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Linux Infrastructure engineer, Imperial War Museum

  •  South East
  •  Â£50k+
  •  Full time
  •  Closes September 6, 2026
  •  Gavin
  •  glewis@iwm.org.uk
  • #Museums
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Job Summary

As Linux and Infrastructure Engineer, you'll play a key role in supporting the systems that underpin IWM's Digital Asset Management System (DAMS) and wider digital collections environment. Your work will help ensure critical services remain reliable, resilient and secure.

Job Description

What You'll Be Doing

Support and administer Linux-based infrastructure, ensuring systems remain secure, available and performant.
Maintain and develop the infrastructure supporting IWM's Digital Asset Management System and associated archive platforms.
Manage storage environments, backups, replication and capacity planning activities to protect critical digital assets.
Act as a senior technical escalation point for complex infrastructure, networking and system issues.
Support security, patching and compliance activities across the infrastructure estate.
Contribute to infrastructure projects, service improvements and technology development initiatives.
Work with external suppliers and internal stakeholders to deliver effective technical solutions.
Maintain high-quality technical documentation, disaster recovery procedures and operational standards.

Job Requirements

We'd love to hear from you if you have:

Significant experience supporting and administering Linux environments at 3rd line level.
Strong knowledge of Linux administration, including scripting, file systems, permissions and system monitoring.
Experience with network file systems such as NFS and SMB.
Experience managing storage platforms, backups, replication and capacity planning.
Strong troubleshooting skills across servers, infrastructure and networking environments.
Experience working with enterprise IT systems and supporting business-critical services.
Excellent communication skills and the ability to work effectively with technical and non-technical stakeholders.
Experience balancing operational support responsibilities alongside project work.
A security-first approach to infrastructure administration and support.

Job Responsibilities

Support and administer Linux-based infrastructure, ensuring systems remain secure, available and performant.
Maintain and develop the infrastructure supporting IWM's Digital Asset Management System and associated archive platforms.
Manage storage environments, backups, replication and capacity planning activities to protect critical digital assets.
Act as a senior technical escalation point for complex infrastructure, networking and system issues.
Support security, patching and compliance activities across the infrastructure estate.
Contribute to infrastructure projects, service improvements and technology development initiatives.
Work with external suppliers and internal stakeholders to deliver effective technical solutions.
Maintain high-quality technical documentation, disaster recovery procedures and operational standards.

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