Senior Linux Engineer

Skills and Experience:

• Linux and its tools and troubleshooting (Ubuntu, Fedora, CentOS)
• Storage filesystems and access protocols (XFS/NFS)
• Virtualisation and containerisation (VMware/Kubernetes)
• Security best practices and Firewalls (IPTables)
• Disaster recovery methodologies and technologies (EMC Networker, LTO Tape)
• Network design, configuration, and services (DNS/DHCP)
• Monitoring software and out of band management
• System administration automation. (Ansible)
• Linux Integration with Windows Active Directory (SSSD)
• Knowledge, experience, or qualification around cloud computing in any of the following AWS/GCP/Azure
• Familiarisation with Dell hardware/software and its support. (DRAC)
• Working knowledge of Workload Management software (Slurm)

The Opportunity:

My client are a life sciences company based in Plymouth currently looking to hire a Senior Linux Systems Engineer on a permanent basis.

In this role you will take ownership through to resolution of issues of varying complexity for my client's workforce via the department's service desk software.

You will plan, install and maintain Servers, Storage, and Network infrastructure alongside the Head of IT. You will also help influence and shape High-Performance, High-Throughput and GPU Processing compute clusters.

Finally you will play a key role in the development and delivery of the IT strategy by leading in the modernisation, service delivery and ongoing maintenance of the Linux estate.