3rd Line Linux Engineer

+Permanent opportunity

+On site in Stevenage

+SC cleared role - must be eligible for clearance

+£55,000 - £60,000 plus benefits

Skills:

+Minimum 2 years experience with Linux

+3rd Line support

This position offers an exceptional opportunity to enhance your specialist expertise within a dynamic and evolving sector. Our core objective is to design, implement, and maintain secure and reliable Linux environments.

Responsibilities

• As a Senior Linux Engineer, you will leverage your background with Linux-based clusters to support a high-performance computing platform aligned with rigorous security standards.

• Strong stakeholder management and customer skills, willing to work onsite.
• Ambitious and committed to personal growth.
• Automation-focused, eager to enhance scripting (BASH, Python, Ansible).
• Customer service, infrastructure support, or network administration experience is beneficial.

• Support Linux Infrastructure across multiple contracts.
• Share expertise within the team and implement best practices.
• Help define operational processes and resolve escalations.
• Build strong relationships with customers and internal teams.
• Occasionally assist with pre-sales or future system designs.

Required Skills & Experience

• Red Hat Certified Engineer or equivalent experience.
• Strong stakeholder management and communication skills
• Strong intra and inter team communication skills
• Strong experience with Linux administration and support across several different distributions
• Experience with Linux in an integrated Windows / Active directory environment
• Experience with Linux automation systems such as Ansible
• Experience with Linux scripting across several different languages - preferably Bash, Python and at least one other
• Experience of Clustered environments and cluster orchestration tools
• Experience of clustered, parallel file systems, such as Lustre
• Knowledge of HPC management systems, such as Bright
• Network administration, such as Mellanox InfiniBand mesh and Ethernet networks
• Storage administration, such as: DDN, NetApp, IBM, or Dell EMC
• Experience managing batch scheduling systems, such as, PBS Pro, Slurm, SGE/UGE, Microsoft Scheduler

Role Benefits

• Career Development: Be part of a team that values continuous learning.
• Skill Growth: Work with diverse technologies across various contracts.
• Collaboration: Join a skilled, supportive team, mentoring colleagues and solving complex challenges.

If you'd like to discuss this 3rd Line Linux Engineer role in more detail, please send your updated CV to chloeriz1@gmail.com and I will get in touch.