Principal Infrastructure Engineer (Linux Expert)
Summary
Designs and implements enterprise Linux platforms across AWS and data centers, providing technical leadership for hybrid cloud infrastructure and security-focused solutions.
Driving Delivery & Technical Direction
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Not only delivering assigned work but actively driving projects forward. Delivering outcomes not simply completing given tasks.
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Providing technical direction to other engineers and teams.
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Acting, when required, as a technical project lead / de facto technical project manager, particularly for initiatives that span multiple teams or platforms.
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Define multiyear roadmaps and technical vision for your technology areas.
Ownership of Strategic Work
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Leading key strategic initiatives for the team, which could involve technologies outside of experience or comfort.
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Taking accountability for delivery of high-impact, business-critical projects.
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Owning delivery even when elements fall outside your core technical expertise.
Operating in Ambiguity
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Able to work effectively with high levels of ambiguity and incomplete information.
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Applying broad, structured and creative thinking to solve complex problems.
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Acting as a thought leader, not just an executor.
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Demonstrating strong self-starting behaviour, identifying problems and opportunities without direction.
Key Duties & Responsibilities
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Work as part of a team to define, design and implement the Platform Infrastructure used within our hybrid cloud locations.
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Be “the company expert” and technical authority for your technologies
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Keep up-to-date with new and emerging technologies that could benefit the services and platform products that Keyloop provide and supply.
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Provide 3rd line support escalation to the Infrastructure Support/Operations teams. Provide technical training to those backline and operations teams as required.
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Support the team in selecting products and partners, providing all necessary documentation for launch, implementation and support of designated products.
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Perform technical POCs and solution validations & recommendations.
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Be involved in data centre & infrastructure refresh and migration activities.
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Master Operating System gold image ownership.
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Designing and delivering Linux Services with security at its core. Analysing potential opportunities for improvement and provide remediation plans for security vulnerabilities.
Essential Skills/Abilities:
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Have deep understanding of Linux Server technologies and tooling. For example, Foreman/Redhat Satellite, SELinux, kernel internals, Oracle Linux/Amazon Linux, AWS Patch Manager and performance tuning.
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Have experience of dealing with large scale infrastructure, consisting of thousands of individual servers.
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Designing and configuration management with security controls in mind.
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Experience of antivirus and endpoint security protection techniques and tools.
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Have experience in designing, implementing and operationalising technology solutions.
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Have delivered programs of work to automate manual activities, applying configuration settings across the enterprise, and centrally deploy systems and tooling.
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Exhibit strong trouble shooting and problem-solving skills.
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Be able to manage and deliver multiple parallel projects.
Desirable Skills/Abilities (but not essential):
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As we progress our strategy of moving more workloads to public cloud, an understanding of AWS or Microsoft Azure technologies, tools and services would be a distinct advantage.
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Having experience of utilising Jira for work management and time tracking.
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Exposure to ISO27001 or SOC2 audits.
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Experience of using PowerShell or Ansible/Terraform to deliver infrastructure as code.
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Have experience of SaaS, Iaas & PaaS solutions and offerings.
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Experience of containers/Kubernetes would be desirable
Skills
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- Are you currently authorised to work in the country of the job without any restrictions? optional
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Written answers (11)
- What is your experience with AI Tools like Claude? optional
- Tell me about a significant technical initiative that you personally drove from concept to delivery.
- Describe a project where you had responsibility for delivering something outside your primary area of technical expertise.
- Tell me about a time when you had no formal authority over the people involved in a project, but still had to ensure successful delivery.
- Can you give an example of a situation where requirements were unclear or constantly changing? How did you create direction?
- What is the most complex Linux platform you have been responsible for, and what specifically was your role?
- Do you have any experience with AWS ?
- This role requires you to work in the UK hours, is that okay with you ?
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