linux engineer

RCI Financial Services is a wholly owned subsidiary of RCI Bank and Services which is the Renault and Nissan Groups Finance Company and is today present in in 36 countries in Europe, North Africa, South America and Asia. We are very proud to have recently been recognised as one of the UK's best work places in the Great Places to Work Large Company category for the third year in a row.

Our Information Systems team at RCI are currently seeking an experienced Linux Engineer to join our Infrastructure team.

The Linux Engineer is responsible for effective provisioning, installation/configuration, operation, maintenance and performance of systems hardware, software and related infrastructure. This individual ensures that system hardware, operating systems, software systems, and related procedures adhere to organizational values, enabling staff and applications.

Providing Linux system engineering expertise and perform a key DevOps role. Covering live production support, development support and project work . The candidate will be expected to join the on call rota with the rest of the team.

Essential Knowledge, Skills and Experience will include..

·Excellent technical, analytical and problem solving skills

·Highly motivated to succeed and deliver on commitments

·Ability to transfer technical knowledge and provide mentorship

·A genuine passion and interest in learning new skills

·Hard working and focused

·Driven to provide customer satisfaction

·Comfortable liaising with business users as well as technical teams

·Good verbal and written communication

·Experience within the finance and/or motor finance industry is an advantage but not essential.

·At least 5 years experience in a Linux system engineering role (ideally Redhat/CentOS)

·Proven root cause analysis thought processes and approach

·Linux engineering skills to build, operate and manage a complex production environment. Familiarity with RedHat based Linux versions.

·Experience of Web Application servers architectures, security, protocols and technologies (Apache Web Server, HAProxy, Tomcat) configuration and optimisation

·Thorough understanding of computer networking protocols and concepts including IP/TCP/UDP, NAT, DNS, NFS, and similar systems.

·Experience troubleshooting Linux and application problems, with demonstrated history to understand root causes of complex problems.

·Experience with UNIX utilities and scripting (Python, shell, etc.), experience with a version control system (e.g. Git) highly preferred.

·Knowledge of VMware vSphere

·Knowledge of Solarwinds or Equivalant

·Knowledge of automation, configuration management and monitoring with systems such as, Ansible, Satellite, Puppet, Chef, Salt or similar systems.

·Knowledge of cloud technologies from AWS, GCP or Azure and tools related to build and operate cloud based applications.

·Experience in container based technologies.

·Expert level/Final point of escalation experience

In return we offer a competitive flexible benefits package, which includes the opportunity to opt into our fantastic Employee Car scheme, Medical Cover for Self and Partner, along with a very competitive 27 days annual leave - plus 1/2 day on Christmas eve and 1/2 day on New Year’s eve.