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A well established IT Provider is looking for an experienced Linux Engineer / Architect with a proven track record of designing, building, and maintaining mission-critical enterprise platforms to join their IT Team on a 6 months contract. You will be at the heart of their infrastructure strategy, responsible for the high-end troubleshooting, security hardening, and automation of our global server estate. This is a role for a technical heavyweight who thrives on solving complex root-cause issues and enjoys the architectural challenge of ensuring 24/7 availability for high-traffic environments.
Job Responsibility:
Provide expert-level guidance to engineering teams and lead root-cause analysis on complex system-wide issues
Manage and optimise a large-scale estate across RedHat, Ubuntu, and CentOS, ensuring peak performance of Apache, Nginx, and Tomcat stacks
Drive efficiency through the development of custom Ansible, Puppet, and Terraform scripts to automate deployments and server hardening
Lead server hardening initiatives and vulnerability mitigation, ensuring our infrastructure meets rigorous industry standards (including ISO27001 or MOD restricted requirements)
Produce High-Level and Low-Level Design (HLD/LLD) documentation for monitoring suites and hybrid cloud integrations
Configure and troubleshoot advanced networking (DNS, VIP, Load Balancing) and manage enterprise-grade storage solutions (SAN/NAS)
Requirements:
A minimum of 11 years of deep Linux experience (20+ years preferred)
Advanced proficiency in Bash and Python, with the ability to write bespoke tools to improve system efficiency
Practical experience with AWS or Azure migrations and managing virtualised environments via VMware