Senior Linux Engineer (Red Hat, OpenShift & UNIX)

Senior Linux Engineer (Red Hat, OpenShift & UNIX)

  

This role has been designed as ‘’Onsite’ with an expectation that you will primarily work from an HPE office.

Job Description:

   

We’re looking for an experienced Linux Engineer to support and operate enterprise Linux and container platforms, with a strong focus on Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL), OpenShift, and UNIX environments. This role is hands-on and operational, responsible for platform stability, automation, security, and continuous improvement.

You’ll work closely with cloud, platform, and application teams to ensure Linux and OpenShift platforms are reliable, secure, and run to agreed standards.

What you’ll do

• Operate and support RHEL, OpenShift, and UNIX platforms in production environments

• Provide day‑to‑day operational support to customers and internal teams

• Build, configure, and maintain Linux and OpenShift platforms to standard

• Automate system provisioning, configuration, and operational tasks using Ansible, shell scripting, or Python

• Support OpenShift clusters, including upgrades, scaling, networking, and security

• Monitor and troubleshoot Linux and OpenShift platforms, performing root cause analysis

• Implement and maintain security controls, access management, and compliance standards

• Support patching, lifecycle management, and platform upgrades

• Work with DevOps and application teams to support containerised workloads

• Contribute to platform documentation, standards, and operational runbooks

• Participate in a rotating 24/7 on-call roster

What you’ll bring

• Strong hands-on experience with Red Hat Enterprise Linux in production

• Solid experience with OpenShift administration and operations

• Experience supporting UNIX platforms (AIX, Solaris, or equivalent)

• Strong troubleshooting skills across OS, platform, and application layers

• Automation experience using Ansible, shell scripting, or similar tools

• Understanding of Linux and container security best practices

• Experience working in operational environments with SLAs and incident management

• Clear, pragmatic communication and a problem-solving mindset

Accountability, Accountability, Action Planning, Active Learning, Active Listening, Bias, Business Growth, Business Planning, Coaching, Commercial Acumen, Creativity, Critical Thinking, Cross-Functional Teamwork, Customer Experience Strategy, Customer Solutions, Data Analysis Management, Data Collection Management (Inactive), Data Controls, Design Thinking, Empathy, Follow-Through, Growth Mindset, Intellectual Curiosity (Inactive), Long Term Planning, Managing Ambiguity {+ 5 more}

Health & Wellbeing

We strive to provide our team members and their loved ones with a comprehensive suite of benefits that supports their physical, financial and emotional wellbeing.

Personal & Professional Development

We also invest in your career because the better you are, the better we all are. We have specific programs catered to helping you reach any career goals you have — whether you want to become a knowledge expert in your field or apply your skills to another division.

Unconditional Inclusion

We are unconditionally inclusive in the way we work and celebrate individual uniqueness. We know varied backgrounds are valued and succeed here. We have the flexibility to manage our work and personal needs. We make bold moves, together, and are a force for good.

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Job:

Services

Job Level:

Master

    

    

Hewlett Packard Enterprise is EEO Protected Veteran/ Individual with Disabilities.

   

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