Linux Engineer

Company: LinuxRecruit
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Location: London
Job Description:

Overview

In this role you will strengthen and extend a Linux platform while leaning into DevOps work. You’ll automate and streamline operations using Chef and Puppet and lead the build-out of a Kubernetes-based platform. You collaborate with scientists and cross-functional teams to translate ideas into scalable IT reality, supporting cutting-edge research projects from a remote-friendly environment. This is a chance to deepen Linux ownership while gaining hands-on DevOps experience, with a sizable pension on offer.

Pay / Benefits

  • giant pension
  • remote work / mostly from home

Responsibilities

  • Build out and enhance a Linux platform for a large-scale environment
  • Troubleshoot and optimize a large platform to improve reliability and performance
  • Develop automation workflows using Chef and Puppet
  • Design, deploy, and manage a Kubernetes platform
  • Serve as a bridge between researchers and IT infrastructure to enable scientific work
  • Collaborate with the team to deliver reliable, scalable IT solutions
  • Participate in on-call or incident response as needed

Key requirements

  • Experience in Linux platform engineering
  • Familiarity with Kubernetes
  • Hands-on automation using Chef and Puppet
  • Ability to work with cross-functional teams in a research environment
  • Remote-friendly work preference
  • collaboration
  • strong communication
  • problem solving
  • Linux platform engineering
  • Kubernetes
  • Chef

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Posted: September 30th, 2026