SC Cleared - Linux Administrator

Job Title: SC Cleared Linux Administrator
Location: Stevenage - On site when required (Hybrid)
Salary/Rate: £450-490 per day
Start Date: 12/01/26
Job Type: 6 months contract - Inside IR35

Company Introduction

We have an exciting opportunity now available with one of our sector-leading consultancy clients! They are currently looking for an SC Cleared Linux Administrator to join their team for a six-month contract.

Job Responsibilities/Objectives

You will be responsible for maintaining many applications on the infrastructure, including incident and request management, and maintenance of applications. In your day-to-day activities, you will interact with fellow team members, other suppliers, and various client stakeholders.

• Application support, including installation and upgrades
• Provision of HPC resources (mainly for system engineering, e.g. Matlab)
• Infrastructure administration (Red Hat Linux/Kickstart/VM Ware Systems)
• Information Management, in liaison with support groups (Data Centre Service, Networks)
• Hardware diagnostics
• Shell scripting
• Management, investigation and resolution of support tickets within the SLA
• System updates (applications, middleware, database)

Required Skills/Experience

The ideal candidate will have the following:

• Linux Administration: RHEL or similar (very strong practical application and experience)
• Ansible (very strong practical application and experience)
• Network Protocols (strong practical application and experience)
• Git (strong practical application and experience)
• Documentation skills (strong practical application and experience)
• Red Hat IDM
• VMWare
• Podman

Desirable Skills/Experience

Although not essential, the following skills are desired by the client:

• Jenkins
• Storage area networks concepts
• Redhat Satellite Server
• Infrastructure monitoring (CheckMK)
• Software install (3rd party software)
• CENTOS (legacy versions)
• Basic Knowledge of Gitlab
• LDAP/Active Directory

Additional Considerations

• Sole British citizenship required
• SC clearance required
• On-site presence as needed - in Stevenage

If you are interested in this opportunity, please apply now with your updated CV in Microsoft Word/PDF format.

Disclaimer
Notwithstanding any guidelines given to level of experience sought, we will consider candidates from outside this range if they can demonstrate the necessary competencies.

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