Senior Linux Engineer – Critical Infra & Automation Lead

DXC Technology Company; England; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

DXC Technology Company is seeking an ITO Linux Engineer (Level 3) to act as the Linux technical authority across DXC-managed customer environments. You will ensure platform integrity, manage complex incidents, and drive architectural improvements for mission-critical workloads.

You will design secure OS baselines, oversee patching and vulnerability management, and mentor junior engineers. The role requires on-site presence in Hampshire with strong automation and collaboration with

Qualifications

• Deep Linux administration experience in mission-critical environments.
• Ability to lead root-cause analysis for major incidents.
• Experience implementing automated configurations and baselines.

Responsibilities

• Lead Linux capacity planning across CPU, memory, disk and I/O.
• Define secure baselines for RHEL, CentOS, Oracle Linux and SUSE.
• Plan patching/vulnerability cycles to maintain continuity.
• Oversee end-of-life distributions and upgrades for compliance.
• Maintain Linux CMDB records and change discipline.
• Automate repetitive tasks with shell scripting and Ansible/Puppet.
• Design and document clustering/HA with Pacemaker/Corosync.

Skills

Linux administration

Incident management

Automation scripting

Shell scripting

Tools

Ansible

Puppet

Pacemaker

Corosync

DRBD

Kubernetes

Job description

DXC Technology Company is seeking an ITO Linux Engineer (Level 3) to act as the Linux technical authority across DXC-managed customer environments. You will ensure platform integrity, manage complex incidents, and drive architectural improvements for mission-critical workloads.

You will design secure OS baselines, oversee patching and vulnerability management, and mentor junior engineers. The role requires on-site presence in Hampshire with strong automation and collaboration with