Linux Infrastructure Engineer in Scunthorpe and Liverpool, United Kingdom
Scunthorpe and Liverpool, United Kingdom |
Up to GBP £60000.00 Per Annum |
Contract
Job description
My client is a specialist in the delivery of innovative technology solutions and services within the railway infrastructure.
An opportunity has arisen for a Linux Infrastructure Engineer to join the existing team and work across multiple projects for initial 4 months with a view to extend.
Remote working, occasional travel to Scunthorpe/Liverpool.
Responsibilities:
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Maintain and manage VMWare infrastructure to ensure stability and availability.
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Manage and maintain virtual computing environment base on VMware and administers computer systems with windows + Linux environments.
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Administer Linux servers for all day-to-day functions including managing DNS, storage (glusterFS), Ubuntu 20.04 OS and SQL Server databases in both development and production.
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Diagnose system operational problems quickly and effectively
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Automate systems administration tasks utilizing open-source configuration management tools
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Manage and maintain backups for several systems including VMWare, VMs, operating systems, K8s and databases
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Design, build, and maintain Linux-based services using a variety of distros including Ubuntu and Yocto
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Work with the engineering team to define and implement best practices and standards within the organization
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Support both on-premises and Azure cloud-based virtual machines and systems
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Create and deploy scripts to automate clean up routines, check system space allocations and system memory usage
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Tune operating systems and applications to increase performance and reliability of services
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Support K8s application environment + good knowledge of container-based technologies
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Troubleshoot issues for maintaining network and data security.
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Install and configure DHCP, DNS, and NFS
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Support/perform deployments to Dev, QA & production environments
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Assist software developers + Dev Ops engineers with software builds and releases
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Document system administration procedures for routine and complex tasks
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Create scripts to automate jobs via cron and various scripting technologies using industry best practice techniques
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Participate in an on-call office hours support of customer’s systems
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Coordinate with vendors to resolve hardware and software problems
Skills:
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Good working knowledge of Linux environments (such as Ubuntu 20.04, Yocta, etc)
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Linux Server administration
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Automation using scripting languages (bash, shell, python, cron)
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VMWare management
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VM + container-based technologies
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Working knowledge of Azure cloud, Kubernetes, SQL Server, etc beneficial
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