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Lead Linux Infrastructure Engineer
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office · East Kilbride, SCT, United Kingdom
East Kilbride, SCT, United Kingdom57,500-? GBPOnsite
Remuneration
£57,500 per annum + Specialist Allowance + excellent benefits and opportunities for professional development + Civil Service Pension with an employer contribution of 28.97%
Location
East Kilbride, SCT, United Kingdom
Visa sponsorship
Not specified
Job summary
The Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office is seeking a Lead Linux Infrastructure Engineer. This role involves combining strong technical skills with a consultative approach to lead a team of engineers, ensuring services are integrated, delivered, and operated to a high standard. The successful candidate will work with enterprise Linux systems and develop an understanding of government security guidance to deliver secure Linux infrastructure services.
Benefits
Specialist AllowanceProfessional development opportunitiesCivil Service Pension (28.97% employer contribution)Learning and development opportunitiesInclusive and diverse cultureWork/life balance support (job sharing, term-time working, flexi-time, compresseContribution to UK national securityCritical infrastructure maintenanceSupport for sensitive government work25 days annual leave (rising to 30)Flexible workingShaping future SECRET work for HMG
Qualifications
- Experience in a Lead Engineer or Tech team lead role in Linux Engineering within a complex IT Infrastructure.
- Experience leading a team, managing incidents, problems, changes, and allocating work.
- Experience acting as the senior technical Linux resource across the engineering function.
- Experience with virtualized networking principles and platforms (VMware/Hyper-V).
- Advanced experience with Bash and Python.
- Good understanding of IT On-Prem and Cloud-based tooling infrastructure.
- Experience managing Linux certificates across the environment.
- Good experience with Squid.
- Responsible for driving all system upgrades across Linux.
- Experience with open-source Ansible automation tooling.
- Good understanding of troubleshooting Linux issues to 4th line.
- Demonstrable experience with Agile / DevOps working practices.
- Experience with systems monitoring infrastructure.
- Working knowledge of Confluence, Jira, and JSM.
- Sound understanding of database technologies: PostgreSQL, MariaDB, MongoDB, SQL.
- Relevant Computer Science, Information Technology, Information Security, or Systems Engineering qualification, or equivalent experience.
- Experience working in a Cloud Infrastructure Environment (AWS, Azure, GCP).
- Experience managing CEPH Storage or Linux storage environments.
- Experience with Confluence, Jira, and JSM administration and upgrades.
Responsibilities
- Maintain operational SLAs for Linux infrastructure incidents, including physical and virtual servers, DNS, NTP, RHEL Directory Services, Proxy, database, Satellite, and CEPH Infrastructure.
- Monitor, alert, and maintain RosaLinux Infrastructure across all environments.
- Lead the Linux team in supporting BAU and Project implementation activities, ensuring necessary artifacts are in place.
- Implement strategic and technical roadmaps for aligned Linux Infrastructure and hosted applications, ensuring infrastructure is up to date.
- Ensure all new components and installations meet or exceed RSO internal and regulatory requirements.
- Work within the organization's DevOps strategy to provide automated solutions.
- Own responsibility for changes within technical discipline and ensure implementation according to agreed business processes.
- Monitor trends to proactively respond to issues and support business needs.
- Develop documentation, processes, and policies to ensure governance and reporting.
- Manage all Incident, Problem, and Risk within technical discipline.
- Assist junior team members with learning and development.
- Liaise with vendors and product owners on product support and roadmaps.
- Collaborate with other Lead Engineers across the Engineering function and support initiatives.
Skills
AnsibleAWSAzureBashCephConfluenceGCPJiraLinuxMariaDBMongoDBPostgreSQLPythonRHELVMware
Degrees
Computer ScienceInformation TechnologyInformation SecuritySystems Engineering
Work schedule
Full-time
Security clearance
Developed VettingBaseline Personnel Security Standard
Relocation
No