Linux (RHEL) Engineer - SC Cleared

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.