Linux Contractor
Initial 4-week contract
Fully remote
Harvey Nash's public sector client is looking for an experienced Linux Contractor to join their team.
Essential Skills:
- Strong Linux administration across RHEL/Rocky 7, 8 and 9 and Ubuntu 22.04/24.04, including package management (dnf/apt), systemd service management and day-to-day server administration
- Experience with SELinux/AppArmor, SSH hardening, auditd, user/group management and performance analysis tools such as sar, iostat and strace to harden server security and optimise performance
- Knowledge of firewalld/iptables, bonding, VLANs, LVM, NFS and multipath configuration and management in a large-scale infrastructure
- Application configuration and management on tools and applications such as Apache, Samba, JBoss, NFS and similar services, ensuring availability, performance and security across the estate
- Knowledge and experience of configuration management and automation using SaltStack - state files, Pillar, Grains and orchestration across a large server estate, with solid Bash/Python scripting and Git-based (Azure DevOps) workflows
- Knowledge of the Nutanix HCI platform, using Prism for VM lifecycle management, storage containers, snapshots and data protection
- Experience of using Grafana and Zabbix for infrastructure monitoring and familiarity around CI/CD pipelines and a collaborative approach to working with infrastructure and development teams
Desirable:
- Experience with OpenStack Swift (object storage)
- Experience with Rundeck for job scheduling and runbook automation
