Lead Linux Engineer

Are you a Lead Linux Engineer looking for a new challenge?

We are looking for an Infrastructure Lead specialised in Linux Systems to lead a very talented team of Linux engineers across multiple client sites. As the team lead, you will be responsible for the technical ownership of the Linux estate, providing support and maintenance for all existing and future Linux Infrastructure.

Reporting directly to the Infrastructure CTO, you will be responsible for providing technical guidance, mentorship, 1-2-1,s and support to ensure high quality deliverables and professional development for your team.

Additionally, you will have automation at mind in all aspects of your work, using automation technologies, such as Ansible to bring improvements to not just the Linux workspace, but the wider Infrastructure team.

You will be a self-motivated and communicative individual who thrives in a fast-paced environment with constant change. You will be responsible for seamless operations of the Linux Infrastructure across a large Enterprise estate, spanning over 3 sites in the UK.

This is an exciting, innovative role for someone who wants to lead a team, whilst maintaining a hands-on approach to Infrastructure engineering.

What you will be doing:

• Management of incidents, requests and changes within the Linux team and carry out regular 1-2-1's with team members identify training requirements within the team
• Work collaboratively across our team to design, build and maintain mission critical systems
• Maintenance and production of technical documentation to facilitate knowledge share and skills development
• Represent the team at key ITIL process touch points including change advisory boards, problem management, technical design authority, major incident management when required
• Provide hands-on engineering support and expertise to complex technical activities such as root cause analysis, troubleshooting, project recovery/remediation plans and technical risk assessments
• Work with engineers to assure that infrastructure is maintained with the latest firmware and software requirements

What you will bring:

• Working experience in Ansible Automation Platform version 2
• Strong knowledge of Linux Operating Systems such as RedHat Enterprise Linux and derivatives (6, 7, 8 and 9 would be good)
• Working knowledge or working with Ansible and Git (command line, Gitlab or bitbucket)
• Working knowledge of Virtualisation, such as VMware ESXi 7.x
• Demonstrable experience of working with Red Hat Satellite 6 and above
• Knowledge of Unix Storage filesystems and access protocols (XFS/NFS), Specifically, LVM2
• Solid understanding of Linux scripting and command line usage, such as bash
• Working experience with Anti-Virus within Linux OS

It would be great if you had:

• Experience involving multiple Operating System vendors
• Working knowledge of Atlassian tools such as Confluence and Jira
• Knowledge of HPE Storage Technologies (FC/iSCSI/NFS protocols)
• Knowledge of LAN/WAN Technologies
• Experience in increasing automation in management, deployment and operations of servers, providing PoCs for cloud-like functionality and edge datacentres and looking into providing a solution for in-memory computing.
• RHCSA certification on RedHat

If you are interested in this role but not sure if your skills and experience are exactly what were looking for, please do apply, wed love to hear from you!

Employment Type: Full-time
Location: Stevenage OR Portsmouth
Security Clearance Level: Ideally hold an active SC or be eligible
Internal Recruiter: Rebecca
Salary: £58,000 per annum
Benefits: 25 days annual leave with the choice to buy additional days, health cash plan, life assurance, pension, and generous flexible benefits fund

Although this role is advertised as full-time, we believe that flexibility at work can promote work/life balance, increase your motivation, reduce stress and improves performance and productivity. We support different ways of working and can offer a range of flexible working arrangements. So, if youre interested and need to work flexibly, we encourage you to apply and talk to us about what might be possible.

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Sopra Sterias Aerospace, Defence and Security business designs, develops and deploys digital solutions to Central Government clients. The work we do makes a real difference to the clients goal of National Security, and we operate in a unique and privileged environment. We are given time for professional development activities, and we coach and mentor our colleagues, sharing knowledge and learning from each other. We foster a culture in which employees feel valued and supported and have pride in their work for the customer, delivering outstanding rates of customer satisfaction in the UKs most complex safety- and security-critical markets.

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