Senior Linux Engineer / DC Migration Programme
We are looking for a Senior Linux Engineer to support enterprise Linux infrastructure within a large-scale Data Centre Migration programme. The role focuses on Red Hat Enterprise Linux and Oracle Linux administration, production stability, troubleshooting, performance optimisation, automation, and migration activities across business-critical, high-availability environments.
Responsibilities
- Administer, configure and maintain enterprise Linux server environments
- Support application platforms hosted on Linux infrastructure
- Prepare and configure environments required for migration activities
- Support infrastructure builds and migration execution
- Monitor system performance, capacity, reliability and availability
- Diagnose and resolve Linux infrastructure and operating system issues
- Analyse performance problems and identify root causes
- Support patching, upgrades and maintenance activities
- Automate repetitive operational activities using scripting and configuration management tools
- Support networking, load balancing, TLS and connectivity related troubleshooting
- Cooperate with application, middleware, security and infrastructure teams
- Support production changes within formal change management processes
- Maintain technical and operational documentation in Confluence
- Support knowledge transfer and operational handover where required
Requirements
- Advanced commercial Linux system administration experience
- Strong hands on experience with Red Hat Enterprise Linux and/or Oracle Linux
- Strong Linux troubleshooting and performance analysis capability
- Experience supporting application platforms running on Linux
- Experience with Python scripting or automation
- Experience with Ansible and/or Rundeck
- Good understanding of IP networking and infrastructure concepts
- Understanding of load balancing and TLS
- Experience working within structured operational processes
- Strong troubleshooting and problem solving skills
- Ability to work closely with multiple technical teams
- Good English communication skills
Nice to have
- Experience supporting payment or financial systems
- High transaction production environments
- High availability architecture
- Cryptography and certificate management exposure
- Enterprise monitoring tools
- Security hardened Linux environments
- Work in a multinational environment on international projects
- Comprehensive healthcare
- Long-term B2B contract with a stable project pipeline