Linux (RHEL) Engineer - SC Cleared

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.