Linux Infrastructure Engineer (Tech Re-entry - 12-month career break required) - SC Eligible in Leicester

At IBM Consulting UK FutureNow, you’ll build a career at the forefront of hybrid cloud and AI, working with leading clients across the public and private sectors. You’ll collaborate with top industry professionals, gain hands-on experience with cutting-edge technologies, and deliver solutions that create real business impact. From day one, you’ll work on meaningful, high-profile programmes that stretch your skills and accelerate your growth. We invest heavily in you—supporting continuous learning, in-demand skills development, and long-term career progression. You’ll thrive in a flexible, inclusive environment that values curiosity, encourages reinvention, and recognises what makes you unique.

We offer:

• Tools and policies to support your work-life balance from flexible working approaches, sabbatical programs, paid paternity leave, maternity leave and an innovative maternity returners scheme.
• More traditional benefits, such as 25 days holiday (in addition to public holidays), private medical, dental & optical cover, online shopping discounts, an Employee Assistance Program, life assurance and a group pension plan through salary sacrifice.

In this role, you'll work in one of our IBM Consulting Client Innovation Centers (Delivery Centers), where we deliver deep technical and industry expertise to a wide range of public and private sector clients around the world. Our delivery centers offer our clients locally based skills and technical expertise to drive innovation and adoption of new technology.

Your role and responsibilities:

We are looking for an experienced Linux Infrastructure System Engineer to join IBM and support our public sector accounts. In this role, you will work within highly secure and complex environments, ensuring the smooth operation of Linux (Red Hat) systems that underpin critical applications, DevOps pipelines, middleware services, security tools, and infrastructure components. This is an excellent opportunity for someone returning to the workforce who wants to re-enter the tech industry with structured support, mentoring, and upskilling.

Tech Re-Entry Programme (12-Month Career Break Requirement):

This position is part of IBM’s Tech Re-Entry programme, designed specifically for professionals who have taken a career break of at least 12 months. The programme provides a structured pathway back into full-time technical roles, offering training, mentoring, and hands-on project experience. Whether your break was for personal, family, educational, or other reasons, this programme helps you rebuild confidence, refresh technical skills, and reintegrate into a fast-paced technology environment.

Eligibility requires a minimum 12-month break from traditional full-time employment.

Key Responsibilities:

• Provide technical support for a range of public sector solutions, ensuring high availability and strong performance across applications and infrastructure components.
• Design, build, and maintain infrastructure and configuration as code.
• Administer Development, Test, and Production environments.
• Ensure the security and integrity of systems, protecting against cybersecurity threats.
• Troubleshoot and resolve technical issues across a range of technologies.
• Perform initial analysis on incidents and escalate to the appropriate support teams when required.
• Ensure Disaster Recovery capabilities and manual failover processes are maintained.
• Deliver regular service management reports for client stakeholders.
• Follow ITIL processes and Integrated Service Level Management best practices.

Required education: None

Preferred education: Bachelor's Degree

Required technical and professional expertise:

• Strong experience in system administration, infrastructure management, and cloud computing.
• Experience with DevOps practices and tools.
• Proficient in Linux operating systems (Red Hat in particular).
• Understanding of Command Line Interface (CLI).
• Understanding of Red Hat Satellite.
• Understanding of networking concepts (TCP/IP, DNS, DHCP).
• Knowledge of shell scripting (Bash).
• Familiarity with configuration management tools (e.g., Ansible).
• Strong troubleshooting and problem-solving skills.
• Excellent communication and reporting skills.

This role is subject to pre-employment screening in line with the UK Government’s Baseline Personnel Security Standard (BPSS). An additional range of Personal Security Controls referred to as National Security Vetting (NVS) may apply, this could include meeting the eligibility requirements for The Security Check (SC) or Developed Vetting (DV).

Preferred technical and professional experience:

• Experience with version control systems (e.g., Git).
• Familiarity with DevOps practices and CI/CD pipelines.
• Desirable certifications in Linux and infrastructure technologies, such as Red Hat Certified System Administrator (RHCSA).

IBM Consulting is IBM’s consulting and global professional services business, with market-leading capabilities in business and technology transformation. With deep expertise in many industries, we offer strategy, experience, technology, and operations services to many of the most innovative and valuable companies in the world.

IBM is proud to be an equal-opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, pregnancy, disability, neurodivergence, age, or other characteristics protected by the applicable law. IBM is also committed to compliance with all fair employment practices regarding citizenship and immigration status.