Linux Engineer

Linux Infrastructure Engineer – SC Cleared

Permanent or Contract | Hybrid (40% onsite) | Infrastructure & Cloud | SC Cleared

At Peregrine, we're always seeking Specialist Talent that have the ideal mix of skills, experience, and attitude to place with our diverse portfolio of clients across the public and private sectors. We are currently looking for an experienced Linux Infrastructure Engineer to join a high-performing technology team supporting critical enterprise Linux platforms and infrastructure services.

The role:

You'll be responsible for supporting, maintaining and improving enterprise Linux infrastructure across a range of business-critical platforms. Working within a collaborative infrastructure team, you'll deliver both BAU support and continuous improvement initiatives, helping to modernise Linux environments whilst ensuring high levels of availability, security and operational excellence.

Responsibilities:

• Provision and administer Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL 8–10) environments across physical and virtual infrastructure.
• Perform in-place operating system upgrades using the LEAPP upgrade tool.
• Develop automation scripts to support configuration management, monitoring, deployment and operational activities.
• Support BAU operations whilst contributing to continuous improvement initiatives.
• Recommend improvements to infrastructure delivery processes and operational procedures.
• Provide Linux technical expertise to project managers and wider technology teams.
• Plan and prioritise infrastructure delivery activities across multiple workstreams.
• Support disaster recovery and business continuity activities.
• Work within ITIL service management processes, including Incident, Change and Problem Management.
• Maintain secure, stable and highly available Linux environments.

Skills & Experience:

• Strong experience administering Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL 7–10) production environments.
• Commercial scripting experience for automation and systems administration.
• Experience supporting Linux environments hosted on VMware.
• Strong analytical, troubleshooting and problem-solving skills.
• Experience planning and prioritising infrastructure delivery activities.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.
• Strong customer-focused approach with the ability to build effective working relationships.
• Experience working within ITIL service management environments.
• Experience managing systems using Red Hat Satellite.
• Ability to work under pressure whilst delivering high-quality technical solutions.
• Experience with risk management, security, compliance and operational governance.

Desirable skills:

• JBoss administration.
• Linux performance tuning.
• Linux failover clustering.
• Kerberos authentication and Active Directory integration.
• Cisco UCS hardware.
• Puppet or similar configuration management tools.
• Disaster Recovery and Business Continuity planning.
• Resource and workload management.
• Knowledge of big data technologies such as Hadoop or Hortonworks.
• Experience managing third-party suppliers and engineers.

About Peregrine

We build workforces that deliver tech and change programmes at leading UK organisations. By combining data science from Peregrine Intelligence, our industry-accredited Peregrine Academy, and market-leading attraction and diversity initiatives, we bridge capability gaps at all levels in public and private sector organisations. We work closely with our clients to understand their challenges and deliver flexible, long-term solutions that make a real difference.

When you join Peregrine, you become part of a team that's focused on growth, both yours, our clients', and the sectors we support. You'll also get access to a full range of benefits alongside your salary.

How Specialist Talent Works

As a permanent employee at Peregrine, you'll be part of our Specialist Talent team. That means you'll work on-site or remotely with our clients, supporting them on complex, high-impact projects in Data, Digital and Business Transformation. You'll get the variety and challenge of consultancy work, with the stability and support of a permanent role. You're not a contractor – you're a valued member of our team, with access to all the same benefits, learning opportunities and community.

Our Culture

We're curious, open, and always learning. We believe in doing great work and doing it with integrity. We support each other, share ideas freely, and celebrate progress big and small. And we care about the impact we make, whether that's helping clients solve tough problems or creating opportunities for people from all walks of life.

Diversity & Inclusion

We're proud to be a diverse team, with 20+ nationalities represented across Peregrine. We welcome people from all backgrounds and experiences, and we're committed to building an inclusive workplace where everyone can thrive. Through our partnerships and internal initiatives, we're working to improve social mobility, reduce our environmental impact, and help our clients build more inclusive teams too.