Senior Linux Infrastructure Engineer - eSC or eDV Clearance Required

Introduction

At IBM Consulting UK Future Now, 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.

• 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.

We are looking for a Senior Linux Infrastructure Engineer to join IBM, with eSC or eDV Clearance required. In this role, you will help build, automate, and support modern cloud-native and hybrid platforms for IBM’s public sector and defence clients. You will work across AWS, Azure, IBM Cloud, and Red Hat technologies, designing high‑performance containerised environments using Kubernetes, Docker/CRI‑O, and Infrastructure as Code.

You will work closely with development, architecture, security, and SRE teams to deliver scalable, secure, and reliable platforms for modern applications.

This position is open to engineers from mid‑level through senior and principal levels, with responsibilities adjusted according to experience.

This role is subject to pre‑employment screening in line with the UK Government’s Baseline Personnel Security Standard (BPSS). Additional National Security Vetting may apply, including eligibility requirements for SC or DV.

• Build, automate, and operate container platforms using Kubernetes, Docker, and CRI‑O.
• Deploy and manage infrastructure across multi‑cloud and hybrid environments (AWS, Azure, IBM Cloud, Red Hat).
• Develop and maintain Infrastructure as Code using Terraform, Ansible, and cloud‑native IaC tools.
• Implement high availability, disaster recovery, load balancing, and hybrid networking solutions.
• Integrate monitoring, SLOs, and quality gates into CI/CD pipelines to support resilient delivery.
• Administer Red Hat Open Shift clusters and support migrations to container platforms.
• Collaborate with architects and developers to enhance automation, performance, and security.
• Depending on seniority, contribute to technical leadership, shape Dev Ops practices, and mentor engineers.

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Bachelor’s Degree

• Operating and managing Kubernetes clusters, including deployments, scaling, networking, upgrades, and security.
• Practical experience with Docker and CRI‑O container runtimes.
• Experience administering Open Shift and supporting migrations to container platforms.

• Strong experience with AWS services, with the ability to work across other clouds such as Azure or GCP when required.
• Exposure to hybrid and on‑prem environments, including modernisation of legacy systems.
• Understanding of VPC design, IAM and identity controls, and hybrid networking.

• Experience using Terraform and/or Ansible for Linux platform automation.
• Familiarity with AWS Cloud Formation or other cloud‑native IaC tools.
• Working knowledge of CI/CD tooling such as Git Hub Actions, Git Lab, Jenkins, Azure Dev Ops, or Tekton.

• Experience using monitoring and logging tools such as Prometheus, Grafana, ELK, Cloud Watch, or Azure Monitor.
• Understanding of high availability, disaster recovery, load balancing, and resilience…