Linux Engineer

Ergo are seeking a Site Reliability Engineer for a long-term contract opportunity in Dublin with a global network provider.

We need inquisitive problem-solvers with strong Linux, virtualisation and networking skills to support IT operations.

You will work in a geographically dispersed team with global specialists on bleeding-edge technologies building and testing solutions within complex simulated lab environments.

This is a hybrid role with great day rates and long-term potential.

What will you do?

• Performing regular patching, updates, and maintenance of both physical and virtual servers, network devices, and storage systems.
• Proactively monitoring systems and applications to identify potential issues before they impact services
• Serving as the first point of contact for technical issues related to the lab infrastructure
• Develop automation scripts, tools, and/or frameworks
• Creating and maintaining detailed documentation of system configurations, operational procedures, and troubleshooting guides
• Identifying opportunities to automate routine tasks and improve existing operational workflows
• Collaborating with other operations engineers and datacenter engineers to integrate new systems and components into the existing network infrastructure
• Managing physical hardware in the datacenter
• Troubleshooting deployment issues , outages in the network or on other systems resources.

You should have experience in the following:

• 3+ years in a similar role (SRE, DevOps, Linux Administrator)
• Linux Systems administration
• Networking including network protocols, basic routing, ports, and firewalls
• Virtualized environments (e.g. VMware)
• Monitoring tools (Splunk / Datadog an advantage)
• Scripting
• Tools such as Git, Artifactory, Jenkins, Puppet, Ansible, Docker an advantage

Apply today for an immediate interview.