Job description
Linux RHEL Engineer - SC Cleared - Inside IR35 - Hybrid 2/3 days per week
My client seeks to recruit an experienced Linux engineer - support in maintenance, upgrades and general house keeping
Core Competencies
• Previous experience in a technical position within Linux platform support and/or delivery
• Familiarity with request, problem and project management processes and tools
• Detail oriented, process driven, highly innovative mindset, with deeply engrained sense of ownership for the projects delivered
• Adept at stakeholder communications, from senior level to domain-wide engagement events
• A broad and deep understanding of best practice in applying appropriate processes, technologies, and resources to deliver a high quality solutions
• Experienced in managing risk, compliance, audit and security obligations, including implementation of disaster recovery and business continuity procedures
Mandatory Technical Skills
• Experience of managing Red Hat Enterprise Linux production systems (RHEL 7 through to 10)
• Experience of using scripting to automate tasks
• Planning and prioritising of project delivery activities
• Good interpersonal and communication skills
• Strong analytical and troubleshooting skills
• Experience with virtualisation technologies (Linux under VMWare)
• Experience of working within the ITIL framework
• Experience of managing systems with RHN satellite
Desirable
• Experience with JBoss
• Linux performance tuning skills
• Experience with Linux failover clustering
• Experience of Kerberos in regards to securing Linux applications and AD integration.
• Experience of Cisco UCS hardware.
• Disaster Recovery and Business Continuity planning and execution
• Proven skills in aligning IT with organisational drivers
• Industry awareness to identify improvement opportunities and implement them across
• the services and processes incorporated within the domain
• General knowledge of all areas of IT application and infrastructure
• Detailed understanding of processes and systems within the domain of expertise
• Knowledge of Puppet or similar configuration management tools
• Knowledge of ‘big data’ platforms, e.g. Horton Works, Hadoop etc.