Senior Unix Platform Engineer

NPL; Teddington; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading national organization is seeking a Senior Unix Platform Engineer to join their Time & Frequency department in Teddington. This role involves developing innovative software and establishing a resilient Time Scale facility critical to national infrastructure. The successful candidate will collaborate closely with scientists and engineers, leading automation efforts and maintaining high security standards.

Qualifications

• Experience in UNIX systems.
• Strong security mindset.
• Ability to collaborate with scientists and engineers.

Responsibilities

• Manage on-prem and cloud-based compute and storage infrastructure.
• Automate provisioning and configuration management.
• Lead the team and assess risks in projects.

Skills

Automation

Risk Assessment

Team Leadership

Communication

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Senior Unix Platform Engineer, Teddington

Client:

NPL

Location:

Teddington, United Kingdom

Job Category:

Other

EU work permit required:

Yes

Job Reference:

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59

Posted:

22.06.2025

Expiry Date:

06.08.2025

Job Description:

Our world-leading Time & Frequency department are seeking an experienced and practicing Unix Platform Engineer.

You will be joining our team at an exciting time - we maintain the UK’s National Time Scale, UTC (NPL), and are currently developing a new resilient Time Scale facility that will underpin our Critical National Infrastructure. This will address the risks associated with our dependency on global navigation satellite systems (such as GPS) that are vulnerable to both natural and intentional interference.

As Platform Engineer, you’ll collaborate with prominent Scientists and Engineers to develop and implement innovative, production-ready software and automation to time, quality, and cost.

Key responsibilities:

• On-prem and cloud-based compute and storage infrastructure
• Automated provisioning and config management
• Team leadership
• Risk assessment and management
• Security mindset
• Clear communicator