Linux Engineer

Linux Engineer – (Linux, Red Hat, RHEL, Ubuntu, CentOS, Oracle Linux, Data Centre, Engineer, Storage, SAN, Cloud, VMware, Blade Server) – Permanent – Remote

Charles Simon Associates are currently looking for a Linux Engineer on a permanent basis for our client, a global business leader in their sector and a household name. The data centre team are at the centre of everything this business does, the technologies and opportunities are endless for the right candidate.

Location: Home Based

Salary: Up to £75,000 per annum Plus On call (1 in 5)

Skills/Requirements for the Linux Engineer:

• Previous experience within a similar role

• Extensive Linux experience, ideally Red Hat

• Data Centre experience

• Ability to lead IT projects and engage stakeholders

• VMware experience

• Blade Server experience

• SAN Storage

• VMware Clustering

• Working within ITIL processes for Change and Problem Management

• Any previous experience of working within a private cloud environment would be highly desirable

Start date is ASAP for the Linux Engineer

The Linux Engineer will be responsible for:

• Supporting the Storage & Data Centre infrastructure as directed by management

• Assisting with the design of Data Centres ensuring no single points of failure to enable High Availability and comprehensive DR provision for all critical systems.

• Ensuring maximum availability of Data Centre and Cloud systems and minimum disruption due to change - planned or otherwise.

• Installing, configuring and managing Linux servers and software as required, using automation where possible.

• Configuring and managing Data Protection platforms including Commvault, Dell EMC Networker and Zerto.

• Work closely with DBA, Network, Application, Systems and Service Desk teams on projects, migrations, upgrades, refreshes, architecture and other activities.

• Carry out regular Disaster Recovery (DR) testing on key systems

• Ensuring systems maintenance, support, installations, upgrades, performance monitoring, capacity planning, compute and storage management is carried out with minimum disruption

• Maintaining documentation and diagrams to describe all systems, networks and communications.

• Participate in an out-of-hours on-call rota as required.

• Maintain knowledge of trends, developments, and best practices in Data Centre, SAN Storage, Cloud, Linux compute and related technology.

Please send an up-to-date copy of your CV to be considered for the Linux Engineer

Linux Engineer – (Linux, Red Hat, RHEL, Ubuntu, CentOS, Oracle Linux, Data Centre, Engineer, Storage, SAN, Cloud, VMware, Blade Server) – Permanent – Remote