Linux Support Engineer

Venn group is proud to partner with  prestigious London based university to hire a Linux Support Engineer, this exciting opportunity to provide technical expertise across a complex and evolving infrastructure environment.

The post holder will be responsible for ensuring the stability, performance, and security of critical Linux-based systems, while supporting automation, monitoring, and high-availability environments.

Salary: £43,482-£44,746 

Contract type: Permanent

Working hours: Full time

Hybrid 60%

Location: Central London (Hybrid working)

Job responsibilities include:

• Maintain high availability and performance of Linux systems across production and test environments
• Monitor infrastructure health and respond proactively to performance alerts
• Support planned maintenance, system updates, and disaster recovery procedures
• Participate in the organisation’s on-call rota for out-of-hours support (when required)
• Provide third-line support and act as the final point of technical escalation
• Work with a variety of technologies including RHEL, CentOS, Ubuntu, VMware, and F5 load balancers
• Manage web services, LAMP stack applications, Samba servers, and authentication proxies
• Utilise tools such as Ansible, Katello, Nagios, Prometheus, and Grafana for configuration and monitoring
• Automate routine tasks using scripts and infrastructure-as-code practices
• Maintain clear and up-to-date technical documentation
• Support knowledge sharing and training for first- and second-line teams

Candidate profile:

• Strong hands-on experience in Linux system administration (RedHat, Ubuntu, etc.)
• Proven experience supporting enterprise-level infrastructure environments
• Familiarity with virtualisation (VMware) and configuration management tools (Ansible, Katello)
• Excellent problem-solving skills and ability to act as a technical escalation point
• Experience working in structured environments, ideally within large or complex organisations
• Comfortable collaborating with cross-functional technical teams
• A proactive approach to professional development and keeping up with evolving technologies

Additional benefits:

• 30 days annual leave + 8 bank holidays + 3 discretionary closure days (41 days total)
• Generous employer pension contributions
• Professional development opportunities and exposure to enterprise infrastructure

This vacancy is being actively shortlisted – early applications are encouraged to avoid missing out.

Venn Group is an equal opportunities employment business and employment agency and welcomes applications from all candidates.