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# Linux Platform Engineer

- **Company:** Bright Purple Resourcing Ltd
- **Location:** Edinburgh, UK
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Active Directory, CentOS, Software as a Service, Linux, File Systems, Elasticsearch, Middleware, VMware ESX Servers, HAProxy, Identity and Access Management, Lightweight Directory Access Protocols (LDAP), Linux System Administration, Logical Volume Manager, Memcached, MongoDB, MySQL, Performance Tuning, RabbitMQ, Red Hat Enterprise Linux, Redis, Ansible, Software Configuration Management, VMware Infrastructure, Virtualization Technology, Postfix, Containerization, Iptables, Docker
- **Published:** August 7, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.totaljobs.com/job/linux-platform-engineer/bright-purple-resourcing-job107811139

## About the Role

Are you a Linux specialist who enjoys building, securing and automating enterprise infrastructure?, * Strong commercial Linux administration experience, ideally across RHEL, CentOS or AlmaLinux.

 * Experience with patching, kernel tuning, LVM and filesystem management.
 * VMware ESXi administration experience.
 * Knowledge of Foreman for package and repository management.
 * Experience with Ansible and AWX automation.
 * Strong networking knowledge including firewalld and iptables.
 * Identity management experience using LDAP, Active Directory and SSSD.
 * Exposure to container technologies, ideally Podman.
 * Experience supporting enterprise middleware and infrastructure services.

## Description

We're partnering with an Edinburgh based SaaS business looking for an experienced Linux Platform Engineer to join the infrastructure team. You'll play a key role in maintaining and evolving a large-scale Linux estate, supporting business-critical platforms used by thousands of customers across the UK. This is a handson engineering role where you'll work across Linux administration, automation, virtualisation and modern infrastructure technologies to improve reliability, security and performance.
What you'll be doing:

 * Administer and support enterprise Linux environments.
 * Manage patching, kernel updates, LVM and filesystem administration.
 * Maintain package repositories and lifecycle management through Foreman.
 * Support VMware ESXi virtual infrastructure, templates, snapshots and BAU operations.
 * Configure and manage host networking including firewalld and iptables.
 * Administer identity services including SSSD, LDAP and Active Directory integration.
 * Develop and maintain automation using Ansible and AWX.
 * Help modernise legacy applications using Podman containers.
 * Support a range of core platform services including Redis, RabbitMQ, MongoDB, Elasticsearch, MySQL, Memcache, Postfix and HAProxy.
 * Contribute to platform improvements, security initiatives and operational excellence.


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