Infrastructure & Technology Linux Infrastructure Engineer (Tech Re entry - 12 month career brea ...

  • IBM
  • Leicester, Leicestershire
  • 13/06/2026
Full time Information Technology Telecommunications

Job Description

At IBM Consulting UK FutureNow, you'll build a career at the forefront of hybrid cloud and AI, working with leading clients across the public and private sectors.

You'll collaborate with top industry professionals, gain hands on experience with cutting edge technologies, and deliver solutions that create real business impact. From day one, you'll work on meaningful, high profile programmes that stretch your skills and accelerate your growth.

We invest heavily in you-supporting continuous learning, in demand skills development, and long term career progression. You'll thrive in a flexible, inclusive environment that values curiosity, encourages reinvention, and recognises what makes you unique.

Benefits
  • Tools and policies to support your work life balance from flexible working approaches, sabbatical programs, paid paternity leave, maternity leave and an innovative maternity returners scheme
  • More traditional benefits, such as 25 days holiday (in addition to public holidays), private medical, dental & optical cover, online shopping discounts, an Employee Assistance Program, life assurance and a group pension plan through salary sacrifice.

In this role, you'll work in one of our IBM Consulting Client Innovation Centers (Delivery Centers), where we deliver deep technical and industry expertise to a wide range of public and private sector clients around the world. Our delivery centers offer our clients locally based skills and technical expertise to drive innovation and adoption of new technology.

Role and Responsibilities
  • Provide technical support for a range of public sector solutions, ensuring high availability and strong performance across applications and infrastructure components.
  • Design, build, and maintain infrastructure and configuration as code.
  • Administer Development, Test, and Production environments.
  • Ensure the security and integrity of systems, protecting against cybersecurity threats.
  • Troubleshoot and resolve technical issues across a range of technologies.
  • Perform initial analysis on incidents and elevate to the appropriate support teams when required.
  • Ensure Disaster Recovery capabilities and manual failover processes are maintained.
  • Deliver regular service management reports for client stakeholders.
  • Follow ITIL processes and Integrated Service Level Management best practices.

Tech Re Entry Programme (12 Month Career Break Requirement)

This position is part of IBM's Tech Re Entry programme, designed specifically for professionals who have taken a career break of at least 12 months. The programme provides a structured pathway back into full time technical roles, offering training, mentoring, and hands on project experience. Whether your break was for personal, family, educational, or other reasons, this programme helps you rebuild confidence, refresh technical skills, and reintegrate into a fast paced technology environment.

Eligibility requires a minimum 12 month break from traditional full time employment.

Education

Required: None.

Preferred: Bachelor's Degree.

Required Technical and Professional Expertise
  • Strong experience in system administration, infrastructure management, and cloud computing.
  • Experience with DevOps practices and tools.
  • Proficient in Linux operating systems (Red Hat in particular).
  • Understanding of Command Line Interface (CLI).
  • Understanding of Red Hat Satellite.
  • Understanding of networking concepts (TCP/IP, DNS, DHCP).
  • Knowledge of shell scripting (Bash).
  • Familiarity with configuration management tools (e.g., Ansible).
  • Strong troubleshooting and problem solving skills.
  • Excellent communication and reporting skills.
Preferred Technical and Professional Experience
  • Experience with version control systems (e.g., Git).
  • Familiarity with DevOps practices and CI/CD pipelines.
Certifications
  • Red Hat Certified System Administrator (RHCSA)

This role is subject to pre employment screening in line with the UK Government's Baseline Personnel Security Standard (BPSS). An additional range of Personal Security Controls referred to as National Security Vetting (NVS) may apply, and could include meeting the eligibility requirements for The Security Check (SC) or Developed Vetting (DV).

IBM is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, pregnancy, disability, neurodivergence, age, or other characteristics protected by the applicable law. IBM is also committed to compliance with all fair employment practices regarding citizenship and immigration status.