Linux Engineer-SC, DV Security Cleared-East Midlands-£550

SmartSourcing Ltd
Central Milton Keynes, United Kingdom
2 days ago

Role details

Contract type
Temporary contract
Employment type
Full-time (> 32 hours)
Working hours
Shift work
Languages
English
Compensation
£ 146K

Job location

Central Milton Keynes, United Kingdom

Tech stack

Agile Methodologies
Amazon Web Services (AWS)
Apache HTTP Server
Backup Devices
Ubuntu (Operating System)
Computer Programming
Debian Linux
Linux
Red Hat Enterprise Linux - RHEL
Release Management
Server Administration
Shell Script
TCP/IP
VMware

Requirements

Experience in a high-pressured, fast-paced team

Technologies Required:

-Linux/Ubuntu/Debian/Red Hat

-SAN/backup Storage

-OS Installation and Maintenance for Linux Platforms

-VMware platform experience

-Apache/NBINX Server Installation

-AWS

-Shell Scripting

-TCP/IP Network Knowledge

  • Agile ITIL Foundation level/relevant experience

-Practitioner level knowledge of hardware, software and systems being supported

-Substantial experience in relevant roles, including technologies in an enterprise environment, and of working within a secure environment Skills:

-Programming and build

-Systems operations

-Problem-solving

-Analyse, interrogate and evaluate data

-Draft/author professional/technical documents

-Interpret professional/technical documents

-Problem management

-Incident management

-Change and release management

BAU On-Call Working practices

Benefits & conditions

Milton Keynes - £550 Contract Posted by: SmartSourcing Ltd Posted: 28/11/2025 09:26:15

Linux Engineer, SC or DV Security Cleared required by our government client based Milton Keynes. Commutable from Northampton, East Midlands, Bedford, Luton, North London.

560 per day Umbrella

As you will support a secret classification customer service with a high dependency on system access from site, this role will require 5 days onsite working per week.

Working in a Security Cleared environment. You will need to be SC or DV (developed vetting) cleared or eligible to undertake SC or DV Security Clearance., A flat fee is payable for completing an on-call shift of ?50 for a 12 hour weekday shift (7pm ? 7am) and ?100 paid for a 24 hour weekend or bank holiday shift (7.00am ? 7.00am) whether the individual is called upon or not.

About the company

SmartSourcing provides a highly professional & service-led approach to both Specialist Recruitment Services & Consultancy Solutions. Our work incorporates contract, fixed term, permanent & work packages: * Intelligent Recruitment serviced through our National Recruitment Centre adhering to strict Framework & PSL criteria * Recruit Smart servicing Specialist & niche Resource requirements * Consultancy Solutions providing Outcome & Deliverable based SOW solutions * Permanent Division - Servicing Public & Private Sectors Our core areas include Digital & Technology, Transformation, Project Management, Project Office, Business Change, Cloud Services, Cyber Security, other technology & corporate areas.

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