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Senior Linux/Unix Engineer
- Salary: Up to £100,000 (based on candidate experience)
- Benefits Package: Excellent employee benefits
- Hybrid Model: 1 day a week onsite
- Job Type: Permanent
- Location: London
About the Role & Client:
My client, a leading UK based IT Services & Consulting organisation are seeking an experienced Linux Specialist to apply their knowledge of Automation within their global platform development team on a permanent basis. The consultant will initially be placed onto a major project with a globally operating financial organisation (approximated to last 2+ years minimum) where they will apply hands-on skills Automation and CI/CD based technologies.
Team Leadership: Ideally, the candidate will have some level of team leadership experience in order to provide mentorship to less senior team members.
Key Responsibilities:
- Act as Linux SME & Automation Specialist within a globally operating Platform Team
- Lead and mentor a small team of junior engineers.
- Implement Infrastructure as Code (IaC) principles and methodologies
- Design, implement, and maintain CI/CD pipelines (automation)
- Manage and optimize Linux environments (RHEL 8/9, Amazon Linux 2022)
- Develop and maintain automation scripts using Ansible Tower
- Utilising YAML, Git, Ansible Tower, and Continuous Integration/Continuous Deployment (CI/CD)
- Design, implement, and manage CI/CD pipelines for continuous integration and deployment.
Candidate Experience:
- Strong recent professional experience within large Financial Services environments, and understanding of the workings of the sector
- Proficiency in SNOW, Terraform, Ansible Tower, GIT, API, YAML, and HCL.
- Relevant Certifications in DevOps / Automation / Cloud Platforms etc.
- Excellent hands-on design and engineering skills
- Outstanding communication skills
To be considered, please ensure you complete your application on the Computappoint website.
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