Senior UNIX DevOps Engineer

DXC Technology Inc.; Gloucester; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking PaaS System Administrators to join their dynamic team. This role offers the opportunity to work in a cloud development environment, focusing on DevOps methodologies and supporting an OpenShift on OpenStack PaaS solution. Ideal candidates will possess strong automation skills and a passion for continuous improvement. Your contributions will help drive zero-ops initiatives, ensuring seamless system performance and compliance with best practices. If you are innovative, analytical, and eager to collaborate in a high-functioning team, this position is perfect for you.

Qualifications

• 2+ years of hands-on experience with Linux and OpenShift.
• Strong troubleshooting skills in OpenShift and Kubernetes.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical support on incidents and problems.
• Monitor system performance and ensure functionality.

Skills

Linux

OpenShift

Kubernetes

Docker

Ansible

GIT/Source Control

CI/CD Pipelines

Troubleshooting

Documentation Writing

Agile Methodologies

Tools

Prometheus Alertmanager

CheckMK

Red Hat Quay

Red Hat CEPH Storage

Red Hat OpenStack

Dell PowerEdge Servers

Job description

Job Description:

At DXC, one of our platinum accounts has openings for PaaS System Administrators for varying skill levels. The successful candidate will work within a small team which will require a good level of knowledge on DevOps engineering methodologies and that is comfortable working within a cloud development environment. The role involves developing and supporting an existing OpenShift on OpenStack PaaS solution with an attitude towards delivering zero-ops which will require strong automation skills. The ideal candidate would be innovative and analytical with a good eye for detail. Your role will include implementing standards, policies, and procedures for continual service improvement.

Role responsibilities:

• Provide first and second level technical support on incidents and problems
• Monitor overall system performance and ensure smooth system functionality
• Create, maintain, and utilise documentation
• Assist building compliance with our processes and policies
• Able to work autonomously or within high functioning team environment

What you will bring to the team:

• Excellent organisation and time management skills
• Working to ITIL best practices
• Desire to improve processes, looking for the root cause of a problem
• Willingness to both share your knowledge and learn from others
• A proactive approach towards looking for risks and problems
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• An ability to adapt quickly and work in an agile fashion

Desirable Skills and Technologies

Ideally required:

• At least two years of hands-on production experience on Linux, OpenShift
• Good knowledge on Linux, Kubernetes and OpenShift
• Role based access control in relation to OpenShift roles and SCC's
• Good troubleshooting skills on OpenShift and Kubernetes
• Good troubleshooting skills in Docker and Podman
• Confidence in using GIT/Source Control
• Good CI/CD pipeline understanding
• Ansible automation
• Ability to write technical documentation

Desirable Experience:

• Experience with ArgoCD, Istio/Service Mesh, Tekton and Helm Charts will be added advantage
• OpenShift monitoring and writing custom alerting using Prometheus Alertmanager
• CheckMK to monitor physical infrastructure
• Experience with Red Hat Quay Container Registry
• Experience with Red Hat CEPH Storage
• Experience with Red Hat OpenStack
• Experience with maintaining Dell PowerEdge Servers