Linux/Unix Engineer

Linux/Unix Engineer
Location: Manchester/Barrow - Hybrid 80% office & 20% remote
Duration: 3 months contract (with possible extension)
Rate: £470 per day inside IR35

To be considered you must have active SC Clearance and be a a sole UK national
Role Description:
Strong hands-on engineers with deep Linux and Solaris administration capability, required to support a security-critical production estate including legacy Solaris platforms.
Key Technical Skills:

• Linux Administration
• RHEL / CentOS (or equivalent)
• Performance troubleshooting, patching, system management
• Solaris
• Strong experience administering legacy Solaris systems
• ZFS, system stability, and production support
• Core Unix Engineering
• OS-level troubleshooting (CPU, memory, disk, services)
• System patching, upgrades, and lifecycle management
• Scripting / automation (shell, basic tooling)
• Production Support
• Experience in live enterprise environments
• Incident, problem, and change execution
• Environment
• Secure, audited, highly regulated infrastructure
• Mixed Linux and legacy Unix estate requiring specialist support capability [Dragonfly formerly Jobspot | Word]

Summary
Short-term requirement for technically strong Unix engineers with Solaris expertise, capable of operating independently in a controlled, production environment to support exit delivery.
If you're an experienced SC-cleared Linux/Unix Engineer with deep Linux and Solaris administration capability and have experience in a highly regulated public-sector environment we encourage you to apply.

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