Linux Engineer

Job in Ipswich, Suffolk County, IP1, England, UK

Listing for: Adecco

Contract position
Listed on 2026-07-10

Job specializations:

IT/Tech
Unix/Linux, Systems Administrator, SRE/Site Reliability, Cloud Computing: Infrastructure & Operations

Salary/Wage Range or Industry Benchmark: 45000 - 70000 GBP Yearly GBP 45000.00 70000.00 YEAR

Salary: £45,000 - 70,000 per year

Requirements

Linux systems administration experience
Experience supporting large-scale, high-availability environments
VMware experience
Experience with Docker, Podman, or other container technologies
Strong operational support and troubleshooting experience
Security-focused approach to platform management
Bash scripting experience
SQL experience
Experience with Kafka, Cassandra, or Hazelcast
Experience with monitoring tools such as CheckMK or Selenium
IP networking and RADIUS experience
Experience with SIEM tools

Responsibilities

Support and enhance a large-scale, high-availability customer platform
Work within our Agile operations team
Perform Linux administration
Carry out platform maintenance
Manage patching and deployments
Handle capacity management
Resolve incidents
Support the evolution of a next-generation platform

Technologies

Bash
Cassandra
CheckMK
Docker
Kafka
Linux
Podman
SQL
VMware

We are a leading telecommunications company offering a 6-month contract opportunity on an inside IR35 basis with hybrid working. We are looking for an experienced Linux Platform Engineer / Linux Systems Administrator to join our Agile operations team and support a large-scale, high-availability customer platform. This role focuses on enterprise-scale Linux infrastructure, operational excellence, and the continued evolution of a next-generation platform.

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