Senior Infrastructure Engineer (Linux)

Salary: £55,000 – 55,000 per year

Requirements

• 5-7 years of enterprise infrastructure engineering experience, ideally within an MSP or multi-customer environment
• Strong Linux administration skills across RHEL, CentOS, Ubuntu, and Oracle Linux
• Proven Ansible experience including playbook development, patching lifecycle management, and compliance reporting
• Hands‑on Azure proficiency covering Linux VM management, Azure Update Manager, Azure Backup, Key Vault, and networking
• Experience with Infrastructure-as-Code using Bicep and/or ARM templates
• Familiarity with Azure DevOps CI/CD pipelines for infrastructure automation
• Solid Bash scripting skills for automation and maintenance tasks
• Strong understanding of ITIL change management processes, including RFC preparation and CAB attendance
• Experience with ServiceNow for ticket and change management
• AZ-104 (Azure Administrator Associate) or equivalent demonstrated Azure experience

Responsibilities

• Take ownership of Linux infrastructure and cloud automation across our managed service customer base
• Perform end-to-end Linux patching using Ansible
• Manage Azure Backup for Linux workloads
• Build infrastructure-as-code deployments with Bicep and ARM templates
• Maintain CI/CD pipelines through Azure DevOps
• Act as the escalation point for T1 engineers
• Play a key role in P1 major incident response as part of a 1-in-5 weekly on‑call rota
• Drive incidents to resolution and maintain accountability for the services we own
• Support disciplined change management and documentation practices

Technologies

• ARM
• Ansible
• Azure
• Bash
• CI/CD
• Cloud
• DevOps
• Support
• ITIL
• Linux
• Oracle
• RHEL
• ServiceNow
• Ubuntu

More

We are hiring a Senior Infrastructure Engineer for our Manchester‑based team, offering a salary of £55,000 plus on‑call compensation. This is a hands‑on senior engineering role with genuine ownership and accountability across Linux infrastructure and cloud automation in our managed service environment. We work across a diverse MSP customer base and value automation‑first thinking, strong technical depth, and disciplined change management.

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