Unix Automation Engineer

Job Title

Senior UNIX Automation Engineer

Role Overview

We are seeking a UNIX Automation Engineer to join our team. You will play a crucial role in transforming our infrastructure management by automating and orchestrating patching at a massive scale across our environment of over 125,000 Linux (Red Hat) servers.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and maintain systems for the orchestration and automation of OS and kernel patching across a large-scale Linux environment.
• Develop tooling to support advanced capabilities such as live kernel patching to minimize the need for reboots.
• Create and manage robust automation for pre-change validation (dry runs) and post-change verification to ensure stability and mitigate risk.
• Build and enhance observability solutions to provide real-time insight into the state of the environment during patching operations.
• Develop scripts, integrations, and automation workflows using tools like Ansible, Python.

Qualifications & Skills

• Deep technical expertise in Linux, particularly Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL).
• Proven experience in scripting and software development, with proficiency in Python, Ansible, or similar automation frameworks.
• A strong architectural mindset with the ability to design systems for managing infrastructure at a very large scale.
• Experience with modern orchestration tools such as Airflow is highly desirable.
• Solid understanding of networking protocols and principles.
• Ability to function effectively in a highly controlled environment with a strong emphasis on stability, risk mitigation, and segregation of duties.

Location

London, UK

Job Type

Contract

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