Linux Technician

Are you a well-established Linux professional with active SC Clearance? My client is seeking a Linux Technician to join their growing team and get hands-on with all aspects of supporting their Linux systems. This is a great opportunity for a mid-level Linux specialist to join a growing MSP, become a go-to engineer for keeping client production environments running smoothly, and continue developing your skills across automation, containerisation, and virtualisation.

Day-to-day responsibilities include:

• Fixing Linux incidents/outages
• Server patching and security updates
• Ticketing updates
• Basic infrastructure tasks including server/printer registrations
• Production monitoring and support

• Strong Linux experience (CentOS/RHEL/Oracle Linux)
• Strong patching experience (yum/dnf, kernel updates & safe reboots)
• Troubleshooting CPU, memory, disk, network, services
• Experience using ticketing tools
• Analysis logging
• Bash scripting
• Experience in live production support
• Active SC or eligible to obtain SC clearance

Desirable:

• Ansible or similar automation tools
• VMware or virtual machines
• Basic networking & firewall knowledge
• Knowledge of containerisation (Docker/Podman/Kubernetes basics)

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