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# Linux Engineer

- **Company:** TechNET IT Recruitment
- **Location:** London, UK (Remote available)
- **Experience:** Experienced
- **Salary:** £70,000.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Proxmox, Amazon Web Services, Bash Shell, Cloud Computing, Databases, Linux, Monitoring of Systems, Python (Programming Language), Linux System Administration, Linux Servers, MongoDB, MySQL, Remote Access Technology, Scripting, Software Troubleshooting, Juniper, Containerization, Kubernetes, Infrastructure Automation Frameworks, Docker, Vmware
- **Published:** October 3, 2026
- **Apply:** https://find.jobs/jobs-near-me/apply/ats-redirect/?id=2999364157-2

## About the Role

You should have:

 * 3+ years' commercial experience administering Linux systems within production environments
 * Strong hands-on Linux administration and troubleshooting skills
 * Production experience with AWS
 * Experience working with Kubernetes and Docker
 * Scripting experience using at least two languages, such as Bash and Python
 * Experience deploying and troubleshooting complex applications
 * Experience with databases such as MySQL and/or MongoDB
 * Exposure to virtualisation technologies such as VMware or Proxmox
 * Good understanding of networking and infrastructure security
 * Experience implementing or maintaining security controls within production environments
 * Strong troubleshooting and problem-solving ability

Any experience with the following would be beneficial:

 * Highly available / 24x7 production environments
 * Monitoring and observability platforms
 * VPN technologies
 * Juniper firewalls
 * Evaluating and introducing new infrastructure technologies

## Description

We are looking for an experienced Linux & Cloud Operations Engineer to join a highly skilled Systems and Network team responsible for supporting and enhancing business-critical production infrastructure., The role would suit a strong Linux Engineer who has developed broader experience across AWS, Kubernetes, containerisation and infrastructure automation, and is comfortable supporting complex production environments., You will be responsible for supporting, maintaining and improving Linux-based infrastructure across both cloud and on-premise environments, with a strong focus on reliability, automation and security., * Installing, monitoring and maintaining Linux servers and infrastructure

 * Supporting production environments across AWS and containerised platforms
 * Working with Docker and Kubernetes environments
 * Deploying, monitoring and troubleshooting production applicationsWriting scripts to automate operational tasks and deployments
 * Managing security, software updates and patching
 * Implementing and maintaining infrastructure security controls
 * Improving infrastructure reliability, automation and operational efficiency
 * Troubleshooting complex infrastructure and application issues
 * Working closely with Systems, Network and Operations teams


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