Senior Linux Engineer
Hybrid set-up (2x WFH, 3x RTO/week) | BGC, Taguig
About the Role
Join our Client's Global Linux Team to support and manage a large-scale Red Hat Linux estate across physical, virtual, and cloud environments. You'll provide hands-on technical support, drive infrastructure improvements, and collaborate closely with project and operations teams - ideally within a financial services setting.
What You'll Do
- Administer and support Unix/Linux server infrastructure (OS and hardware), including incident response and remediation
- Deliver root cause analysis and solutions for performance and failure issues
- Collaborate with project teams to transition new servers, tools, and initiatives into production
- Review and improve the Linux estate's effectiveness, standards, and documentation (including DR)
- Support the company's core file transfer system (JScape)
- Drive reference architecture and best practices to meet current and future business needs
Essential Requirements
- Expert-level Linux knowledge (Red Hat and SUSE MLM), including server/storage architecture in financial services
- Extensive experience supporting Unix/Linux infrastructure at scale
- Strong virtualization knowledge
- AWS server workload management experience
- Bash scripting and/or Ansible proficiency
- Security-focused mindset (hardening, vulnerability prevention)
- Solid understanding of TCP/IP networking
- Proven mentoring experience with technical and non-technical colleagues
- Excellent communication, decision-making, and organisational skills
- Collaborative, self-motivated, and service-oriented
Nice to Have
- VMware, SUSE MLM patching, ITIL/ServiceNow, Confluence/Jira
- AD Integration via REALMD
- AI tools experience for process improvement
- Hardware knowledge (HP, Cisco UCS Blade)
- Protocols: NTP/PTP, SFTP, SSH
