Linux Engineer

Job title:? ?Linux Engineer

XQ Cyber is a young company with big ambitions and we are lucky to have some of the best talent in the industry, in our team. The culture is energetic, honest, collaborative and supportive. We want everyone to be their very best so that we all thrive in what is already an award-winning business.

Our team is passionate about opening a new space in the cyber security market and bringing forward a disruptive and deeply credible technology product. We are a fast-growing cyber security software company and this is a dynamic, exciting and challenging place to work.

We’re now looking for a ?Linux Systems Engineer? to join our team and help us to realise our potential.

Purpose:? Responsible for development and maintenance of complex virtual appliances, optimising their deployment processes, where possible building automation process for different virtualisation and cloud environments, and the business critical backend processes that help manage these deployments once in production.

Key responsibilities and results areas:

The role sees the person having significant input into the design, delivery, and operational service of a key technology platform used by clients around the world. The day-to-day duties see them working as part of our technology team to build secure, stable, and performant systems using modern technologies such as Ubuntu Linux, Docker, Elastic.co products and flexible configuration management tools.

They’ll work alongside an established software development and testing team, fitting into our smooth-running agile processes, and being fully-immersed in all angles of the service’s development.

The results of their work will be seen and recognised by all parts of the company, and they’ll take pride in knowing their expertise and diligence has had a real impact.

Key Attributes:

? General Linux knowledge (and, ideally, some experience with, specifically, Ubuntu)

 ? Bash scripting

 ? Docker

 ? Experience automating builds of Linux distributions

 ? Experience with Elasticsearch / Logstash / Beats

 ? Experience with Saltstack

 ? PHP / Laravel

 ? A desire to automate all the things

Experience

What’s in it for you?

XQ Cyber is a fast-paced, dynamic, friendly and fast-growing environment. We have a flat structure, which means you have the opportunity to contribute and challenge at any level within the business. We value everyone’s contribution and as well as a competitive salary, you’ll receive share options in the company – if we’re successful, everyone gets rewarded.

How to apply?

If you have any questions about the role, please do call Alastair on 07584 022600, we'd be happy to talk this through with you in more detail. To apply, please send your CV through to the email address below.