Senior Linux Platform Engineer

Alexander Ash

London, UK

1 day ago

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Role details

Contract type

Permanent contract

Employment type

Full-time (> 32 hours)

Experience level

Expert

Experience required

2 years minimum

Working hours

Regular working hours

Job source

www.collegerecruiter.com

Tech stack

Amazon Web Services Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud Amazon S3 Bash Shell Ubuntu (Operating System) Cloud Storage Configuration Management Linux Github Python (Programming Language) Network Troubleshooting Red Hat Enterprise Linux

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Ansible Prometheus Session Manager SubSystems Systems Integration Tripwire Virtualization Technology Autoscaling Grafana Gitlab Kubernetes Data Management CIS Benchmarks Docker Jenkins Vmware

Job description

I am currently working with Hedge fund that is looking for mid-level Linux Systems Engineer. This role is part of a Storage Engineering team supporting a new HPC environment, with a focus on platform integration, compliance testing, and process documentation to ensure operational and security standards are met.

Requirements

5+ years Linux engineering (RHEL/Ubuntu) with strong Bash plus Python or Go.
Deep AWS experience: EC2, AMI creation, block-device mapping, Launch Templates, Auto Scaling Groups, EBS, and encryption.
Experience with Packer for image baking and Ansible for idempotent configuration.
Familiarity with cloud-init/user-data, immutable server principles, and CI/CD pipelines (GitHub Actions, GitLab, Jenkins).
Experience with configuration management, monitoring, and observability tools (Prometheus, Alertmanager, Victoria Metrics/Logs).
Practical security hardening skills (CIS benchmarks, SSH hardening, KMS, SSM Session Manager)., * 2+ years experience with enterprise storage technologies.
Linux certifications (RHCSA, RHCE, or equivalent).
Experience with containerized storage solutions (Docker volumes, Kubernetes persistent volumes).
Familiarity with cloud storage services (AWS S3).
Exposure to virtualization technologies (VMware) and performance/network troubleshooting.
Knowledge of advanced AMI tooling and compliance scanning (EC2 Image Builder, Testinfra/Molecule, Trivy, InSpec).