Linux System Engineer in London

Position OverviewContract – 6 months

Seeking a mid-level Linux Systems Engineer to join a Storage Engineering team. This role focuses on platform integration, compliance testing, and process documentation to ensure a high-performance storage system (part of a new HPC environment) meets operational and security standards ahead of go-live.

Key Responsibilities

Platform Integration & Readiness

Integrate storage platforms with secure access, monitoring, and alerting systems.

Collaborate with datacenter, network, Linux, and security teams to ensure seamless system integration.

Liaise with the storage vendor to log and track defects, implementing remediations as required.

Compliance Testing & Evidence

Develop and execute test plans to benchmark and validate storage systems.

Document compliance evidence for internal audit.

Maintain testing frameworks and automate compliance monitoring.

Process Documentation

Create comprehensive technical documentation for storage procedures.

Develop standard operating procedures for storage administration tasks.

Required Qualifications

3–5 years of Linux system administration experience (RHEL, CentOS, Ubuntu).

Experience with configuration management tools (Ansible, Terraform).

Familiarity with monitoring tools (Prometheus, Alertmanager, Victoria Metrics/Logs).

Preferred Qualifications

2+ years\’ experience with enterprise storage technologies.

Linux certifications (RHCSA, RHCE, or equivalent).

Experience with containerized storage solutions (Docker volumes, Kubernetes persistent volumes).

Knowledge of cloud and cloud storage services (AWS S3).

Technical Skills

Performance monitoring.

Version control systems (Git).

Virtualization technologies (VMware).

Seniority level

Mid-Senior level

Employment type

Contract

Job function

Engineering, Quality Assurance, and Strategy/Planning

Industries

Staffing and Recruiting

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