Job Title: SC Cleared Linux Administrator Location: Stevenage - On site when required (Hybrid) Salary/Rate: £450-490 per day Start Date: 12/01/26 Job Type: 6 months contract - Inside IR35 Company Introduction We have an exciting opportunity now available with one of our sector-leading consultancy clients! They are currently looking for an SC Cleared Linux Administrator to join their team for a six-month contract.") Job Responsibilities/Objectives You will be responsible for maintaining many applications on the infrastructure, including incident and request management, and maintenance of applications. In your day-to-day activities, you will interact with fellow team members, other suppliers, and various client stakeholders. Application support, including installation and upgrades Provision of HPC resources (mainly for system engineering, e.g. Matlab) Infrastructure administration (Red Hat Linux/Kickstart/VM Ware Systems) Information Management, in liaison with support groups (Data Centre Service, Networks) Hardware diagnostics Shell scripting Management, investigation and resolution of support tickets within the SLA System updates (applications, middleware, database) Required Skills/Experience The ideal candidate will have the following: Linux Administration: RHEL or similar (very strong practical application and experience) Ansible (very strong practical application and experience) Network Protocols (strong practical application and experience) Git (strong practical application and experience) Documentation skills (strong practical application and experience) Red Hat IDM VMWare Podman Desirable Skills/Experience Although not essential, the following skills are desired by the client: Jenkins Storage area networks concepts Redhat Satellite Server Infrastructure monitoring (CheckMK) Software install (3rd party software) CENTOS (legacy versions) Basic Knowledge of Gitlab LDAP/Active Directory Additional Considerations Sole British citizenship required SC clearance required On-site presence as needed - in Stevenage If you are interested in this opportunity, please apply now with your updated CV in Microsoft Word/PDF format. Disclaimer Notwithstanding any guidelines given to level of experience sought, we will consider candidates from outside this range if they can demonstrate the necessary competencies. Square One is acting as both an employment agency and an employment business, and is an equal opportunities recruitment business. Square One embraces diversity and will treat everyone equally. Please see our website for our full diversity statement.