Summer-Browning Associates are currently supporting our Central Government client are who seeking a Senior Linux Engineer for an initial 12 month assignment

Location: Glasgow (hybrid)

Skills and Experience

Experience in a similar Senior Engineer role in Linux Engineering in a complex IT Infrastructure.
Acting as a senior technical Linux resource across the engineering function.
Experience with virtualized networking principles and platforms (VMware/Hyper-V).
Advanced experience with Bash and Python.
Good understanding of common services, applications and protocols, for example HTTPS, SSH, DNS, NTP and SSL.
Experience with open-source Ansible automation tooling.
Good understanding of troubleshooting Linux issues to 4th line.
Demonstratable experience of Agile / DevOps working practices.
Experience of systems monitoring infrastructure.
Working knowledge of Confluence, Jira and JSM.
Sound understanding of database technologies, PostgreSQL, MariaDB, MongoDB, SQL.
Manage Linux certificates across the environment.
Good experience of squid.
Responsible for driving all system upgrades across Linux tooling.
Good understanding across IT On-Prem and Cloud based infrastructure.

Desirable

You will have relevant Computer Science, Information Technology, Information Security or Systems Engineering qualification, or equivalent related qualifications or experience.
Experience working in a Cloud Infrastructure Environment; AWS, Azure, GCP.
Experience with managing CEPH Storage or Linux storage environments.

NB: Active SC/DV level vetting would be advantageous due to the nature of the project.

To apply, please submit latest CV for consideration