RedHat Linux Admin

Test Triangle; Sheffield; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A technology consultancy is looking for an OpenShift Site Reliability Engineer (SRE) in Sheffield, UK. This position is crucial for ensuring the reliability and performance of OpenShift-based platforms while focusing on automation. The ideal candidate will work collaboratively across various teams and must have strong technical skills in cloud-native technologies, Kubernetes, scripting, and system monitoring. This role also involves establishing SRE best practices and participating in an on-call rotation.

Qualifications

• Hands-on experience with OpenShift virtualization and Kubernetes administration.
• Understanding of distributed systems and common failure domains.
• Strong knowledge of Linux systems and networking.
• Experience with monitoring, logging, alerting & Observability tools.
• Proficiency in scripting languages like Python, Shell, Go, Terraform.
• Familiarity with CI/CD tools like Jenkins and GitLab CI.
• Understanding of containerization and microservices architecture.

Responsibilities

• Develop secure service architecture using cloud-native technologies.
• Develop systems for automatic scanning and remediation to prevent outages.
• Establish and enforce SRE best practices through modeling.
• Participate in an on-call rotation.

Skills

OpenShift virtualization

Kubernetes administration

Shell scripting

Python

Go Lang

Terraform

Monitoring tools (e.g., Prometheus)

CI/CD tools (e.g., Jenkins)

Docker

Ansible

Soft Skills

Job description

Overview

OpenShift Site Reliability Engineer (SRE) – Location: UK. This role ensures the reliability, availability, and performance of OpenShift-based virtual/container platforms with a focus on automation. Collaborates across Applications, Hardware, and Network teams.

Responsibilities

• Develop secure service architecture using cloud-native technologies.
• Develop systems, primarily in Shell scripting, YAML, Ruby, Python and Go, to prevent outages through automatic scanning and remediation.
• Establish and enforce SRE best practices through platform constraints and high-fidelity system modeling.
• Participate in an on-call rotation.

Qualifications

• Hands-on experience with OpenShift virtualization and Kubernetes administration.
• Understanding of distributed systems and common distributed system failure domains. Experience managing a production service with RedHat, Windows and ESXi.
• Strong knowledge of Linux systems and networking.
• Experience with monitoring, logging, alerting & Observability tools (e.g., Otel, Prometheus, Grafana, Slunk etc.).
• Proficiency in scripting languages Python, Shell, Go Lang, Terraform etc.
• Familiarity with CI/CD tools (e.g., Jenkins, GitLab CI).
• Understanding of containerization (Docker) and microservices architecture.
• Ansible – Configuration Management and Deployment.
• Good problem-solving and communication skills.
• Soft Skills:
• Has experience and affinity to improve team performance.
• Mindsets and Behaviors/Self-mastery.
• Proven experience in Compute, OpenShift, Kubernetes, Hypervisors, Storage, Windows, Networks and Linux.
• Work with industry groups and vendors outside of HSBC to establish and maintain HSBC's involvement and influence.
• Accountability for the control and compliance of the engineering process.
• Promote innovation and adoption of cutting-edge specialist technologies and practices with the domain.
• Promote development of engineers through coaching, and mentoring.
• Consult as required in other areas to assist and provide a different perspective to programmed or projects that require it.