Linux Automation System Engineer
Location: London
Contract: 1 year
Work Setup: Hybrid - 3 days in the office

Who We Are
Robert Walters is the world's most trusted talent solutions business. Across the globe, we deliver recruitment, outsourcing, and talent advisory services for businesses of all sizes, opening doors for people with diverse skills, ambitions, and backgrounds.

Who You Will Work With
Our client is a global financial services firm that manages wealth, navigates complex markets, and design strategic financial objectives. The firm provides risk management solutions across a variety of sectors, emphasizing long-term relationships, and innovative approaches to financial challenges.

What You'll Do

• Join a team of seasoned technologists responsible for operating and improving our large-scale, globally deployed Red Hat Linux platform.
• Design, develop and support global components, collaborating with operations and clients to prioritise and deliver enhancements, extensions and fixes for these critical infrastructure elements.
• Apply declarative configuration-as-code practices and extensive automation to a mix of strategic engineering and design initiatives.
• Implement new features, manage and optimise configurations, and carry out in-depth troubleshooting of the Linux platform management systems and OS configuration and build processes.
• Contribute to the design and rollout of new solutions that meet the business's fast-moving, changing requirements.

What You Bring

• Expert knowledge of Linux (Red Hat preferred), including UNIX system calls and low-level OS and network protocols.
• Proven experience using modern configuration-management tools (Ansible, Puppet, SaltStack, Chef) to automate and manage large-scale Linux deployments.
• Strong Python programming skills, with ability to write robust, maintainable code for automation and tooling.
• Demonstrable troubleshooting expertise across hardware, storage, network and operating-system layers.
• Practical experience of Linux patching processes, including automated testing and deployment workflows.
• Skilled in designing and implementing automation for configuration, deployment and platform management.
• Clear communicator capable of explaining complex technical issues to non technical stakeholders.

What's Next
If you are ready to take the next step, apply now! Successful applicants will be contacted directly by a recruiter to discuss the role more.

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This position is being recruited on behalf of our client through our Outsourcing service line. Resource Solutions Limited, trading as Robert Walters, acts as an employment business and agency, partnering with top organizations to help them find the best talent. We welcome applications from all candidates and are committed to providing equal opportunities.