💼 Full-Time Position

Senior Linux Platform Engineer

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Alexander Ash Consulting
📍 london, england, United-Kingdom
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Location
london, United-Kingdom
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Posted
May 31, 2026
Type
Full-Time
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Full-Time Opportunity: This is a permanent, full-time position with a competitive package and real career growth potential.

Job Description

Overview

I am currently working with Hedge fund that is looking for mid-level Linux Systems Engineer. This role is part of a Storage Engineering team supporting a new HPC environment, with a focus on platform integration, compliance testing, and process documentation to ensure operational and security standards are met.

Required Qualifications

  • 5+ years Linux engineering (RHEL/Ubuntu) with strong Bash plus Python or Go.
  • Deep AWS experience: EC2, AMI creation, block-device mapping, Launch Templates, Auto Scaling Groups, EBS, and encryption.
  • Experience with Packer for image baking and Ansible for idempotent configuration.
  • Familiarity with cloud-init/user-data, immutable server principles, and CI/CD pipelines (GitHub Actions, GitLab, Jenkins).
  • Experience with configuration management, monitoring, and observability tools (Prometheus, Alertmanager, Victoria Metrics/Logs).
  • Practical security hardening skill...