Senior OpenShift Administrator

Description :

Description : Senior OpenShift Administrator / Engineer

General Information :

• Start date : ASAP
• Latest start date : can wait a couple of months for the right person
• Duration : 12 months + extension possible
• Work location : Basel
• Workload : 100%
• Team : OpenShift relatively new team, knowledgeable, good collaboration around 4 members with this role

Background :

We are looking for an OpenShift Administrator / Engineer to join the Core Infrastructure team, to work as a member of the OpenShift team.

The primary responsibilities will include design, implementation and support for the container orchestration for Hybrid Cloud infrastructure.

This role is a replacement. We would be open to receive candidates at a late professional to senior level (at least five years’ work experience).

The role will combine operational work (60%) with project assignment responsibilities (40%).

This would be a great opportunity to join a diverse team to run activities with great impact at the whole organization level with possibility to learn and work with latest technologies.

Perfect candidate :

Experienced OpenShift administrator / engineer with very good technical knowledge and great communication and collaboration skills.

Please note that the role involves collaboration with the business areas, therefore interpersonal skills would be important.

Tasks & Responsibilities :

Implement and maintain orchestration technology for container-based workloads. Integrate the platform within a Hybrid cloud environment.

Integrate security controls, container scanning, and operational monitoring. Plan and implement cluster availability and manage software lifecycle.

• Enable automation across modern compute workloads and integrate DevOps principles as part of technology modernization and operations
• Ensure that activities are undertaken in accordance with the Bank’s high security standards in alignment with corporate policies, release and change management, and compliance.

Incorporate resilience practices such that solutions are adequately protected and able to be sustained during times of adversity.

Must haves :

• At least five years’ work experience in administering and operating an OpenShift platform ( )
• SME in OpenShift ( )
• Fluency with code management solutions, in particular GIT and CI / CD tools ( )
• Logging experience with Grafana Loki ( )
• Install, configure, and maintain OpenShift clusters, whether on-premises or in the cloud.
• Monitor cluster performance and troubleshoot issues to ensure optimal operation.
• Manage user access and permissions within the OpenShift environment.
• Configure authentication and authorization for users and applications, and protect network traffic with network policies.
• Implement and manage CI / CD pipelines to automate application deployment.
• Manage OpenShift cluster updates and Kubernetes operator updates.
• Provide support to developers and troubleshoot any issues that arise within the cluster.

Interpersonal skills :

• Excellent command of English and good communication skills
• Very good communication and collaboration skills

Nice to have :

• Experience with Ceph Storage
• Systems monitoring, ideally Prometheus
• Broad understanding of ITIL fundamentals and their application in a business environment
• Consistent track record in provision of third-level support and design input in an enterprise environment
Skills :
• openshift
• openshift
• containerization
• cicd
• english
• communication and people skills
• 3rd level support
• support
• hybrid cloud
• openshift platform
• CI CD
• Loki
• administration
• engineering
• cluster set up
• management
• monitoring tools
• user management
• deployment
• troubleshooting
• linux
• checkmk
• prometheus
• grafana
• grafana loki
• ITIL
• ceph storage

Employee Value Proposition :

This would be a great opportunity to join a diverse team to run activities with great impact at the whole organization level with possibility to learn and work with latest technologies.

Hybrid way of working.

Job Title : Senior OpenShift Administrator

Location : Basel, Switzerland

Job Type : Contract

TEKsystems, an Allegis Group company. Allegis Group AG, Aeschengraben 20, CH-4051 Basel, Switzerland. Registration No. TEKsystems is a company within the Allegis Group network of companies (collectively referred to as "Allegis Group").

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