Unix Engineer
Summary
Maintains and automates Linux-based production environments for a global financial services firm, ensuring high availability, security, and incident resolution.
We're partnering with a global leader in the financial services sector that operates one of the world's largest technology environments. Their engineering teams build and maintain highly available, secure infrastructure supporting millions of users worldwide.
They're now looking for an Operations (Unix) Engineer who enjoys solving production challenges, improving platform reliability, and driving automation across complex enterprise environments.
If Linux is your natural habitat and you're passionate about operational excellence, we'd love to hear from you.
What you'll be doing
As part of an international engineering team, you'll play a key role in ensuring the stability, availability and resilience of critical IT services.
Your day-to-day will include:
Maintaining highly available Linux-based production environments
Managing incidents and driving root cause analysis to prevent recurring issues
Delivering infrastructure and operational changes with minimal business impact
Automating operational processes using Bash and other scripting tools
Supporting continuous improvement of deployment, monitoring and operational practices
Working closely with engineering teams and business stakeholders across multiple locations
Ensuring systems meet performance, security and availability standards
Contributing to service resilience and disaster recovery readiness
Improving monitoring, automation and operational efficiency across the platform
What we're looking for
We're interested in engineers who combine strong Linux administration skills with an operational mindset.
You'll ideally bring:
3+ years of experience in an Infrastructure, Operations or Systems Engineering role
Strong Unix experience
Strong Linux administration experience
Good Bash scripting skills
Experience with Incident Management and Change Management processes
Working knowledge of SQL / T-SQL
Experience working with JIRA
Professional level of English
Nice to have
Any of the following would be a bonus:
DevOps experience
Certificate management (Venafi)
Smart Forms Designer or Kofax
JavaScript
French language skills