Senior Linux & Python Infrastructure Engineer

Senior Linux & Python Infrastructure Engineer Up to £550pd (Inside IR35) 6-month contract Glasgow / 3 days onsite My client is seeking an experienced Infrastructure Engineer with strong Linux and Python expertise to…

Inside IR35 IT
Pay rate £450 – £550/day
Contract type Contract
Posted 12 October 2026

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Up to £550 per day (Inside IR35)

Senior Linux & Python Infrastructure Engineer

Up to £550pd (Inside IR35)
6-month contract
Glasgow / 3 days onsite

My client is seeking an experienced Infrastructure Engineer with strong Linux and Python expertise to support the development, integration and maintenance of large-scale enterprise infrastructure platforms. The role combines infrastructure engineering, automation, security remediation and storage technologies.

Key Skills

Strong Linux engineering and administration experience
Excellent Python development skills
Infrastructure integration and troubleshooting
CI/CD pipelines and automated testing
Security remediation and system hardening
Experience working within complex enterprise environmentsNice to Haves

Perl
SAN, NAS, Fibre Channel, iSCSI, NFS or Object Storage
Ansible, SaltStack or similar Infrastructure-as-Code tooling
VMware / virtualisation technologies
Kubernetes, OpenShift or Docker
Azure, AWS or Google Cloud
Vulnerability management and security tooling
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