Senior DevOps Systems Engineer - Automation & Cloud

OCLC Online Computer Library Center, Inc; Dublin (OH); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work environment

Tuition reimbursement

Onsite fitness center

Health and wellness programs

Parental leave

Job summary

OCLC Online Computer Library Center, Inc. seeks a Senior Systems Engineer (DevOps) to improve the Wise ILS platform, focusing on security, reliability, and scalability through automation and monitoring.

You will lead incident response, work with CI/CD, and collaborate across technical teams to drive platform excellence. The role requires strong Linux expertise, Ansible automation, and production support experience.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience required.
• 6+ years in DevOps, Systems Engineering, Platform Engineering, or related roles.
• Strong Linux (RHEL) administration and troubleshooting experience.
• 6+ years of Ansible and automation/IaC experience.
• Proficiency in Bash and Python scripting.
• Experience with SQL/MySQL and production support.
• Excellent analytical, problem-solving, and communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Design, maintain, and optimize Linux-based infrastructure (RHEL preferred).
• Automate operational tasks, deployments, and configuration management with Ansible and scripting (Bash/Python).
• Improve provisioning, patching, upgrades, and maintenance processes.
• Implement and enhance monitoring, alerting, and observability solutions.
• Lead incident resolution, root cause analysis, and preventive improvements.
• Support customer environment deployments and platform improvement projects.
• Collaborate with development teams to improve CI/CD and deployment processes.
• Create technical documentation and runbooks; promote knowledge sharing.
• Provide technical leadership, mentoring, and cross-team coordination.

Skills

Linux administration

Ansible automation

Bash scripting

Python scripting

Monitoring & incident management

CI/CD collaboration

Communication skills

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

Helm

Jenkins

Rundeck

Solr

etcd

Job description

OCLC Online Computer Library Center, Inc. seeks a Senior Systems Engineer (DevOps) to improve the Wise ILS platform, focusing on security, reliability, and scalability through automation and monitoring.

You will lead incident response, work with CI/CD, and collaborate across technical teams to drive platform excellence. The role requires strong Linux expertise, Ansible automation, and production support experience.