Senior Linux Engineer - (Pacemaker/PostgreSQL/RabbitMQ) - CONTRACT

Summary: The Senior Linux Engineer role focuses on high availability clustering using Pacemaker, PostgreSQL, and RabbitMQ within virtual machine environments. The position is contract-based, requiring expertise in designing, configuring, and troubleshooting clustering solutions. The role is based in London and is classified as inside IR35.

Key Responsibilities:

• Designing, configuring, and troubleshooting high availability clustering solutions.
• Implementing clustering management on virtual machines.
• Managing PostgreSQL hot standby promotion and asynchronous WAL replication.
• Configuring RabbitMQ with high availability queues.
• Utilizing fencing with IPMI/virsh in clustering setups.

Key Skills:

• Deep expertise in RHEL9 or similar Linux environments.
• Experience with clustering/HA management on virtual machines.
• Knowledge of PostgreSQL and RabbitMQ in high availability setups.
• Familiarity with fencing techniques using IPMI/virsh.
• Ability to troubleshoot and configure complex clustering environments.

Salary (Rate): undetermined

City: London

Country: UK

Working Arrangements: undetermined

IR35 Status: inside IR35

Seniority Level: undetermined

Industry: IT

Detailed Description From Employer:

Senior Linux Engineer - High Availability (Pacemaker/PostgreSQL/RabbitMQ)
CONTRACT
London
2 week initial contract
*Rate negotiable - InsideIR35/Umbrella*

IT Solutions Provider supporting a customer who are implementing high availability clustering using Pacemaker as their resource manager. This role will focus on designing, configuring, and troubleshooting clustering in virtual machine environments.

Key skills & experience:

• Deep expertise in RHEL9 or similar Linux environments

• Clustering/HA management on virtual machines (not containers), including:

• Fencing with IPMI/virsh

• PostgreSQL hot standby promotion using OCF

• PostgreSQL with asynchronous WAL replication to multiple replicas

• RabbitMQ with HA queues or similar message queue systems in high availability setups