Full job description Linux Engineer
Our client is a leading quantitative hedge fund seeking a Linux Engineer in London to join their global infrastructure team. Working with the application and support teams you will be responsible for engineering the Linux platform with a strong focus on automation.
You will:
*Engineer and operate the Linux platform across a rapidly growing global estate
*Build and evolve automation, tooling and standards for provisioning, configuration management and platform life cycle operations
*Develop and maintain configuration management and orchestration systems such as Ansible, Puppet and Chef
*Improve platform observability using monitoring and logging tooling, and drive operational readiness through measurable reliability
*Troubleshoot complex performance and stability issues across OS, networking, and application interfaces
*Own and improve build and release workflows (packaging, repositories, compiling and customising open-source components
Your present skill set:
*Linux expertise (preferably RedHat)
*Experience engineering and managing Linux platforms optimised for latency-sensitive workloads
*Proven track record in architecting and operating automation and configuration management solutions using tools like Ansible, Puppet, and Chef
*Knowledge of observability monitoring tools
*Programming skills in Python and Bash
*Strong understanding of the server network stack and core protocols (e.g., TCP, UDP, IGMP) across LAN/WAN environments
*Experience with build/release management