Senior Linux Platform Engineer

Location:
Leeds

Opportunities in Leeds

We’re excited to be growing our presence in Leeds, a city we’ve been connected to for nearly 200 years! Our modern, accessible office in the City Centre offers a supportive, flexible working environment. The majority of roles, including this one, are now available in Leeds, giving you the chance to build a meaningful career outside of London while contributing to our mission from a dynamic and growing location.

You’ll work collaboratively with London-based colleagues in a hybrid model, with regular opportunities to travel into the London office to meet and connect together in person.

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No two days are exactly the same, but a typical day might start with the team's stand-up, where you'll discuss ongoing work, share progress, and identify any support needed from colleagues. We usually meet at 09:45 to support flexible working arrangements.

You may then spend time working on a project to improve or modernise part of the Linux platform. This could involve developing automation, improving platform security, refining operational standards, or implementing infrastructure changes using Infrastructure as Code and configuration management tooling.

As part of the team responsible for supporting business-critical services, you may be involved in investigating and resolving technical issues. This could range from troubleshooting operating system problems and analysing performance issues to supporting platform upgrades or infrastructure changes. You'll work closely with colleagues across Compute, Storage, Networks, Oracle, and Dev Ops teams to identify root causes and deliver robust solutions.

Throughout the day, you'll balance project delivery with operational support responsibilities. This may include planning and implementing platform changes, participating in technical discussions with vendors and internal stakeholders, reviewing and improving existing processes, or contributing to the team's automation and continuous improvement initiatives.

Whether working from one of our offices or remotely as part of our hybrid working model, you'll be part of a collaborative team that values technical curiosity, knowledge sharing, and continuous learning.

The CNI Platform operates within a secure, air-gapped environment supporting business-critical services. This presents a unique range of operational, engineering, and security challenges.

As a Senior Linux Engineer, you will be responsible for the support, reliability, security, and continuous improvement of the Linux platform. Working closely with colleagues across Compute, Storage, Networks, Oracle, and Dev Ops teams, you will support Linux workloads running on physical servers, virtual infrastructure, and Open Shift platforms.

We are looking for an engineer with strong Linux foundations who enjoys understanding how systems work, solving technical problems, and applying modern engineering practices to improve security, reliability, and operational efficiency. This role would suit someone who is developing into a senior engineer and is keen to broaden their expertise across enterprise infrastructure, automation, and platform engineering.

• Administration, support, and continuous improvement of enterprise Linux platforms
• Ensuring platform reliability, availability, and operational stability
• Automation, configuration management, and Infrastructure as Code
• Security hardening, patching, and compliance
• Platform integration across compute, storage, network, database, and container technologies
• Development and maintenance of operational procedures, standards, and documentation
• Collaboration across engineering teams and technology disciplines
• Communicating technical issues and solutions to both technical and non-technical stakeholders

The role requires participation in an out-of-hours support rota and occasional out-of-hours work to support business-critical systems.

• Strong Linux administration and…