Linux Engineer

20859
  • £550 - £600 per day Inside IR35
  • London, , United Kingdom
  • Contract
  • Network Engineering

Linux Engineer – £500-£600 per day – Inside IR35

Location: London, 

You'll be working for a company that prides itself on automation, infrastructure as code, and optimizing Linux environments. Your role? Managing and improving a heavily automated Linux infrastructure, writing scripts, and deploying configurations with Puppet/Ansible.


What you’ll be doing:

  • Managing Linux systems using Puppet or Ansible
  • Automating server builds and configurations
  • Deploying Kubernetes and managing AWS services (EC2, S3, ECS)
  • Bare metal datacenter deployments
  • Improving Puppet code lifecycle and automating deployments
  • Writing Python/Bash/Ruby scripts for automation

What you’ll need:

  • 4+ years managing Linux environments (RHEL-based)
  • Strong Python scripting skills
  • Experience with Puppet or Ansible
  • AWS expertise (EC2, S3, ECS)
  • GIT version control experience
  • Knowledge of networking (IPv4, routing, multicast)
  • Hands-on experience with Linux monitoring tools

Bonus skills:

  • Jenkins or other CI/CD tools
  • AWS CloudFormation/OpenTofu/Terraform
  • IAM, Active Directory, or LDAP experience
  • Understanding of cybersecurity best practices

This role is all about automation and scripting—so if you love writing Python code to optimize Linux infrastructure, this one's for you.

? Apply now and take your next contract to the next level!

Barry Ansell Head of Contract Recruitment

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