Red Hat Linux Infrastructure Engineer

at  Nationwide

As a Linux Infrastructure Engineer, you will be working within our delivery team to build, develop and maintain our Linux platforms to provide strong business solutions. You will be involved at all stages from Design, build, configure, test and support. Ongoing training is important and the opportunity to increase skills in technologies such as Ansible and OpenShift is encouraged. As a part of this role, you will join our Linux community to share ideas and collaborate with other professional Linux/Unix engineers.
At Nationwide we offer hybrid working wherever possible. More rewarding relationships are supported through our hybrid approach, bringing colleagues together across our UK wide estate, whilst also supporting generous access to home working. We value our time in the office to solve problems, to learn, and to feel connected.
For this job you’ll spend at least two days per week, or if part time you’ll spend 40% of your working time, based at either our Swindon or London office. Whilst these locations are where we are primarily looking to fill the role, if you’re an internal applicant based in a different location we would welcome your application and if successful, your hiring manager will provide further details on how this could work for this specific role. You can also find out more about our approach to hybrid working here.
If we receive a high volume of relevant applications, we may close the advert earlier than the advertised date, so please apply as soon as you can.

ABOUT YOU

You will have experience in providing technical delivery through the design, build and implementation of Red Hat Linux (or other Unix environment). You will have in depth knowledge & experience of the following:

• Red Hat Enterprise Linux (7/8) System Administration
• Ansible and/or Ansible Automation Platform or equivalent CI/CD tooling
• Managing RHEL systems using Red Hat Satellite including subscription management, system build and patching and customisation via Puppet or Ansible
• Scripting in languages such as Shell, YAML, JSON, etc
• Have the ability and desire to quickly learn new technologies
• Comfortable with a DevOps way of working
• Be comfortable working across multiple projects and immersing yourself in a team
• Build good working relationships with both technical and business stakeholders, gaining their respect and trust based on your knowledge and professionalism

Knowledge and Experience of at least one of the following areas:

• Experience with DevOps tools such as Terraform, Ansible and Packer
• Red Hat OpenShift / Core OS
• Agile project management methodologies
• Network and infrastructure security concepts
• Regulatory environments such as PCI and GDPR

Our Customer First behaviours are all about putting customers and members at the heart of how we work together. You can strengthen your application by showing the behaviours that resonate with you, and how you might have already demonstrated these.

• Say it straight - This is about being honest and direct with good intent and saying what needs to be said in the room. It’s also about being clear, precise, and using language that we and, importantly, our customers and members can understand.
• Push for better - This is about aiming high and constantly looking for better in how we work together and serve our customers and members.
• Get it done - This is about prioritising what will have the greatest impact, being decisive and taking accountability for delivering on the end-to-end outcome.

We know applying for jobs can sometimes feel like you’re sending an application into a black hole. We review each application individually. So, it’s a good idea to call out your most relevant experience on your application to give yourself the best chance.

Working within the delivery teams, you will work collaboratively to help create the best solutions for Nationwide using your skills and knowledge to build the systems and work through problems to provide solid working solutions within the RHEL Linux space, helping to create fit for purpose designs and/or solutions to meet the team objectives.