Location: Wokingham - Office Based (3-5 days per week)
Start Date: ASAP
Clearance: SC Cleared (essential)
Key Responsibilities
- Deploy, configure, and manage platforms based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) and associated technologies
- Implement, operate, and maintain Kubernetes clusters (OpenShift experience desirable)
- Ensure platforms meet high availability, scalability, and security requirements
- Manage build, deployment, and orchestration processes using Jenkins and related CI/CD tools
Deployment Automation & CI/CD
- Automate platform builds, configuration, and deployments using scripting and pipelines
- Design, enhance, and maintain automated CI/CD pipelines
- Ensure deployments are repeatable, reliable, and secure, aligned with best practices
Operational Excellence & SRE Support
- Contribute to SRE practices, including monitoring, alerting, incident response, and reliability improvements
- Support observability initiatives across logging, monitoring, and alerting toolsets
- Troubleshoot complex issues across Linux, Kubernetes, CI/CD, networking, and security layers
- Work closely with DevOps, Infrastructure, Security, and Development teams
- Produce and maintain technical documentation, deployment runbooks, and operational standards
- Participate in Agile ceremonies and continuous improvement initiatives
About You
You are a seasoned platform engineer with strong hands-on experience in Red Hat, Kubernetes, and CI/CD tooling. You thrive in controlled, secure environments, have a strong automation mindset, and take pride in building resilient, well-engineered platforms. Experience working alongside SRE teams and a passion for operational excellence will help you succeed in this role.
- Extensive hands-on experience with Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL)
- Strong experience operating Kubernetes environments
- Proven expertise with Jenkins and CI/CD pipeline management
- Deployment automation and scripting skills (Bash, Python, YAML)
- Experience working in secure or compliance-driven environments
- Strong troubleshooting, analytical, and problem-solving skills
- Excellent communication and collaboration abilities
- OpenShift platform experience
- SRE practices:
- Monitoring and alerting
- Reliability and resilience engineering
- Automation of operational tasks
Certifications (Nice to Have)
- Red Hat Certified Engineer (RHCE) or equivalent
- Kubernetes certifications (CKA / CKAD)
- DevOps or SRE-related certifications
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