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Lead Linux Sys Admin - CNI Platforms
Ban*** · Leeds, ENG, United Kingdom
Leeds, ENG, United Kingdom71,680-80,640 GBP/yearlyRemote
Remuneration
£64,480–£72,540 (Leeds) or £71,680–£80,640 (London) + discretionary performance award + 8% benefits allowance + non-contributory career average pension + 26 days’ annual leave with option to buy up to 12 additional days + private medical insurance + income protection
Location
Leeds, ENG, United Kingdom
Visa sponsorship
Sponsors visa
Job summary
This role supports the reliability, security, and continuous improvement of an enterprise Linux platform in a secure, air-gapped environment serving business-critical services across physical servers, virtual infrastructure, and OpenShift. The work combines operational support and platform engineering, including troubleshooting, automation, Infrastructure as Code, security hardening, patching, and collaboration across Compute, Storage, Networks, Oracle, and DevOps teams.
Benefits
Non-contributory, career average pensionDiscretionary performance award based on a current award pool8% benefits allowance26 days’ annual leave with option to buy up to 12 additional daysPrivate medical insuranceIncome protection
Qualifications
- Strong Linux administration and troubleshooting skills within an enterprise environment (e.g. RHEL)
- Experience of Linux operating system fundamentals, including boot processes, storage, security, patching, recovery, and performance troubleshooting
- Experience deploying, operating, and supporting Linux on physical and virtual infrastructure
- Experience with automation and configuration management tools such as Ansible or equivalent technologies
- Experience with Infrastructure as Code tooling such as Terraform or equivalent technologies
- Experience of Linux security principles, system hardening, and compliance practices
- Experience with platform lifecycle management tools such as Red Hat Satellite, Ansible Automation Platform, or equivalent technologies
- Experience using scripting languages such as Bash or Python to automate operational tasks
- Experience working within secure or air-gapped environments
- Experience with Compliance as Code and infrastructure testing tools
- Experience with virtualisation and container platforms such as VMware, Kubernetes, OpenShift
- Knowledge of Secure by Design principles
- Experience with image-based or immutable infrastructure approaches, including tooling such as Packer
- Experience with CI/CD tooling and automated software delivery practices
- Familiarity with enterprise storage technologies and backup platforms
- Experience with observability and logging platforms
- Understanding of enterprise networking fundamentals
- Working knowledge of Git, GitHub, and distributed version control systems
Responsibilities
- Administration, support, and continuous improvement of enterprise Linux platforms
- Ensuring platform reliability, availability, and operational stability
- Automation, configuration management, and Infrastructure as Code
- Security hardening, patching, and compliance
- Platform integration across compute, storage, network, database, and container technologies
- Development and maintenance of operational procedures, standards, and documentation
- Collaboration across engineering teams and technology disciplines
- Communicating technical issues and solutions to both technical and non-technical stakeholders
Skills
AnsibleBashGitGitHubKubernetesLinuxOpenShiftPackerPythonRHELTerraformVMwarecontainerd
Work schedule
Participation in an out-of-hours support rotaOccasional out-of-hours workWe usually meet at 09:45
Industry
Banking
Security clearance
National Security Vetting clearanceAdditional Bank security checks
Relocation
No