Linux Technical Architect

Salary: £40,000 - 65,000 per year

Requirements:

• Previous experience in a technical position within Linux platform support and/or delivery
• Familiarity with request, problem and project management processes and tools
• Detail-oriented, process-driven, highly innovative mindset with a strong sense of ownership
• Proven track record of working well under pressure and thinking clearly in challenging situations
• Proven track record of being flexible and inventive to deliver the right outcomes
• Strong customer focus with excellent relationship management skills
• Adept at stakeholder communications across senior and broad organisational levels
• Broad and deep understanding of best practice in applying processes, technologies, and resources to deliver high-quality solutions
• Experience managing risk, compliance, audit, and security obligations, including disaster recovery and business continuity procedures
• Experience managing Red Hat Enterprise Linux production systems (RHEL 7 through 10)
• Experience using scripting to automate tasks
• Experience planning and prioritising project delivery activities
• Good interpersonal and communication skills
• Strong analytical and troubleshooting skills
• Experience with virtualisation technologies, including Linux under VMware
• Experience working within the ITIL framework
• Experience managing systems with RHN Satellite
• Recent experience with JBoss
• Linux performance tuning skills
• Experience with Linux failover clustering
• Experience with Kerberos for securing Linux applications and AD integration
• Experience with Cisco UCS hardware
• Experience managing third-party engineers
• Experience in resource and workload management
• Service-orientated customer-facing skills
• Proven skills in aligning IT with organisational drivers
• Industry awareness to identify and implement improvement opportunities across services and processes
• General knowledge of all areas of IT application and infrastructure
• Detailed understanding of processes and systems within the domain of expertise
• Knowledge of Puppet or similar configuration management tools
• Knowledge of big data platforms such as Hortonworks and Hadoop

Responsibilities:

• Provision Red Hat Enterprise Linux systems in both physical and virtual environments
• Perform in-situ upgrades of RHEL servers using the LEAPP upgrade tool
• Develop scripts for automated configuration management, monitoring, batch, and deployment activities
• Recommend improvements to current delivery and operational processes and procedures
• Advise project managers on Linux-related technical and delivery matters
• Work across BAU and continuous improvement activities within Digital Platforms

Technologies:

• Big Data
• Cisco
• Hardware
• Support
• ITIL
• JBoss
• Linux
• Puppet
• RHEL
• Security
• VMware
• Architect
• Hadoop

More:

We are the Bank, and our Digital Platforms team is responsible for the standards, development, and maintenance of a number of systems across the organisation. This role is for an experienced Infrastructure Linux Engineer with SC Clearance to support a mix of BAU and continuous improvement work. You will join a team focused on delivering high-quality Linux platform services across physical and virtual environments, with opportunities to improve operational processes and contribute to technical delivery across the organisation.

last updated 30 week of 2026