Linux Engineer (Ansible) (Sheffield)

Responsibilities:

• As an Automation Engineer/Architect you will contribute to and maintain an existing body of code which supports the phased removal and restoration if necessary, of specific software and files and network configuration.
• Auditing of Software and OS versions to provide evidence to Security teams.
• Working with security and system logs to review for vulnerabilities and issues highlighted by Cyber Security teams
• Consult on Cyber Security issues
• Provide guidance and work closely with application and product teams to resolve technical challenges storage migrations

Experience:

• Extensive experience with RedHat Enterprise Linux in financial / regulated organizations
• Interact with application teams and other infrastructure teams
• Understanding of functional requirements and translation of business requirements into technical specifications
• Proactively identify problem situations and resolve to give maximum customer satisfaction.
• Participate in stakeholder/delivery team calls.
• Demonstrate analytical and problem management skills.
• Suggest & implement best-in-class industry practices in the projects, as applicable.

Technical Skills:

• Shall be proficient in Linux (RHEL) Operating System and Cluster environment (VCS Infoscale)
• Have experience of DevOps tools, orchestration, and configuration management on Ansible/Jenkins/Puppet.
• Have good experience of scripting in Python/Shell/Puppet for data management tasks.
• Experience of VMware/ Virtualization/ Hypervisor
• Knowledge of networking and how it relates to the OS – TCP/IP, port management, firewalls
• Should have Mulesoft/Postman experience.
• Development of APIs and integration with Ansible playbooks etc