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2 hours ago
Contract
London
United Kingdom

*Linux Architect - 6 months Contract - London - Remote*

RED now has a new contract opportunity for an SC-Cleared Linux Architect to join one of our key partners for a new cloud migration and transformation project. The initial contract will be for 6 months.

This contract is to start ASAP and will be fully remote. Please note that this role is inside IR35.

*Active SC Clearance is a requirement.*

Specific skills/experience required:

  • 12+ years of overall IT experience, with 5+ years focused on Azure Infrastructure, including Azure IaaS/PaaS, Azure Migrate, Networking, Data/Storage, Security, SIAM, Azure Key Vault and Azure IAM

  • Proven experience working with and leading infrastructure teams (5+ members), providing technical guidance, governance and delivery oversight

  • Strong expertise in Azure Migrate and cloud infrastructure assessments, including large-scale migration solutioning

  • Experience designing and delivering Azure Landing Zones and target cloud architectures (HLD & LLD)

  • Ability to define end-to-end Azure solution architectures, covering business, application and infrastructure layers as well as commercial considerations (TCO/ROI)

  • Experience providing BoM pricing, licensing details, and solution design documentation

  • Hands-on experience with migrating on-prem workloads to Azure

  • Strong troubleshooting experience across Azure and Linux environments (performance, networking, clustering, memory, IO issues)

  • Strong knowledge of Linux administration, including storage, file systems, networking, DNS, backup & restore, services, Scripting and performance tuning

  • Experience with web Servers and infrastructure tools such as Apache HTTPD, HAProxy, Varnish, Postfix

  • Strong understanding of security in UNIX/Linux environments

  • Experience across industries such as banking, healthcare, or insurance

  • Ability to perform root cause analysis and resolve complex infrastructure issues

  • Excellent communication skills in English

  • Able to join ASAP

Nice to have:

  • Experience with configuration management tools (Ansible, Chef, etc.)
  • Scripting/programming knowledge in Bash, Python, Ruby, or Perl
  • Familiarity with DevOps tools such as GIT, Jenkins

If this role interests you, please send your CV to Lara on (see below) or apply here!