Linux Support Engineer


Company:	Hays Specialist Recruitment
Salary:	£600 to £750 a day
Hours:	Full-time
Location:	London, EC2V 6DN
Job type:	Contract
Posting date:	4 Nov 2026
Closing date:	18 Nov 2026

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Summary

Day Rate: £750pd (Inside IR35)

Location: London / Hybrid (1-2 days per week onsite)

Start: ASAP

My client is an International Investment Bank who urgently require a Linux Support Engineer advanced Red Hat Linux (RHEL) capability including Server builds, Satellite patching, Ansible Automation, Podman and Containerisation, with proven experience in a large, complex and regulated (preferably Financial Services / Banking) organisation.

Key Requirements:

Proven Linux Engineering expertise in a large, complex and regulated (preferably Financial Services / Banking) organisation

Advanced Red Hat Linux (RHEL) capability including Server builds, Satellite patching, Ansible Automation, Podman and Containerisation

Strong Shell Scripting skills

Capability to assess technologies such as Terraform, Ansible, OpenShift and Podman, and to develop Automation

Ability to work shifts, availability to cover out of normal hours, weekends and public holidays for system maintenance and support duties, plus out of hours call-out support (including Bank Holidays) on a rota basis

Excellent communication and teamworking skills, along with incident and SLA management and independent decision-making

Nice to have:

Immediate availability

Working knowledge of Solaris

Experience of DNS / Squid web proxies / VMware administration

Working knowledge of SAN and advanced Storage systems

Track record of Linux and Unix Engineering in Investment Banking

*This role will require the ability to work shifts, availability to cover out of normal hours, weekends and public holidays for system maintenance and support duties, plus out of hours call-out support (including Bank Holidays) on a rota basis.

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