Linux Technical Architect

The Bank has a requirement for an experienced Linux Admins/Engineers to join Digital Platforms which is involved in the standards, development and maintenance of a number of systems across the organisation. The resource would work on a mixture of BAU / Continuous Improvement works., * The Linux Engineer will be involved in the following activities, amongst others: Provisioning of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL 8 to 10) systems in both physical and virtual environments

• In-Situ upgrading of RHEL servers using LEAPP upgrade tool

• Development of scripts for automated configuration management, monitoring, batch and deployment activities

• Provide recommendations for improvements to current delivery and operational processes and procedures

• Advise project managers on Linux-related technical and delivery matters

• Essential Skills/Competencies Previous experience in a technical position within Linux platform support and/or delivery

• Familiarity with request, problem and project management processes and tools

• Detail oriented, process driven, highly innovative mindset, with deeply engrained sense of ownership for the projects delivered

• Proven track record of working well under pressure and thinking clearly in challenging situations in a logical manner

• Proven track record of being flexible in approach and inventive in order to deliver the right outcomes

• Strong customer focus and an excellent ability to manage customer relationships and understand requirements and expectations

• Adept at stakeholder communications, from senior level to domain-wide engagement events

• A broad and deep understanding of best practice in applying appropriate processes, technologies, and resources to deliver a high quality solutions

• Experienced in managing risk, compliance, audit and security obligations, including implementation of disaster recovery and business continuity procedures

Technical Skills & Requirements

• Essential Experience of managing Red Hat Enterprise Linux production systems (RHEL 7 through to 10)

• Experience of using scripting to automate tasks

• Planning and prioritising of project delivery activities

• Good interpersonal and communication skills

• Strong analytical and troubleshooting skills

• Experience with virtualisation technologies (Linux under VMWare)

• Experience of working within the ITIL framework

• Experience of managing systems with RHN satellite

• Desirable Recent experience with JBoss

• Linux performance tuning skills

• Experience with Linux failover clustering

• Experience of Kerberos in regards to securing Linux applications and AD integration.

• Experience of Cisco UCS hardware.

• Experience in managing third party engineers

• Experience in resource and workload management

• Service-orientated customer facing skills

• Disaster Recovery and Business Continuity planning and execution

• Proven skills in aligning IT with organisational drivers

• Industry awareness to identify improvement opportunities and implement them across

• the services and processes incorporated within the domain

• General knowledge of all areas of IT application and infrastructure

• Detailed understanding of processes and systems within the domain of expertise

• Knowledge of Puppet or similar configuration management tools

• Knowledge of ‘big data’ platforms, e.g. Horton Works, Hadoop etc.