Unix/Linux Engineer
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£45000 - 52000 GBP
Onsite WORKING
Location: Birmingham, West Midlands - United Kingdom Type: Permanent
Unix/Linux Engineer
Location: Barrow-in-Furness (5 days a week on-site)
Salary: £52,000
Clearance: Eligibilty for enhanced Security Clearance
Our client is a leading technology and engineering consultancy supporting mission-critical projects across defence, engineering, and secure infrastructure programmes in the UK. They're looking for a Unix/Linux Engineer to join their on-site operations team in Barrow, maintaining and supporting complex systems that underpin national-level projects.
The role
This position will see you providing day-to-day support and maintenance for Unix and Linux environments (Solaris and Red Hat), ensuring high system availability, rapid issue resolution, and compliance with security standards. You'll handle incident management, performance tuning, and patching, as well as contribute to documentation and knowledge sharing across the team.
The role is based on-site in Barrow five days a week due to the secure nature of the work, and you'll participate in a rostered on-call schedule to support critical operations.
Key responsibilities Monitor, maintain, and troubleshoot Unix/Linux systems in production and development environments
Apply regular patches and updates to ensure security and performance compliance
Respond to alerts, incidents, and service requests, resolving technical issues within SLA
Manage user accounts, permissions, and file systems
Automate routine administration tasks using Bash or Python scripting
Maintain documentation of processes, known issues, and resolutions
Required experience Strong background in Unix/Linux system administration (Solaris 10/11, Red Hat Enterprise Linux)
Experience with Ansible, Docker, Mirantis, or Podman desirable
Skilled in troubleshooting and root cause analysis
Scripting experience (Bash, Python)
Familiar with VMware and system monitoring tools such as vROps
Strong communication skills and customer-focused approach
If you're a Unix/Linux Engineer looking to apply your expertise to secure, high-impact projects with a respected technology consultancy, this is an excellent opportunity.
Reference: ODI/CAP/Linux
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