Location
Manchester
Job Type
Full-time
Posted
July 03, 2026
Job Description
Linux/Unix Engineer Location: Manchester/Barrow - Hybrid 80% office & 20% remote Duration: 3 months contract (with possible extension) Rate: £470 per day inside IR35 To be considered you must have active SC Clearance and be a a sole UK national Role Description: 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 lifecycle management Scripting / automation (shell, basic tooling) Production Support Experience in live enterprise environments Incident, problem, and change execution Environment Secure, audited, highly regulated ...