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Lead Linux Infrastructure Engineer
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office · East Kilbride, SCT, United Kingdom
East Kilbride, SCT, United Kingdom57,500-75,400 GBP/yearlyRemote
Remuneration
Specialist allowance of up to £9,200 per annum may be offered; Civil Service pension with a 28.97% employer contribution.
Location
East Kilbride, SCT, United Kingdom
Visa sponsorship
Not specified
Job summary
Lead engineers responsible for operating and improving secure Linux infrastructure that supports sensitive government work. Maintain service-level agreements, translate architectural designs into operational services, and oversee incidents, changes, upgrades, monitoring, and team development. The environment includes RHEL, physical and virtual servers, DNS, NTP, Squid, Ceph, databases, and automation using Bash, Python, and Ansible.
Benefits
Civil Service defined benefit pension with a 28.97% employer contribution25 days annual leave, rising to 30Learning and professional development opportunitiesFlexible working options, including job sharing, term-time working, flexi-time,
Qualifications
- Experience in a Lead Engineer or technical team lead Linux engineering role within a complex IT infrastructure
- Experience leading a team, managing incidents, problems, and changes, and allocating work
- Experience as a senior technical Linux resource
- Experience with VMware or Hyper-V and virtualized networking
- Advanced Bash and Python experience
- Understanding of on-premises and cloud environments
- Experience managing Linux certificates and Squid
- Experience driving Linux system upgrades and using Ansible
- Advanced Linux troubleshooting capability
- Experience with Agile or DevOps practices and infrastructure monitoring
- Working knowledge of Confluence, Jira, and JSM
- Understanding of PostgreSQL, MariaDB, MongoDB, and SQL tooling
- Cloud infrastructure, Ceph, or Linux storage experience is desirable
Responsibilities
- Lead Linux engineers supporting business-as-usual operations and project implementation.
- Maintain operational service-level agreements and resolve infrastructure incidents across physical and virtual servers and related services.
- Monitor, alert on, and maintain Linux infrastructure across all environments.
- Translate architectural designs into operational infrastructure and manage Linux-hosted applications and databases.
- Implement technical roadmaps and drive Linux system upgrades.
- Ensure components and installations meet internal and regulatory security requirements.
- Deliver automated solutions aligned with the DevOps strategy.
- Own technical changes and ensure they follow agreed business processes.
- Manage incidents, problems, and risks; identify trends and proactively address issues.
- Develop documentation, processes, and policies for governance and reporting.
- Support junior engineers' learning and development and collaborate with other lead engineers.
Skills
AnsibleAWSAzureBashCephConfluenceGCPJiraLinuxMariaDBMongoDBPostgreSQLPythonRHELVMware
Degrees
Relevant qualification in Computer Science, Information Technology, Information
Work schedule
Full-time
Industry
GovernmentNational securityInformation technologySecure infrastructure
Security clearance
Developed vetting requiredBaseline Personnel Security Standard checksBasic or equivalent criminal record check
Relocation
No