About the position
Main job functions:
- Recruiting an expert who thrives in dynamic, hybrid cloud environments.
- In this role, you’ll be at the forefront of implementing and monitoring cloud- native business applications running on orchestrated container platforms in hybrid cloud environment.
- Security is critical and you’ll take charge of vulnerability scans, assessments and patching, ensuring that the platforms stay secure and resilient.
- Ability to make decisions to technically resolve business requirements.
Job functions:
- Work tightly with our customers, to understand, capture, and deliver against their requirements.
- Design and build distributed systems.
- Ability to work with the Operator Framework.
- Having an interest in diving into OpenShift and ODF (OpenShift Data Foundation).
- Work with your fellow engineers and the community to serve our customers.
- Support the requests of the Production and Development Teams to solve any problems related to the container platforms.
- Develop and oversee the backup, replication and disaster recovery strategies
- Maintain documentation for procedures, configurations and programs.
- Ensure systems adhere to NIST and Departmental standards
- Develop automation scripts using Ansible or equivalent.
- Maintain software repositories and apply software updates.
- Install, configure and maintain OpenShift environment
- Maintain/Monitor (i.e. Prometheus) the health of the systems through both automated and manual processes.
- Linux integration with other environments (authentication/directory services, network file systems, etc.)
- Cloud computing in general (provisioning, monitoring, orchestration, etc.)
- Understand OS and Application-level issues and advise on next steps
- Ability to communicate clearly and set the right expectations with all stakeholders.
- Applicable understanding of RedHat OpenShift and Kubernetes
- Understand infrastructure as code and the typical toolchains for implementing and maintaining these practices
- Act as a mentor and coach to junior and intermediate team members, fostering their growth and development.
Minimum Requirements:
Qualifications and experience required:
- Matric plus an IT Degree (Computer Science/Engineering) or 3 year National IT Diploma.
- 5 – 8 year’s work experience required in a similar role.
- Minimum of 3+ years hands-on experience supporting Cloud technologies and Linux systems.
Advantageous qualifications:
- Red Hat Certified System Administrator (RHCSA)
- Red Hat Certified Specialist in OpenShift Administration
- Red Hat Certified Engineer (RHCE)
- Red Hat Certified Architect (RHCA)
Technical skills and experience required:
- Minimum of 3+ years hands-on experience supporting Cloud technologies and Linux systems including:
- Container technologies: Docker, Podman, Crio, Containerd.
- Container orchestration: Kubernetes, OpenShift.
- Linux RedHat.
- Understanding Linux troubleshooting and permission SELinux.
- Ansible & Prometheus.
- Storage technologies - block, object.
- Integration with other environments (authentication/directory services, network file systems, etc.).
- Troubleshooting experience.
- Solid Cloud (Azure) experience (hybrid Cloud).
- Programming fundamentals in any language.
- Customer support experience (customer needs are top priority).
Desired Skills:
- Senior Hybrid Azure Cloud Engineer
- Hybrid Azure Cloud Engineer
- Azure Cloud Engineer