Linux System Engineer

System Engineer (Linux Platform & Automation)

About the Opportunity

Our client is seeking an experienced System Engineer to join a high-performing infrastructure team responsible for supporting, maintaining, and evolving critical enterprise technology platforms.

This role offers a blend of operational support, platform engineering, automation, and continuous improvement. You'll play a key part in ensuring Linux-based environments remain secure, stable, and highly available while helping to drive automation, infrastructure modernisation, and operational excellence.

Working within a complex enterprise environment, you'll collaborate with infrastructure, networking, security, and application teams to deliver reliable services and implement innovative solutions that improve efficiency and resilience.

The Role

As a System Engineer, you will provide advanced support across enterprise Linux environments, resolving complex technical issues, maintaining platform performance, and contributing to ongoing engineering initiatives.

Beyond day-to-day operations, you'll be involved in automation projects, platform optimisation, infrastructure lifecycle activities, and evaluating emerging technologies that enhance service delivery and reliability.

This is an ideal opportunity for someone who enjoys combining hands-on support responsibilities with engineering and automation-focused projects.

Key Responsibilities

Linux Infrastructure & Operations

• Administer and support enterprise Linux environments across physical, virtualised, and containerised platforms.
• Monitor system performance, availability, and capacity to ensure reliable service delivery.
• Diagnose and resolve operating system and infrastructure-related incidents.
• Manage patching, upgrades, maintenance windows, and platform lifecycle activities.
• Conduct root cause analysis and implement long-term solutions for recurring issues.
• Maintain secure and compliant platform environments in line with operational standards.

Automation & Platform Engineering

• Design and develop automation solutions to streamline operational processes.
• Build and maintain Infrastructure-as-Code and configuration management solutions.
• Develop automated workflows that improve efficiency, consistency, and service reliability.
• Enhance provisioning, deployment, and operational processes through automation.
• Contribute to the ongoing evolution of engineering standards and best practices.

Monitoring, Reliability & Performance

• Support and optimise platform monitoring, alerting, and observability capabilities.
• Analyse performance trends and identify opportunities for improvement.
• Investigate infrastructure events and operational anomalies.
• Support proactive maintenance initiatives to minimise service disruption.

Innovation & Continuous Improvement

• Participate in technology evaluations and proof-of-concept initiatives.
• Explore emerging tools and technologies to enhance platform capabilities.
• Contribute ideas that support scalability, automation, and operational excellence.
• Drive continuous improvement across infrastructure and support processes.

Service Management

• Operate within established ITIL-aligned service management processes.
• Manage incidents, service requests, problems, and changes effectively.
• Collaborate with internal teams and external vendors when required.
• Maintain documentation, technical procedures, and operational knowledge bases.

Essential Experience & Skills

Infrastructure & Linux Engineering

• Minimum 4 years' experience supporting enterprise-scale Linux environments.
• Strong expertise administering Red Hat Enterprise Linux or equivalent platforms.
• Experience managing infrastructure across physical, virtualised, and containerised environments.
• Advanced troubleshooting, performance tuning, and operating system diagnostics skills.
• Experience with enterprise lifecycle and patch management solutions.
• Strong understanding of monitoring, logging, and operational support practices.

Automation & Configuration Management

• Proven experience using Ansible Automation Platform.
• Hands-on experience developing playbooks, roles, and workflow automation.
• Understanding of Infrastructure-as-Code principles and automated deployment approaches.
• Ability to integrate automation into operational and monitoring processes.

DevOps Tooling & Version Control