Linux Engineer

Location: Wokingham – Office Based (3–5 days per week)

Start Date: ASAP

Clearance: SC Cleared (essential)

The Opportunity

Our client is seeking an experienced Red Hat Deployment & Platform Engineer to join a high‑performance engineering team supporting enterprise‑grade platforms within a secure, compliance‑driven environment. This role offers the opportunity to work on large‑scale Red Hat and Kubernetes platforms, driving automation, reliability, and operational excellence across critical services.

You will work closely with DevOps, SRE, Platform Engineering, Infrastructure, and Security teams to design, deploy, automate, and maintain robust platforms that are secure, scalable, and highly available.

Key Responsibilities

Deploy, configure, and manage platforms based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) and associated technologies

Implement, operate, and maintain Kubernetes clusters (OpenShift experience desirable)

Ensure platforms meet high availability, scalability, and security requirements

Manage build, deployment, and orchestration processes using Jenkins and related CI/CD tools

Deployment Automation & CI/CD

Automate platform builds, configuration, and deployments using scripting and pipelines

Design, enhance, and maintain automated CI/CD pipelines

Ensure deployments are repeatable, reliable, and secure, aligned with best practices

Operational Excellence & SRE Support

Contribute to SRE practices, including monitoring, alerting, incident response, and reliability improvements

Support observability initiatives across logging, monitoring, and alerting toolsets

Troubleshoot complex issues across Linux, Kubernetes, CI/CD, networking, and security layers

Work closely with DevOps, Infrastructure, Security, and Development teams

Produce and maintain technical documentation, deployment runbooks, and operational standards

Participate in Agile ceremonies and continuous improvement initiatives

About You

You are a seasoned platform engineer with strong hands‑on experience in Red Hat, Kubernetes, and CI/CD tooling. You thrive in controlled, secure environments, have a strong automation mindset, and take pride in building resilient, well‑engineered platforms. Experience working alongside SRE teams and a passion for operational excellence will help you succeed in this role.

Extensive hands‑on experience with Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL)

Strong experience operating Kubernetes environments

Proven expertise with Jenkins and CI/CD pipeline management

Deployment automation and scripting skills (Bash, Python, YAML)

Experience working in secure or compliance‑driven environments

Strong troubleshooting, analytical, and problem‑solving skills

Excellent communication and collaboration abilities

OpenShift platform experience

SRE practices:

Monitoring and alerting

Reliability and resilience engineering

Automation of operational tasks

Certifications (Nice to Have)

Red Hat Certified Engineer (RHCE) or equivalent

Kubernetes certifications (CKA / CKAD)

DevOps or SRE‑related certifications

If you have the relevant skills & experience, please apply promptly to be considered for this opportunity or similar roles.

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