Linux Infrastructure Engineer

If you're strong in Linux, automation, and infrastructure - and want your work to actually matter - this is worth a look.

We're hiring a DevOps / Linux Engineer to support and evolve a high-performance computing (HPC) and cloud environment that underpins world-class environmental research.

This isn't just keeping servers alive. You'll be improving, automating and scaling infrastructure that scientists rely on to solve real global challenges.

The Role

You'll sit within a specialist infrastructure team responsible for HPC and cloud platforms across on-prem and public cloud.

Your focus will be:

• Keeping Linux environments secure, patched and optimised
• Driving automation across infrastructure (Ansible-led environment)
• Supporting HPC workloads and research computing platforms
• Improving reliability, scalability and performance
• Working closely with scientists to translate technical requirements into production-ready solutions

This is hands-on engineering - not ticket-only support.

Tech Environment

• Linux (RedHat, CentOS, Rocky, Ubuntu)
• Automation (Ansible primarily, plus exposure to Puppet/Chef/Salt)
• HPC environments
• Azure & AWS
• VMware, KVM, Proxmox
• Containers: Docker, Kubernetes, LXC
• Storage technologies including Ceph
• NetBox, Service Desk Plus

What They're Looking For

You don't need to tick every box - but you should bring:

• Strong Linux administration experience (multi-distro)
• Solid infrastructure automation experience (Ansible preferred)
• Experience supporting production infrastructure environments
• Exposure to virtualization and/or containerisation
• Understanding of cloud platforms (Azure or AWS)
• Ability to work directly with technical end-users and gather requirements

Experience in HPC is ideal - but strong Linux + automation engineers can step into it.

Why This Role Stands Out

• Real technical ownership - not siloed
• Complex, interesting infrastructure
• A chance to modernise and improve environments
• Work that directly supports environmental research and global challenges
• Collaborative, specialist team environment

If you're someone who enjoys solving real infrastructure problems - and wants more than just "keeping the lights on" - this could be a strong move.

Do you have experience in Virtualization?