Senior Linux Engineer – Luton

Senior Linux Engineer – Luton

• Company website link: https://www.dxc.com

• Company name: DXC Technology

• Industry: Information Technology & Services / Cloud Infrastructure Support

• Location: Luton, United Kingdom

• City: Luton

• Postal Code: LU1

• Region: East of England

• Gender: Any / Equal Opportunity Employer

• Company Office Local Address: DXC Technology UK, 1 Farnham Road, Guildford, Surrey GU2 4RG, United Kingdom

• Contact info: +44 1483 726000

• Email address: careers@dxc.com

• Country: United Kingdom

• Job Type: Full-time, On-site

• Currency: GBP (£)

• Job Average Salary Rate: £60,000 – £70,000 per year
  Estimated range based on market data. Actual salary may vary. This salary range is an estimation made by We are hired UK.

About DXC Technology

DXC Technology delivers world-class IT services, cloud infrastructure solutions, and digital transformation expertise, empowering businesses and governments to achieve technological innovation and sustainable growth globally.

Job Summary

The Senior Linux Engineer will provide expert on-site Linux support, troubleshooting, and system administration for public sector clients, ensuring reliable, secure, and high-performing IT infrastructure.

Job Description

We are seeking an on-site Senior Linux Engineer, providing Linux support for one of our key public sector clients. This is a high-impact role within a fast-paced and dynamic environment, focused on the support, troubleshooting, and continuous improvement.

Suitable candidates for this role must be eligible to obtain SC clearance.

Location: Luton

The successful candidate will join a highly skilled team of support engineers providing technical infrastructure support. The role will require a flexible working ethic and a pragmatic approach to IT support. Successful candidates will have a second/third line support background and great customer service and communication skills. They will have a keen interest in innovation alongside a willingness to implement new ways of working and automation.

Education and Experience required:
• Proven track record of working in a support role in UNIX/Linux
• Solid technical background supporting large-scale Unix /Linux Server environments.
• Ability to mentor technical staff and partners to troubleshoot complex server environments and situations.
• Experience in a highly visible role providing support and troubleshooting services on multiple projects at the same time.
• Ability to communicate technical concepts to non-technical business partners.
• Linux and Solaris System Administration
• Comprehensive and demonstratable UNIX/Linux troubleshooting ability.
• Red Hat Linux ( versions 5.x-8.x) System Administration
• Solaris (versions 10.x-11.x) System Administration
• Working knowledge of SRDF & STAR storage replication
• Clustering (Veritas VCS, RedHat Resilient Storage GFS2)
• Storage and Filesystems (VXFS, ZFS, EXT3, EXT4, XFS, UFS, SVM)
• Volume Managers (VXVM, LVM)
• Cyberark and SCCM compliant support for CI’s.
• UNIX/Linux auditing and logging systems
• Networking
• LDAP configuration Server/Client
• UNIX/Linux Software Patching

Education and Experience required:

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field or equivalent work experience. Professional-level certification(s) in work field. Typically 5-10 years of relevant experience.

Candidates should possess at least Disclosure Scotland / BPSS clearance or be willing to undertake appropriate security vetting. Ideally, you will hold SC clearance as a minimum but there may be a requirement to undergo DV Clearance.

Desirable skills and knowledge
• Virtualization (VMware, Solaris Zones and Containers)
• EMC SAN Storage
• Scripting (Shell, Python, Perl, Ansible YAML)
• Configuration management tools (Ansible or CFEngine)
• Familiarity with AIX (version 7)

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Join DXC Technology in Luton as a Senior Linux Engineer. Deliver advanced Linux support and innovation for critical public sector infrastructure.