Linux Platform Engineer

Linux Platform Engineer

Remote

Inside IR35 Contract - £425 - £475 p/d

Are you a Linux specialist who enjoys building, securing and automating enterprise infrastructure?

We're partnering with a SaaS business looking for an experienced Linux Platform Engineer to join the infrastructure team. You'll play a key role in maintaining and evolving a large-scale Linux estate, supporting business-critical platforms used by thousands of customers across the UK.

This is a hands-on engineering role where you'll work across Linux administration, automation, virtualisation and modern infrastructure technologies to improve reliability, security and performance.

What you'll be doing

• Administer and support enterprise Linux environments.
• Manage patching, kernel updates, LVM and filesystem administration.
• Maintain package repositories and lifecycle management through Foreman.
• Support VMware ESXi virtual infrastructure, templates, snapshots and BAU operations.
• Configure and manage host networking including firewalld and iptables.
• Administer identity services including SSSD, LDAP and Active Directory integration.
• Develop and maintain automation using Ansible and AWX.
• Help modernise legacy applications using Podman containers.
• Support a range of core platform services including Redis, RabbitMQ, MongoDB, Elasticsearch, MySQL, Memcache, Postfix and HAProxy.
• Contribute to platform improvements, security initiatives and operational excellence.

What we're looking for

• Strong commercial Linux administration experience, ideally across RHEL, CentOS or AlmaLinux.
• Experience with patching, kernel tuning, LVM and filesystem management.
• VMware ESXi administration experience.
• Knowledge of Foreman for package and repository management.
• Experience with Ansible and AWX automation.
• Strong networking knowledge including firewalld and iptables.
• Identity management experience using LDAP, Active Directory and SSSD.
• Exposure to container technologies, ideally Podman.
• Experience supporting enterprise middleware and infrastructure services.

If you're an experienced Linux engineer looking for your next contract, we'd love to hear from you.