Senior Linux Infrastructure Engineer: Automation&Resilience

Gatwick Airport; Crawley; Hybrid; GBP 62,000 - 76,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Discretionary annual bonus

Staff parking

Rail travel discount

Share matching scheme

Flexible benefits

Job summary

London Gatwick is seeking a Senior Infrastructure Engineer (Linux) to join our Infrastructure Engineering team in Crawley. You will maintain, modernise and secure Linux platforms that support our critical services in a 24/7 operational environment, steering automation and platform engineering to drive reliability and efficiency.

You will lead design and implementation of enterprise Linux services, oversee upgrades, incident resolution and disaster recovery planning, and collaborate with

Qualifications

• Significant experience managing and supporting enterprise Linux environments.
• Strong knowledge of Linux OS, platform administration and infrastructure management.
• Experience with automation and scripting tools.
• Exposure to Infrastructure as Code and modern platform engineering approaches.
• Experience supporting highly available, mission-critical environments.
• Knowledge of cloud technologies, virtualization and container platforms.
• Excellent stakeholder management and collaboration skills.

Responsibilities

• Design, implement and continuously improve enterprise Linux infrastructure services.
• Lead technical delivery of infrastructure enhancements, upgrades and modernisation initiatives.
• Drive automation and Infrastructure as Code approaches to improve consistency and operational efficiency.
• Support business-critical systems through proactive monitoring, maintenance and performance optimisation.
• Lead incident resolution activities and root cause analysis for complex technical issues.
• Collaborate with architects, security specialists, project teams and suppliers to deliver robust infrastructure solutions.
• Ensure infrastructure services meet cyber security, compliance and operational resilience requirements.
• Contribute to disaster recovery planning, testing and service continuity activities.
• Support emerging technology initiatives, including platforms that enable AI, analytics and data-driven innovation.

Skills

Enterprise Linux

Linux administration

Automation & scripting

Infrastructure as Code

Cloud technologies

Virtualisation & containers

Incident management

Stakeholder collaboration

Job description

London Gatwick is seeking a Senior Infrastructure Engineer (Linux) to join our Infrastructure Engineering team in Crawley. You will maintain, modernise and secure Linux platforms that support our critical services in a 24/7 operational environment, steering automation and platform engineering to drive reliability and efficiency.

You will lead design and implementation of enterprise Linux services, oversee upgrades, incident resolution and disaster recovery planning, and collaborate with