Contract Linux Administrator

Central London/Banking

5 days in the office per week (Fully onsite)

Based near Moorgate tube, Central London

6 months contract

Inside IR35/Umbrella company: £670

We are this international bank's longest-established tech hiring partner and the only agency to win a UK supplier award for our delivery.

This bank is seeking a skilled Linux Engineer to focus on automation solutions.

Responsibilities

• Manage, maintain, and enhance Linux estate across the Bank
• Provide 24x7 Linux support with a focus on automation
• Implement automated solutions in line with departmental goals
• Take part in the team rota, including on-call and weekend working
• Deliver against team BAU responsibilities
• Identify cost-saving opportunities through automation
• Support customer requirements through ticket-based task management and automation
• Execute disaster recovery procedures and take part in regular DR tests
• Adhere to the core values of the bank

Essential Skills and Experience

• In-depth knowledge of Red Hat and Solaris, including system internals and Kernel tuning
• Experience with Red Hat Satellite, Ansible, AWX, and REST API integration
• Strong Scripting skills and familiarity with CI/CD pipelines and automation concepts
• DevOps mentality and experience with source code control software
• Excellent knowledge of networking, storage, database, and virtualization layers
• Good working knowledge of Python, Perl, and Bash Scripting
• Familiarity with clustering, high-availability technologies, and disaster recovery
• Understanding of security hardening principles and data security governance
• Knowledge of TCP/IP Networking Protocols

Highly Desirable Skills

• Experience with Service Now automation/integration, GitHub, Subversion, and TeamCity
• Familiarity with CyberArk, Splunk, QRadar, and Qualys
• Knowledge of Salt Stack, VxVM, VxFS, NFS, CIFS, DNS, ESX VMware, Nutanix HCI, and storage arrays

Desirable Skills

• Familiarity with IBM Tivoli, Netcool, Active Directory, LDAP, Kerberos, BMC Control-M, SharePoint, JIRA, Confluence
• Working knowledge of cloud computing across Azure, AWS, GCP, and Oracle

Day-to-Day

• Take part in daily health and compliance checks for all Production systems
• Ensure Linux/Unix systems are backed up successfully and resolve any issues promptly
• Validate monitoring alerts and ensure prompt resolution
• Maintain Linux platforms in a highly available, reliable, secure, and performant manner
• Provide technical support and consultancy to application support and development teams
• Ensure patches and security updates are applied as per defined policies
• Build strong working relationships across the organization

This role would suit an individual who has held the following roles: Linux Engineer, Linux Systems Engineer, Linux Systems Administrator, Automation Engineer, SRE, Site Reliability Engineer.

Deerfoot Recruitment Solutions Ltd is one of the longest-established independent technology recruitment consultancies in the UK.

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