Linux Specialist

Date: Oct 13, 2025

Location:Trollhattan, SE

Company: GKN Aerospace Careers

Fantastic challenges. Amazing opportunities.

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Job Summary

The IT department at GKN Aerospace Sweden in Trollhättan, with 80 employees, is responsible for development and support of Infrastructure and Application services both for the Swedish site and globally. The enterprise platform is based on Windows, and Linux is mainly used for the Engineering area. The position is within the infrastructure department that consists of 14 employees serving the Nordics and global sites.

As a Linux engineer, you develop, maintain and administer our Linux (Red Hat) systems and related hardware in accordance with GKN standards and industry’s best practices. Troubleshooting, diagnosing and resolving system and hardware problems. Documents, tracks, monitors, and communicates problems and business risks to ensure timely resolution and compliance. You will be the third Linux engineer in our team.

Job Responsibilities

• Deliver Linux Red Hat based systems to agreed SLA
• Deploy industry best practice approaches and standards
• Be part of implementation and refresh projects
• Actively works with automating the IT infrastructure delivery
• Troubleshoot/resolve problems associated with the Linux environment
• Work with hardware/software vendors to resolve technical support issues
• Work with the following Key Processes

- Event Management; monitoring, measuring against SLA, triggering and reporting
- Incident Management; log all incidents and resolve as quickly as possible
- Change Management; process approved changes from Build into Run
- Request Management; manage all requests to resolution or escalation
- Asset & Configuration Management; manage resources and configurations required to deliver services to agreed SLA

Job Qualifications

• Relevant IT Degree or equivalent experience
• Self-driven with a motivation to deliver best in class services to the business
• Experienced Linux Engineer, preferably within a medium to large company
• Good communication skills in English and Swedish – both verbal and written.
• Working tight with other team members
• Be open to learning new things and like to take on new challenges

Benificial
• Kubernetes
• HPC (High Performance Computing)
• Ansible
• Open Shift
• Check MK

Personal characteristics

We value qualities such as curiosity, drive, and the ability to communicate effectively. We believe you are motivated by understanding technically complex solutions, have an eye for detail, and enjoy social interaction as well as inspiring and engaging others. We are looking for someone who is comfortable taking on a high level of individual responsibility, working in a structured way, and being part of a team.

Application

Form of employment: Permanent
Location: Trollhättan

The selection process takes place continuosly. The position may therefore be filled before the application deadline. Therefore, do not wait with your application!

Last date for application: 2025-11-30

For more information, please contact hiring manager:
Björn Christensen, Regional Datacenter Manager Nordic
Bjorn.Christensen@gknaerospace.com

The position requires that you undergo and be approved according to the current regulations for security protection. For positions where GKN's customer has requirements for security classification, this may, in some cases, involve specific citizenship requirements.

We’ll offer you fantastic challenges and amazing opportunities. This is your chance to be part of an organisation that has proven itself to be at the cutting edge of our industry; and is committed to pushing the boundaries even further. And with some of the best training on offer in the industry, who knows how far you can go?

A Great Place to work needs a Great Way of Working

Everyone is welcome to apply to GKN. We believe that we can only achieve our ambitions through a coming together of diverse minds who enjoy collaborating in an inspirational environment. Through our commitment to diversity, inclusion and belonging and by living our five powerful principles we’ve created a culture where everyone feels welcome to contribute. It’s a culture that won us ‘The Best Workplace Culture Award’. By embracing and celebrating what makes us unique we encourage everyone to bring their full self to work.

We’re also committed to providing an accessible recruitment process, so if you require reasonable adjustments at any stage during our recruitment process please get in touch and let us know.

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