Linux Engineer - Nights
Linux Engineer - Night Shifts
Remote
12-Month Fixed Term Contract
£40,000 + 30% Shift Allowance
A leading organisation is undertaking a major data centre transformation and is seeking a skilled Linux Engineer to support a critical consolidation project.
This role is offered on a 12-month fixed term basis and will operate fully remotely during night shifts.
The successful candidate will play a key role in consolidating physical servers across multiple data centres.
This is a hands-on technical position requiring strong expertise in Linux environments and the ability to work independently during overnight operations.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead server consolidation activities across enterprise data centres
- Maintain and support Linux infrastructure (RHEL, CentOS, Ubuntu)
- Troubleshoot and resolve infrastructure issues during night shifts
- Collaborate with remote teams to ensure smooth transitions and minimal disruption
- Document procedures and contribute to operational best practices
Candidate Profile
- Proven experience as a Linux Engineer in large-scale environments
- Strong knowledge of system administration, shell scripting, and virtualisation technologies
- Experience with physical server migrations and data centre operations
- Comfortable working autonomously during night shifts
- Excellent problem-solving and communication skills
Additional Information
- Fully remote role
- Night shift schedule: 7:00pm - 7:00am, 4 on / 4 off
- £40,000 base salary plus 30% shift allowance
- Duration: 12 months
- Rate: Up to £40000.00 per annum + + 30% shift allowance
- Location: Manchester, England
- Type: Contract
- Industry: IT
- Recruiter: context recruitment
- Contact: Simon Rowson
- Tel: 02381680400
- Email: to view click here
- Posted: 2025-10-21 19:52:09 -
- View all Jobs from context recruitment
More Jobs from context recruitment
- Windows Engineer - Nights
- Senior AWS Engineer
- 3rd Line Team Lead
- Logistics & Export Services Manager
- Service Delivery Manager
- Technical Delivery Manager
- Onsite IT Engineer
- Network Implementation Engineer
- Penetration Tester
- Senior Infrastructure Engineer
- Senior Network Engineer
- IT Project Manager - Mergers & Acquisitions
- SD-WAN Network Consultant
- Senior Project Engineer
- Workday Systems Administrator
- Service Delivery Manager
- Lead Developer
- Windows Engineer
- .Net Developer
- Linux Systems Engineer