Senior DevOps Engineer


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LA International Computer Consultants Ltd

Listed on

12th March 2018

Location

Corsham

Salary/Rate

£300 - £700

Type

Contract

Start Date

ASAP

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DEVOPS ENGINEER, OPEN SOURCE DEVELOPER, LINUX ADMINISTRATION, PYTHON, JAVASCRIPT, RHEL, DEBIAN, ANSIBLE, AUTOMATION, GIT, SSH, BASH, IMMEDIATE START

ROLE TITLE: DevOps Engineer

DURATION: To start ASAP for 6 months

LOCATION: Corsham OR Central London

CLEARANCE: SC Cleared

RATE: £Negotiable

We're expanding our team of Open Source developers providing DevOps for a fast paced operational capability. If you have a solid Linux foundation and an enthusiasm for technology, we'd love you to join us. We write, build, and run a cutting edge Big Data platform for a meaningful and strategic client. Using an Agile delivery framework, we're delivering to our customer faster than they've experienced before - providing operational capability at the point of need, in-line with evolving requirements.

Job Description:

The DevOps team work as part of the Operations Team in Corsham with direct responsibility for the development, maintenance and administration of a big data platform.

Responsibilities

*Pro-actively maintain the performance of the system.

*Identification and resolution of performance anomalies and system defects.

*Deployment of developed capability into the pre-production and operational environments.

*Provision of direct support to the Operations Team as required, including the automation of processes.

*Production of Design documents, including Requests for Change (RFC) and Work Instructions.

Mandatory requirements:

*Good interpersonal skills and able to communicate with the varying stakeholders, namely MOD, CGI, other MOD service providers, and data source owners.

*Strong background in Linux/Unix Administration.

*Linux experience as a deployment platform and day to day development environment - e.g., can describe package management, networking configuration, log files, environment variables.

*Demonstrated experience in at least one of: Python, Java, JavaScript.

*Demonstrated experience in at least one of: RHEL, CentOS, Debian, Ubuntu.

*Experience of automation/configuration management (i.e. Ansible).

*Ability to use a wide variety of open source technologies.

*Knowledge of best practices and IT operations in an always-up, always-available service.

*Strong familiarity with the following core tools: git, ssh, Unix command line, browsers, Bash

Desirable Skills:

*Experience of working in an agile project delivery environment.

*Experience of working as part of a DevOps team.

*Comprehensive working knowledge and experience of Big Data Solutions namely Hadoop and ideally Hortonworks.

*Deep Linux experience - e.g., can describe SELinux, chroot, ssh tunnelling, differences between Linux distributions.

*Networking familiarity - e.g., can describe HTTP protocol, TCP/IP.

Security Clearance: Must be UK national - Security Cleared (SC) or SC clearable or higher clearance.

LA International Computer Consultants Ltd is an HMG Approved Consultancy and operates as an IT & Engineering Consultancy or as an Employment Business & Agency, depending upon the precise nature of the work, for security cleared jobs or non-clearance vacancies, we welcome applications from all sections of the community and from people with diverse experience and backgrounds. Award Winning LA International Computer Consultants Ltd (Recruiter Awards for Excellence - Best IT, Best Public Sector & Gold Awards) and the most prestigious award that any business can receive The Queens Award for Enterprise: International Trade 2015.

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