Linux Devops

Virtusa; Dubai; On-site; AED 120,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading IT services provider in Dubai is looking for a skilled DevOps Engineer with in-depth knowledge of Linux internals, configuration management tools, and container technologies. The role includes architecting and implementing software solutions, addressing reliability across datacenters, and fostering automation to enhance system performance. Candidates should also demonstrate strong scripting abilities and a proactive security mindset. Competitive remuneration and growth opportunities provided.

Responsibilities

• Architect, write and implement software to improve stability, scalability, and availability.
• Own multiple services with autonomy to meet business needs.
• Solve problems and automate solutions to prevent recurrence.
• Ensure reliability of systems across multi-datacenter environments.

Skills

Linux internals (Preferable RHEL / Ubuntu)

Windows internals

DevOps / SRE, IaC, 12 Factor Principles

Configuration management tools (Ansible, Jenkins, Terraform)

Virtualization Technologies (KVM / Libvirt / oVirt / KubeVirt)

Software Defined Storage Technologies (CEPH, GlusterFS)

Repository management Tools (Red Hat Satellite, Spacewalk, Nexus)

Container Technologies (Docker, Kubernetes, Openshift)

ELK and its beats (Auditbeat, FileBeat)

OS Compliance Policies (CIS Benchmark)

Scripting in Groovy, Bash, Powershell, Python

API communications (Rest/Soap)

GITOPS driven configuration management

Troubleshooting & problem-solving

Security Awareness

Job description

Job Description

Description

• Strong Knowledge in Linux internals (Preferable RHEL / Ubuntu)
• Essential Knowledge in Windows internals
• Comprehensive understanding in DevOps / SRE, IaC and 12 Factor Principles
• Excellent hands-on experience in configuration management, orchestration and IaC tools (Ansible, Jenkins, Terraform)
• Strong understanding of Virtualization Technologies (KVM / Libvirt / oVirt / KubeVirt. OVM, Openstack)
• Strong understanding of Software Defined Storage Technologies (CEPH, GlusterFS)
• Strong understanding of Repository and Artifact management Tools (Red Hat Satellite, Spacewalk, Nexus)
• Strong understanding of Container Technologies (Docker, Kubernetes, Openshift)
• Strong understanding of ELK and its beats (Auditbeat, FileBeat)
• Strong understanding of OS Compliance Policies (CIS Benchmark)
• Agile methodologies and its ceremonies
• Architect, write and implement software that improves the stability, scalability, availability of products.
• Own multiple services and have the authonomy to do what suits the business and our customers in IT.
• Solve occurring problems and create solutions and automation to prevent them from happen again. Plan for reliability for systems to work across multi datacenter/environment and handle the outages.
• Conceptual understanding about infrastructure and how it works,
• DNS (Authoritive and Non-Authoritive DNS, Dynamic and bind DNS, Forwarder)
• SSL Communication (Handshake of SSL traffic, Cipher Suites, Enc Algorithyms,)
• Active Directory (Security OUs, policies)
• Certificates (SAN, client-authentication, keystores, mutual ssl)
• High Availability
• Knowledge about API communications (Rest/Soap), developing a new consumer/publisher for any API.
• Excellent Scripting in Groovy (writing Jenkins Files) Bash / Powershell Python
• GITOPS driven configuration management and deployment.
• Familiar and openminded to Opensource technologies
• Team player / quick adaptation to context change
• Security Awareness
• Strong understanding of troubleshooting. Deep dive to an issue, read logs, track the clues and identify the problems.
• Strategic Thinking with Research and Development minds