Linux Engineer

LINUX ENGINEER - OUTSIDE IR35 - REMOTE - £450-£465pd

Loriens client requires an experienced Linux Engineer with a strong background in administration and identity management to assist their Security and Identity Teams with several priority technology deliveries.

You will work closely with other teams to support the adoption of Cloud services (AWS, M365 etc), to continuously make improvements to our network and endpoint security posture, as well as supporting wider business areas such as the internal Risk and Governance teams to provide a strong, sustainable assurable framework for security controls across the organisation.

Main deliverables

• Manage, maintain, and improve Linux Identity Management across the Redhat and Ubuntu estates
• Deploy and integrate the required configuration to support the Privileged Access Management initiative
• Deploy and integrate the required configuration to support the Vulnerability and Threat Management initiative
• Manage, maintain, and improve Network Access Control automation scripts for the posture assessment of the Linux estate
• Assist with development of a secure RHEL8 automated build

Essential skills / experience

Unix

• RHEL 6/7/8 System administration
• Red Hat Satellite administration
• Automation
• RedHat IDM

Programming skills

• Python3 - system programming
• Shell Scripting

Other

• Experience applying principle of least privilege (POLP) and just-in-time access controls
• Customer focused, through proactive engagement
• Effective team working and technical decision making
• Creativity - taking new approaches to tackle problems; embracing innovation and sharing knowledge with a range of stakeholders
• Strong documentation skills

We are an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from all suitably qualified persons regardless of their race, sex, disability, religion/belief, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnerships, pregnancy or maternity or age