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# Senior Linux DevOps Engineer

- **Company:** RedTech Recruitment
- **Location:** London, UK
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** £100,000.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure, Command-Line Interface, Cloud Computing, Configuration Management, Computer Engineering, Continuous Integration, Linux, DevOps, Github, Python (Programming Language), Linux System Administration, Reliability Engineering, Ansible, Prometheus, Shell Script, Software Engineering, Software Systems, Data Logging, Scripting, Cloud Platform System, Delivery Pipeline, Grafana, Software Troubleshooting, Containerization, Gitlab-ci, Kubernetes, Infrastructure Automation Frameworks, Information Technology, Terraform, Devsecops, Docker, Elk Stack, Jenkins
- **Published:** September 3, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.totaljobs.com/job/senior-linux-engineer/redtech-recruitment-ltd-job107927122

## About the Role

* Strong commercial experience working as a Senior DevOps Engineer, Linux Engineer, Platform Engineer, Site Reliability Engineer or similar
 * Excellent Linux systems administration and command line skills, with experience operating and troubleshooting large-scale production environments
 * Strong scripting and automation experience using shell scripting, Python or similar
 * Strong understanding of networking, security and performance troubleshooting within Linux environments
 * Hands-on experience operating containerised workloads using Docker and Kubernetes
 * Experience with monitoring, logging and observability technologies such as Prometheus, Grafana, Loki, OpenTelemetry or the ELK Stack
 * Experience with Infrastructure as Code and automation tooling such as Terraform and Ansible
 * Experience building and managing CI/CD pipelines using GitLab CI/CD, GitHub Actions, Jenkins or similar
 * Experience with incident response, root cause analysis and driving improvements to the reliability and performance of production systems
 * Commercial experience with Microsoft Azure or another major cloud platform such as AWS or GCP, ideally deploying and managing Linux-based services in the cloud
 * Experience with the following would be beneficial: Microsoft Azure, ArgoCD, Helm, AWS, GCP, Go and configuration management tooling
 * Our client has expressed a preference for DevOps Engineers who have hands-on ownership of production infrastructure within an in-house, product-focused technology environment

## Description

* Operate, troubleshoot, secure and automate large-scale Linux-based production environments
 * Build and improve containerised environments using Docker and Kubernetes
 * Diagnose complex infrastructure, networking and performance issues, supporting incident response and root cause analysis
 * Develop automation, Infrastructure as Code and CI/CD processes to improve engineering efficiency and reliability
 * Implement and enhance monitoring, logging and observability across production systems
 * Manage and optimise Linux workloads deployed within cloud environments
 * Collaborate with engineering teams to improve infrastructure, platforms, processes and tooling

What the role offers:

 * The opportunity to work for a world-leading technology company developing cutting-edge AI-powered software solutions
 * A technically challenging Linux-focused environment spanning Kubernetes, cloud infrastructure, networking, observability and automation
 * The chance to take ownership of large-scale production infrastructure and solve complex technical challenges
 * Excellent benefits including private medical insurance for you and your family, enhanced family leave, pension, life insurance and additional holiday, Keywords: Senior Linux DevOps Engineer / Senior DevOps Engineer / Linux DevOps Engineer / Senior Linux Engineer / Linux Systems Engineer / Linux Infrastructure Engineer / Senior Platform Engineer / Platform Engineer / Site Reliability Engineer / SRE / Infrastructure Engineer / DevSecOps Engineer / Linux / Bash / Shell Scripting / Python / Kubernetes / Docker / Terraform / Ansible / Microsoft Azure / Azure / Prometheus / Grafana / Loki / OpenTelemetry / ELK Stack / GitLab CI/CD / GitHub Actions / Jenkins / ArgoCD / Helm / AWS / GCP / Networking / Observability / Infrastructure as Code / CI/CD / Containerisation / Incident Response / Computer Science / Software Engineering / Cloud Computing / Computer Engineering
RedTech Recruitment Ltd focus on finding roles for Engineers and Scientists. Even if the above role isn't of interest, please visit our website to see our other opportunities.
We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at RedTech. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, colour, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.


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