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Linux Systems and Data Centre Engineer

£55k - £65k per annum
Full-time

Linux Systems and Data Centre Engineer Remote / Slough to £65k

Opportunity to progress your career at a global Fintech solutions provider.

As a Linux Systems and Data Centre Engineer, you'll operate and improve production Linux environments, managing Ubuntu fleets and LXD/LXC container platforms. You'll provide L3 incident support across systems, containers, networking and storage, restoring services within SLAs and driving post incident reviews to improve reliability.

You'll also take ownership of datacentre operations in Slough, covering server installation, rack and stack, cabling, optics, power planning, out-of-band management, inventory and hardware replacements. You'll also coordinate with vendors, carriers and datacentre partners.

The role involves day-to-day network operations across switches and firewalls, including VLANs, ACLs, LAGs and basic routing, working closely with Network Engineering on changes. You'll automate infrastructure and operational processes using Chef for configuration management and Terraform for AWS Infrastructure as Code, developing reliable tooling for deployments, configuration, pre-change checks and validation.

Working within a Follow-the-Sun operations model, you'll collaborate with EMEA and APAC colleagues to maintain resilient, reliable infrastructure and contribute to change management, maintaining runbooks, rollback plans, maintenance procedures and technical documentation, including network diagrams, inventories and SOPs.

Location / WFH:

You can work from home most of the time but must be able to get to the Data Centre in Slough within an easy commute.

About you:

  • You have experience of operating Linux (Ubuntu, CentOS, RedHat) in production environments
  • You have Data Centre experience including: rack / stack, structured cabling (fibre/copper), PDUs, console/OOB, vendor/Smart Hands coordination and accurate inventory
  • You have a good knowledge of Networking fundamentals for day to day ops
  • You have experience with Chef or Ansible or Puppet in production
  • You have clear runbook style writing, disciplined change control and a calm and structured approach to troubleshooting under time pressure
  • You're collaborative with strong problem solving skills

What's in it for you:

  • Salary to £65k
  • Bonus
  • Mostly remote working
  • Training and career development opportunities

Apply now to find out more about this Linux Systems and Data Centre Engineer opportunity.

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