Role: Linux OS
Location: London, UK
Onsite (5 days)
Inside IR35

Job Description
Role description: (Please include a brief outline of the impact this role will have, including overview of customer industry and projects, access to cutting-edge technology etc.)
Responsible for managing, maintaining, enhancing.nix related technologies across the estate
Project delivery
Part of a team providing 24x7.nix support internationally
Implementation of automated solutions adhering to the strategic goals within the department

Key responsibilities: (Up to 10, Avoid repetition) Primary responsibilities:
Ensure that all project/investment related workloads are delivered according to plans and defined budgets
Take part in the team rota including on-call and weekend working
Identify savings across project & BAU activities to be implemented through automation involving a process flow of Service Now -> AWX -> Ansible/Scripting
Deliver against team BAU responsibilities

Secondary responsibilities:
Take part in daily health and compliance checks for all Production systems as required
Ensure all Linux/Unix systems are backed up successfully and any issues are promptly resolved
Validate monitoring alerts are detected promptly and satisfactorily resolved
Ensure sufficient capacity is available to accommodate projected BAU & project growth
Respond to emails sent to the team distribution list in a timely manner.
Handle incidents and requests with efficiency and a customer first mindset
Maintain Linux platforms in a highly available, reliable, secure and performant manner
General maintenance activities
Provide technical support to application support and development teams
Provide consultancy to application support and development teams
Execute disaster recovery procedures when necessary and take part in regular DR tests
Ensure patches and security updates are applied as per defined policies
Maintain all operational procedures to ensure they are current and accurate
Take part in On-Call & weekend work rotation; triaging and addressing production issues as they arise
Identify cost saving and optimisation opportunities across the group.
Build strong working relationships across the organisation
Adhere to the core values of the bank.

Key skills/knowledge/experience: (Up to 10, Avoid repetition)

Essential:

Red Hat and Solaris in-depth - including system internals and Kernel tuning.
Red Hat Satellite
Ansible
AWX
REST API integration
Scripting
CI/CD pipelines and other automation concepts
Dev/Ops mentality
Git

Security hardening principles in line with CIS industry benchmarks.
Excellent knowledge of networking, storage, database and virtualization layers.
Good working knowledge of Python, Perl and Bash Scripting.
Clustering and high-availability technologies
Replication and disaster recovery.
Security and auditing.
Excellent knowledge of data security governance and regulations such as GDPR and SOX.
TCP/IP Networking Protocols.

Highly desirable:

Service Now automation/integration
Good working knowledge of GitHub, Subversion and TeamCity
CyberArk
Splunk and QRadar
Qualys
Salt Stack.
VxVM and VxFS.
NFS and CIFS.
Understanding of DNS
ESX VMWare
Nutanix HCI.
EMC and HDS storage arrays.
EMC Networker, Data Domain and IBM Tivoli Storage Manager.

Desirable:

IBM Tivoli and Netcool
Active Directory, LDAP and Kerberos
BMC Control-M
SharePoint, JIRA and Confluence.
Working knowledge of cloud computing - IaaS, PaaS and SaaS offerings across Azure, AWS, GCP and Oracle.

Person specification: ie, negotiating, client facing, communication, assertive, team leading/team member skills, supportive. Excellent problem-solving skills
Excellent communication skills
Results driven, with a strong sense of accountability
A proactive, motivated approach
The ability to operate with urgency and prioritise work accordingly
A structured and logical approach to work
Attention to detail
Ability to perform well in a pressurised environment