Role
Senior Linux Engineer (Red Hat / OpenShift / VMware Migration)
Location
Edinburgh, UK (Hybrid)
The Role
A tech-led organisation is looking for a Senior Linux Engineer to play a key role in transforming its core infrastructure. You’ll lead the move from a traditional VMware estate into a modern Red Hat OpenShift Virtualisation platform, while also supporting and optimising the existing environment during the transition.
This is a hands-on role combining Linux expertise, virtualisation, and platform engineering.
What You’ll Be Doing
* Designing and delivering Red Hat OpenShift platforms on bare-metal infrastructure
* Leading the migration of workloads from VMware-based environments into OpenShift Virtualisation
* Supporting and maintaining existing VMware environments during the transition phase
* Driving improvements in performance, scalability, and reliability across the platform
* Working with enterprise storage solutions to support VM and container workloads
* Supporting backup, disaster recovery, and resilience planning
* Owning day-to-day platform operations (patching, upgrades, live migrations, etc.)
* Acting as an escalation point for complex infrastructure and platform issues
* Collaborating with engineering teams to improve automation and operational processes
* Participating in an on-call rota and supporting key out-of-hours work
What They’re Looking For
* Strong Linux engineering background (typically 7+ years)
* Hands-on experience with Red Hat OpenShift or Kubernetes
* Solid experience with VMware (vSphere / ESXi / vCenter)
* Experience delivering or supporting virtualisation migrations or transformations
* Strong troubleshooting skills across infrastructure and platform layers
* Experience with OpenShift Virtualisation or similar technologies
* Exposure to cloud platforms (Azure or similar)
* Experience with enterprise storage and monitoring tools
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