Linux/Unix Engineer - MUST HAVE SC CLEARANCE - Manchester or Barrow in Furness and remote - 3 months

Linux/Unix Engineer - MUST HAVE SC CLEARANCE - Manchester or Barrow in Furness and remote - 3 months+/RATE: £481 per day inside IR35

One of our Blue Chip Clients is urgently looking for a Linux/Unix Engineer.

Please find some details below:

CONTRACTOR MUST BE SC CLEARED (active) AND BE A SOLE UK NATIONAL - (MOD CLEARANCE PREFERABLE)

No more than 28 days outside the UK during the last 5 years.

Location: Manchester/Barrow - Hybrid 80% office & 20% remote

MUST BE PAYE THROUGH UMBRELLA

Role Description:

Core Technical Requirement
Strong hands-on engineers with deep Linux and Solaris administration capability, required to support a security-critical production estate including Legacy Solaris platforms.

Key Technical Skills:

Linux Administration
RHEL/CentOS (or equivalent)
Performance troubleshooting, patching, system management

Solaris
Strong experience administering Legacy Solaris systems
ZFS, system stability, and production support

Core Unix Engineering
OS-level troubleshooting (CPU, memory, disk, services)
System patching, upgrades, and life cycle management
Scripting/automation (Shell, basic tooling)

Production Support
Experience in live enterprise environments
Incident, problem, and change execution

Environment
Secure, audited, highly regulated infrastructure
Mixed Linux and Legacy Unix estate requiring specialist support capability [Dragonfly_ er_Jobspot | Word]

Summary
Short-term requirement for technically strong Unix engineers with Solaris expertise, capable of operating independently in a controlled, production environment to support exit delivery.

Please send CV for full details and immediate interviews. We are a preferred supplier to the client.