficiency and reliability.
• Implement and enhance monitoring, logging and observability across production systems.
• Manage and optimise Linux workloads deployed within cloud environments.
• Collaborate with engineering teams to improve infrastructure, platforms, processes and tooling.

Skills

Linux

DevOps

Kubernetes

Docker

CI/CD

Networking

Observability

Cloud platforms

Python

Automation

Tools

Prometheus

Grafana

ELK Stack

OpenTelemetry

Terraform

Ansible

GitLab CI/CD

GitHub Actions

Jenkins

Job description

Senior Linux DevOps Engineer

RedTech Recruitment Ltd. London, LND, GB

Job Description

A fantastic opportunity for a Senior Linux DevOps Engineer to join a world-leading technology company developing cutting-edge AI-powered software solutions. You will join a highly talented R&D function working on the production infrastructure and systems that underpin sophisticated software products used by organisations across the globe. This is a hands‑on, Linux-focused DevOps role where you will take ownership of large-scale production environments, working across Linux systems, automation, Kubernetes, containerisation, networking, observability and cloud infrastructure.

Location

London, hybrid working with a minimum of 2 days per week in the office

Salary

Up to £100,000 per annum + excellent benefits

Requirements

• Strong commercial experience working as a Senior DevOps Engineer, Linux Engineer, Platform Engineer, Site Reliability Engineer or similar
• Excellent Linux systems administration and command line skills, with experience operating and troubleshooting large-scale production environments
• Strong scripting and automation experience using shell scripting, Python or similar
• Strong understanding of networking, security and performance troubleshooting within Linux environments
• Hands‑on experience operating containerised workloads using Docker and Kubernetes
• Experience with monitoring, logging and observability technologies such as Prometheus, Grafana, Loki, OpenTelemetry or the ELK Stack
• Experience with Infrastructure as Code and automation tooling such as Terraform and Ansible
• Experience building and managing CI/CD pipelines using GitLab CI/CD, GitHub Actions, Jenkins or similar
• Experience with incident response, root cause analysis and driving improvements to the reliability and performance of production systems
• Commercial experience with Microsoft Azure or another major cloud platform such as AWS or GCP, ideally deploying and managing Linux-based services in the cloud
• Experience with the following would be beneficial: Microsoft Azure, ArgoCD, Helm, AWS, GCP, Go and configuration management tooling
• Our client has expressed a preference for DevOps Engineers who have hands‑on ownership of production infrastructure within an in‑house, product‑focused technology environment

Responsibilities

• Operate, troubleshoot, secure and automate large-scale Linux‑based production environments
• Build and improve containerised environments using Docker and Kubernetes
• Diagnose complex infrastructure, networking and performance issues, supporting incident response and root cause analysis
• Develop automation, Infrastructure as Code and CI/CD processes to improve engineering efficiency and reliability
• Implement and enhance monitoring, logging and observability across production systems
• Manage and optimise Linux workloads deployed within cloud environments
• Collaborate with engineering teams to improve infrastructure, platforms, processes and tooling

What the role offers

• The opportunity to work for a world‑leading technology company developing cutting‑edge AI‑powered software solutions
• A technically challenging Linux‑focused environment spanning Kubernetes, cloud infrastructure, networking, observability and automation
• The chance to take ownership of large‑scale production infrastructure and solve complex technical challenges
• Excellent benefits including private medical insurance for you and your family, enhanced family leave, pension, life insurance and additional holiday

We’re committed to creating an inclusive and accessible recruitment process. If you require reasonable adjustments for your application or during the review process, please highlight this by separately emailing [e-mail] (if this email address has been removed by the job board, full contact details are readily available on our website).

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at RedTech. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, colour, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.

Permanent