Linux Specialist
Posted 1 day ago by HCLTech
Negotiable
Undetermined
Undetermined
London Area, United Kingdom
Summary: The Linux Specialist role within the Unix Engineering team focuses on the strategy, engineering, and delivery of Linux and UNIX platforms in a banking environment. The position emphasizes automation in deployment, configuration, testing, and management of systems, while also requiring the development of high-availability solutions and technical documentation. The role demands expertise in problem resolution and the ability to build Linux RPMs. Candidates should possess a strong background in various Unix operating systems and automation tools.
Key Responsibilities:
- Engineering standard HA solution using SuSE HA.
- Testing of components to ensure compatibility and safety.
- Developing automation to reduce toil and privileged access.
- Writing technical documentation, including design documentation, training materials, and white papers.
- Management and ownership of selected critical problem cases within the bank, driving through to resolution as level 3/4 subject matter expertise engineering resource.
- Able to build Linux RPMs.
Key Skills:
- Knowledge of Veritas, pacemaker and other HA solutions on Linux.
- Knowledge of RedHat Enterprise Linux and Suse Linux Enterprise Server.
- Broad knowledge of other Unix Operating Systems and associated add-on technology stacks.
- OS level problem determination, problem analysis and tuning experience (memory, disk, network, file system, etc.).
- Experience with Ansible, git/stash, TeamCity/Jenkins, Jira, Confluence.
- Scripting skills (Python, Perl, shell).
Salary (Rate): undetermined
City: London Area
Country: United Kingdom
Working Arrangements: undetermined
IR35 Status: undetermined
Seniority Level: undetermined
Industry: IT
We are a $13+ billion global technology company, home to more than 224,000 people across 60 countries, delivering industry-leading capabilities centered around digital, engineering, cloud, and AI, powered by a broad portfolio of technology services and products. HCLTech is a globally recognized leader in the Tech and IT industry, but we’ve never forgotten the startup mindset that got us here. We’ve always approached our work with an idea-first attitude because every one of our accomplishments —no matter how big or small —can be traced back to an idea’s single spark. It’s that spark —that inner drive —that sets our people apart from our competitors. It enables us not just to pull off game-changing feat after game-changing feat but to better our world in the process. We want you to find your spark. Because that’s what drives you to be better, be more and ultimately, be more fulfilled
Job Description: The Unix Engineering team is responsible for the strategy, engineering and delivery of the Linux and UNIX platforms within the bank. Our focus is on automating all aspects of deployment, configuration, testing and management of the hardware, firmware, OS and clustering stack by integrating automation tooling into a larger continuous integration framework and pipeline.
Your Key Responsibilities:
- Engineering standard HA solution using SuSE HA.
- Testing of components to ensure compatibility and safety
- Developing automation to reduce toil and privileged access
- Writing technical documentation, including design documentation, training materials, and white papers
- Management and ownership of selected critical problem cases within the bank, drive through to resolution as level 3/4 subject matter expertise engineering resource
- Able to build Linux rpms
Skills and Experience:
- Knowledge of Veritas, pacemaker and other HA solutions on Linux
- Knowledge of RedHat Enterprise Linux and Suse Linux Enterprise Server
- Broad knowledge of other Unix Operating Systems and associated add-on technology stacks
- OS level problem determination, problem analysis and tuning experience (memory, disk, network, file system, etc.)
- Experience with Ansible, git/stash, TeamCity/Jenkins, Jira, Confluence
- Scripting skills (Python, Perl, shell)