Linux Infrastructure & Platform Architect.
Design. Automate. Modernise.
Are you an experienced Linux Infrastructure expert ready to take ownership of complex, enterprise-scale platforms? We're looking for a Linux Infrastructure & Platform Architect to drive the design, automation, and evolution of critical infrastructure environments supporting high-performance computing, cloud services, and modern containerised platforms.
In this hands-on technical leadership role, you'll combine architecture, engineering, and automation expertise to deliver resilient, scalable, and secure solutions across a diverse technology landscape.
Hybrid: 3 days on site in Salisbury OR Portsmouth.
You do need to be eligible for DV Clearance.
What you'll be doing:
- Leading the design, administration, optimisation, and support of large-scale Linux environments, ensuring high availability, performance, security, and resilience.
- Architecting and supporting High Performance Computing (HPC) platforms, including compute, storage, networking, workload scheduling, and user environments.
- Designing, deploying, and managing container and orchestration platforms to support modern application delivery.
- Acting as a Linux Infrastructure Solutions Architect, driving technical design, technology selection, and infrastructure transformation projects.
- Designing and supporting hybrid infrastructure environments across on-premises platforms, including VMware and Nutanix, alongside public cloud services.
- Developing and enhancing Infrastructure-as-Code and automation frameworks, with a strong focus on Ansible orchestration.
- Modernising operational processes and legacy tooling, championing automation-first approaches and migration from Puppet.
- Working closely with DevOps, Security, Operations, PMO, Application, and CTO teams to deliver robust and future-ready solutions.
- Providing expert troubleshooting, technical leadership, and mentoring across Linux, cloud, storage, networking, virtualisation, and platform technologies.
What you'll bring:
- ? Extensive experience administering enterprise Linux environments (RHEL, Rocky Linux, Ubuntu, or equivalent).
- Strong knowledge of HPC infrastructure, workload management ideally using Slurm, and performance optimisation.
- Proven experience designing and delivering Linux infrastructure and platform architectures.
- Strong understanding of Linux security, virtualisation, storage, networking, cloud services, and systems performance tuning.
- Excellent stakeholder management, documentation, project delivery, and problem-solving skills.
- Eligible for DV Clearance.
It would be great if you had:
- Advanced automation skills using Ansible, including playbook development, role design, and CI/CD integration.
- Experience with container technologies such as Docker, Podman, Kubernetes, or OpenShift.
- Experience supporting virtualised infrastructure using VMware and/or Nutanix.
- Experience working with public cloud platforms; AWS, Microsoft Azure, and Google Cloud Platform (GCP) experience is highly desirable.
Employment Type: Permanent
Location: Hybrid. 3 days per week in Portsmouth OR Salibury.
Security Clearance Level: Eligible for SC and DV Clearance.
Internal Recruiter: Jane
Salary: TBD.
Benefits
- 25 days annual leave with the choice to buy additional holiday days
- health cash plan
- life assurance
- pension
- £5400 car allowance
- 3 % flex benefit
Sopra Steria's Aerospace, Defence and Security business designs, develops and deploys digital solutions to Central Government clients. The work we do makes a real difference to the client's goal of National Security, and we operate in a unique and privileged environment.
We are given time for professional development activities, and we coach and mentor our colleagues, sharing knowledge and learning from each other. We foster a culture in which employees feel valued and supported and have pride in their work for the customer, delivering outstanding rates of customer satisfaction in the UK's most complex safety- and security-critical markets.
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Lead Linux Engineer in Portsmouth employer: Sopra Steria
Join a forward-thinking team at the forefront of Aerospace and Defence, where your expertise in Microsoft Sentinel and KQL will directly contribute to enhancing security measures. We pride ourselves on fostering a collaborative work culture that prioritises employee growth through continuous learning opportunities and innovative projects. Located in a dynamic environment, we offer competitive benefits and a commitment to making a meaningful impact in the industry.
