Nextech
Role – Senior Infrastructure Engineer (Linux & Cloud Automation)
Location – Manchester
Salary – £55,000
We are is hiring a Senior Infrastructure Engineer to take ownership of Linux infrastructure and cloud automation across our managed service customer base. This is a hands-on, senior engineering role with real ownership and accountability, not a support desk position.
The Role
You'll be responsible for end-to-end Linux patching using Ansible, managing Azure Backup for Linux workloads, building infrastructure-as-code deployments with Bicep and ARM templates, and maintaining CI/CD pipelines through Azure DevOps. You'll also act as the escalation point for T1 engineers and play a key role in P1 major incident response as part of a 1-in-5 weekly on-call rota. On-call compensation is provided.
What We're Looking For
- 5-7 years of enterprise infrastructure engineering experience, ideally within an MSP or multi-customer environment
- Strong Linux administration skills across RHEL, CentOS, Ubuntu, and Oracle Linux
- Proven Ansible experience including playbook development, patching lifecycle management, and compliance reporting
- Hands-on Azure proficiency covering Linux VM management, Azure Update Manager, Azure Backup, Key Vault, and networking
- Experience with Infrastructure-as-Code using Bicep and/or ARM templates
- Familiarity with Azure DevOps CI/CD pipelines for infrastructure automation
- Solid Bash scripting skills for automation and maintenance tasks
- Strong understanding of ITIL change management processes, including RFC preparation and CAB attendance
- Experience with ServiceNow for ticket and change management
Required Qualifications
AZ-104 (Azure Administrator Associate) or equivalent demonstrated Azure experience.
What Matters Most
You take full ownership of what you're responsible for, whether that's hitting a >95% Linux patching compliance SLA, maintaining >98% backup success rates, or driving an escalated incident to resolution without needing to push it further up the chain. You're automation-first in your thinking and disciplined in your approach to change management and documentation.
If you're a Linux and cloud engineer looking for a role with genuine technical depth and real ownership across a diverse MSP environment, we'd love to hear from you.
Apply now with an up-to-date CV to be considered.
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