Linux Engineer

Job Title: Linux Engineer

Location: Flexible with remote and on-site possibilities

Day Rate: £#removed#/day (OUTSIDE IR35)

Contract Length: 3 months (extendable)

Linux Engineer - Role & Responsibilities

• Design, build, configure and support Linux infrastructure across physical, virtual and cloud environments.
• Develop and maintain Puppet configurations and Shell scripts to automate deployment, administration and operational tasks.
• Work on Linux infrastructure projects, including new Linux builds, upgrades and migrations to newer versions.
• Manage and improve enterprise monitoring, responding to alerts and developing monitoring rules/scripts where required.
• Provide BAU support and troubleshooting, investigating incidents, maintaining system availability and ensuring infrastructure is secure, documented and compliant.

Linux Engineer - Required Experience

• Strong commercial experience as a Linux Engineer / Systems Engineer, ideally within an enterprise environment
• Strong Linux administration and engineering skills, particularly Ubuntu and/or other major Linux distributions
• Hands-on experience with Puppet and configuration management, with strong Shell/Bash scripting and automation skills.
• Strong hands-on experience with CheckMK for infrastructure monitoring, including configuration, alerting, performance monitoring, troubleshooting and maintaining monitoring across Linux servers and enterprise environments

Interviews: October 2026

Start Date: November 2026