Linux Engineer
Posted 1 day ago by La Fosse
Negotiable
Undetermined
Undetermined
London Area, United Kingdom
Summary: The Linux Engineer role involves delivering security hardening, stabilization, and lifecycle upgrades for a CCTV estate on a contract basis. The position emphasizes infrastructure, operating systems, and security controls rather than application development. The engineer will be responsible for performing upgrades, applying security patches, and implementing access controls. Strong experience in infrastructure engineering and security practices is essential for this role.
Key Responsibilities:
- Perform operating system upgrades and security patching on CCTV servers and supporting infrastructure
- Apply firmware updates and vendor-recommended security fixes
- Remove shared credentials and implement secure identity and access controls
- Harden servers and services in line with enterprise security standards
- Support discovery and documentation of existing CCTV configurations and dependencies
- Implement and improve monitoring, logging and alerting integrated with security operations
- Support investigation and remediation of security and operational incidents
- Produce clear technical documentation and operational runbooks
Key Skills:
- Strong experience in infrastructure or platform engineering roles
- Proven background in security hardening, patch management and access control
- Experience working with cloud-hosted and hybrid infrastructure (Azure or AWS)
- Experience operating across large distributed estates preferred
- Experience with CCTV or physical security platforms is desirable
Salary (Rate): undetermined
City: London
Country: United Kingdom
Working Arrangements: undetermined
IR35 Status: undetermined
Seniority Level: undetermined
Industry: IT
Role: Linux Engineer
Day Rate: £400 per day to £500 per day
Location: London
My client is looking for a skilled Linux Engineer to join their team on a contract basis to deliver security hardening, stabilisation, and lifecycle upgrades across their CCTV estate. The role focuses on infrastructure, operating systems and security controls rather than application or user interface development.
- Key Responsibilities
- Perform operating system upgrades and security patching on CCTV servers and supporting infrastructure
- Apply firmware updates and vendor-recommended security fixes
- Remove shared credentials and implement secure identity and access controls
- Harden servers and services in line with enterprise security standards
- Support discovery and documentation of existing CCTV configurations and dependencies
- Implement and improve monitoring, logging and alerting integrated with security operations
- Support investigation and remediation of security and operational incidents
- Produce clear technical documentation and operational runbooks
Required Skills and Experience
- Strong experience in infrastructure or platform engineering roles
- Proven background in security hardening, patch management and access control
- Experience working with cloud-hosted and hybrid infrastructure (Azure or AWS)
- Experience operating across large distributed estates preferred
- Experience with CCTV or physical security platforms is desirable