Senior Linux Engineer

  • Synapri
  • 06/05/2026
Full time Information Technology Telecommunications

Job Description

Location: London or Glasgow (hybrid working)

Duration: 12 months +

Essential Skills and Experience
  • Experience in a similar Senior Engineer role in Linux Engineering in a complex IT Infrastructure.
  • Acting as a senior technical Linux resource across the engineering function.
  • Experience with virtualized networking principles and platforms (VMware/Hyper V).
  • Advanced experience with Bash and Python.
  • Good understanding of common services, applications and protocols, for example HTTPS, SSH, DNS, NTP and SSL.
  • Experience with open source Ansible automation tooling.
  • Good understanding of troubleshooting Linux issues to 4thline.
  • Demonstratable experience of Agile / DevOps working practices.
  • Experience of systems monitoring infrastructure.
  • Working knowledge of Confluence, Jira and JSM.
  • Sound understanding of database technologies, PostgreSQL, MariaDB, MongoDB, SQL.
  • Manage Linux certificates across the environment.
  • Good experience of squid.
  • Responsible for driving all system upgrades across Linux tooling.
  • Good understanding across IT On Prem and Cloud based infrastructure.
Desirable Skills
  • You will have relevant Computer Science, Information Technology, Information Security or Systems Engineering qualification, or equivalent related qualifications or experience.
  • Experience working in a Cloud Infrastructure Environment; AWS, Azure, GCP.
  • Experience with managing CEPH Storage or Linux storage environments.