Linux Production Support Engineer/Consultant Specialist

To be successful in this role, you should meet the following requirements:

• Proactively Support & Maintain Critical Linux infrastructure.
• Successful candidate should be a technically experienced self-starter capable of communicating at all levels of the Bank.
• Run to resolution with Issues via Incidents or Changes for Global Payments Solutions
• Incidents may be 1st 2nd or 3rd Level problems.
• Should be able to present a solution and implement or explain the problem to both technical and non-technical parties.
• Should be able to lead crisis calls and work on finding the Root Cause Analysis and should be able to test & implement remedial actions.
• Engineering of Linux systems administration-related solutions for global Payment services.
• Maintain best practices while managing systems and delivering services.
• Proactively monitoring system performance and capacity planning using the platform and strategic tools in the Bank
• Manage, coordinate, and implement software upgrades, patches, hot fixes on servers, workstations, and network hardware.
• Create and modify scripts or applications to perform infrastructure tasks on live and in build servers.
• Provide input on ways to improve the stability, security, efficiency, and scalability of the environment.
• Collaborate with other teams and team members to develop automations, self-service solution, strategies, and deployment processes.
• Linux Support Engineers are required to work in UK business Hrs. There may also be a requirement for on-call support and out of office hours.
• 6-8+ years experience of Linux Administration is expected.
• In depth knowledge of Linux: RedHat, Veritas cluster and Veritas Volume manager and automation tools like Puppet, Ansible.
• Familiarity with Agile methodologies and ITIL considered a distinct advantage. .
• Experience of Shell necessary; Python and Ansible scripting an advantage.
• Additional Linux certifications (RHCT, RHCE) will be considered an advantage