Venesky-Brown’s client, a public sector organisation in Edinburgh is currently looking to recruit RHEL AWS Platform Engineer for an initial 6 month contract a rate of £475/day (Outside IR35). These roles will be hybrid working.
Responsibilities:
– Build and standardise RHEL 8/9 environments across AWS
– Implement OS hardening and security baselines (CIS/STIG aligned)
– Develop automation (Ansible / AWS SSM) for configuration and patching
– Design and implement monitoring and logging integration (CloudWatch)
– Optimise storage and performance
– Establish a repeatable, scalable operating model for Linux workloads
– Support knowledge transfer and upskilling within the Service Delivery team
– Collaboration and Coaching: A track record of working across traditional infrastructure teams, supporting capability uplift and process embedding.
– Documentation and Knowledge Transfer: Comfortable producing clear engineering documentation and mentoring others on tooling and best practice.
Essential Skills:
– Proven experience administering Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL 8/9) in enterprise environments
– Proven ability to translate cloud architecture designs into engineered solutions, including infrastructure, security, and CI/CD automation.
– Solid understanding of Linux system administration.
– Experience implementing OS hardening and security best practices
– Experience operating RHEL and Windows workloads in AWS, including system hardening, patch management, and automation using Systems Manager.
– Strong knowledge of patching and package management using yum / dnf and automation tools.
– Experience in monitoring, logging, and troubleshooting Linux systems in production.
– Familiarity with networking concepts.
– Effective communication and collaboration skills, with experience working alongside traditional infrastructure teams and supporting knowledge transfer and uplift.
– Experience integrating Linux with Active Directory (SSSD / LDAP)
Desirable Skills:
– Experience with infrastructure as code (Terraform / CloudFormation)
– Exposure to DevOps practices and CI/CD pipelines
– Knowledge of container platforms (Docker / Kubernetes / OpenShift)
– Red Hat certifications (RHCSA / RHCE)
– Experience with AWS services
If you would like to hear more about this opportunity please get in touch.
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