SYSTEM ENGINEER OPENSHIFT

Union Bancaire Privée; Genf; Vor Ort; CHF 90.000 - 130.000; Teilzeit

Zusammenfassung

Union Bancaire Privée is seeking a Unix/Linux systems administrator with OpenShift/Kubernetes experience to design, deploy and operate OpenShift platforms in our Geneva environment.

You will manage Linux-based clusters, ensure security and compliance, handle on‑call rotations, and align operations with container and cloud paradigms while supporting migrations to OpenShift for critical workloads.

Qualifikationen

• Minimum 3 years as Unix/Linux systems administrator.
• Proven experience deploying and operating OpenShift or Kubernetes in production.
• OS: RHEL and OpenShift knowledge.
• Swiss residence is required.

Aufgaben

• Install and configure OpenShift components and RHEL/Unix OSes to host workloads.
• Deploy, maintain, and upgrade OpenShift clusters and their operators.
• Apply OS and platform patches; manage compliance and hardening.
• Develop security and management procedures for OS and OpenShift.
• Lead migrations to OpenShift and workload rationalization.
• Plan, coordinate, and execute installation and maintenance of system software and OpenShift components.
• Identify, diagnose, and resolve system incidents (L2/L3).

Kenntnisse

Unix/Linux Systems Administration

OpenShift in Production

Kubernetes

RBAC/SCC security concepts

Jobbeschreibung

Job Description

• Contract Type Consultant

• Mission
• Design, deploy, and maintain Red Hat OpenShift platforms
• Adapt and optimize OpenShift clusters (filesystem management, access control, quotas, policies) on underlying Unix/Linux systems.
• Install, migrate, and operate Unix/Linux environments according to our standards and processes.
• Plan and manage system storage and related capacity (including persistence of OpenShift volumes).
• Ensure security, resilience, and compliance across environments.
• Participate in on‑call rotations.
• Adapt to heterogeneous environments (AIX/Solaris/RHEL, virtualization) and existing processes.
• Align Unix/Linux operations practices with container, Kubernetes, and OpenShift paradigms.
• Support application migrations to OpenShift with minimal impact, while meeting financial‑sector security requirements.

Main responsibilities

• Knowledge of major Unix/Linux distributions: IBM AIX, Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL), Solaris.

Proven experience deploying and operating OpenShift or Kubernetes in production.

• Understanding of storage and network technologies: memory, disk arrays, NAS/SAN, networking (TCP/IP, VLAN, load balancing).
• Understanding of database concepts: maintenance, recovery, failover, high availability.
• Understanding of routine maintenance, recovery, and handling failover of a Database

Familiarity with at least one enterprise backup solution (e.g., NetBackup, Commvault, Veeam).

Specific competencies

• Install, configure, and maintain Red Hat OpenShift clusters (IPI/UPI, bare metal/virtualized/cloud).
• Mastery of Kubernetes/OpenShift concepts: projects, routes, services, deployments, statefulsets, operators, CRD, RBAC, SCC, NetworkPolicy.
• OpenShift lifecycle management: controlled upgrades, patches, channels, image mirroring, oc CLI.
• Security and compliance:
• Configuration of RBAC, SCC, PSa/PSP equivalents, secrets, encryption.
• OIDC/SAML integration with IdPs (e.g., Keycloak, Azure AD).
• Policies and admission control (Gatekeeper/OPA), auditing, hardening.
• OpenShift networking:
• Storage and persistence:
• Observability:
• Logging and metrics (Cluster Logging, Loki/EFK, Prometheus/Grafana), alerting, SIEM integration.
• CI/CD and images:
• BuildConfigs/ImageStreams, registry management (Quay/Artifactory), image policies.
• Operations and SRE:
• Cluster and application backup/restore (Velero, etcd backup).
• Capacity planning, autoscaling (HPA/VPA/Cluster Autoscaler), performance tuning.

Primary Responsibilities

• Install and configure OpenShift components and RHEL and Unix OSes to host workloads.
• Deploy, maintain, and upgrade OpenShift clusters and their operators.
• Apply and test OS and platform patches; manage compliance and hardening.
• Develop and implement security and management procedures (OS and OpenShift).
• Update standard policies based on environmental changes and audit findings.
• Improve system and cluster performance; propose optimization initiatives.
• Identify, diagnose, and resolve system and platform incidents (L2/L3).
• Plan, coordinate, and execute installation, testing, and maintenance of system software and OpenShift components.
• Lead projects within approved timelines, including migrations to OpenShift and workload rationalization.
• Analyze software and hardware environments to detect defects and risks; propose remediations.
• Implement backup and recovery strategies (OS, etcd, applications) and validate their effectiveness.
• Implement and test disaster recovery and business continuity (DR/BCP) procedures for OS and OpenShift.

Perform performance maintenance routines to ensure continuous availability.

Your Profile

• Years of experience: 3–7.
• Required experience:
• Minimum 3 years as Unix/Linux systems administrator.
• Proven experience deploying and operating OpenShift or Kubernetes in production.
• Required knowledge:
• OS: RHEL, OpenShift.
• Others
  • Swiss Residence

Core Competencies : Adherence to the company’s values: Dedication, Conviction, Agility and Responsibility - Compliance with regulations and internal directives