RedHat Linux Admin

Overview

OpenShift Site Reliability Engineer (SRE) – Location: UK. This role ensures the reliability, availability, and performance of OpenShift-based virtual/container platforms with a focus on automation. Collaborates across Applications, Hardware, and Network teams.

Responsibilities

• Develop secure service architecture using cloud-native technologies.
• Develop systems, primarily in Shell scripting, YAML, Ruby, Python and Go, to prevent outages through automatic scanning and remediation.
• Establish and enforce SRE best practices through platform constraints and high-fidelity system modeling.
• Participate in an on-call rotation.

Qualifications

• Hands-on experience with OpenShift virtualization and Kubernetes administration.
• Understanding of distributed systems and common distributed system failure domains. Experience managing a production service with RedHat, Windows and ESXi.
• Strong knowledge of Linux systems and networking.
• Experience with monitoring, logging, alerting & Observability tools (e.g., Otel, Prometheus, Grafana, Slunk etc.).
• Proficiency in scripting languages Python, Shell, Go Lang, Terraform etc.
• Familiarity with CI/CD tools (e.g., Jenkins, GitLab CI).
• Understanding of containerization (Docker) and microservices architecture.
• Ansible – Configuration Management and Deployment.
• Good problem-solving and communication skills.
• Soft Skills:
• Has experience and affinity to improve team performance.
• Mindsets and Behaviors/Self-mastery.
• Proven experience in Compute, OpenShift, Kubernetes, Hypervisors, Storage, Windows, Networks and Linux.
• Work with industry groups and vendors outside of HSBC to establish and maintain HSBC\’s involvement and influence.
• Accountability for the control and compliance of the engineering process.
• Promote innovation and adoption of cutting-edge specialist technologies and practices with the domain.
• Promote development of engineers through coaching, and mentoring.
• Consult as required in other areas to assist and provide a different perspective to programmed or projects that require it.