Systems Engineer / DevOps

London  ‐ Onsite
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Description

DevOps, Systems engineer, sofware, Infrastructure, automation, puppet, linux, LAMP, PHP, Java, Network

My Enterprise client require an experienced System Engineer / DevOps to come in and be part of the Innovation Delivery team in the London based site. It will be almost like a start up mentality but ofcourse in an enterprise environment collaborating on releasing web and mobile solutions.

As a System Engineer you will be role will involve:-
  • Work effectively as part of a highly technical and talented Innovation Delivery team.
  • Delivery of timely high quality environments in line with architectural standards and project delivery requirements.
  • Infrastructure life cycle management simultaneously driving aggressive action in building IT infrastructure with the goal of realising transformational improvements in system capabilities, capacity, performance, speed in deployment, and service quality.
  • Identify inefficiencies and where necessary implement changes to fix the end to end deployment process.
  • Align, communicate, and plan infrastructure initiatives in partnership with senior management, peers, and analyst.
  • Engage in core Information security principles contributing to PCI-DSS compliance and active protection of the Infrastructure.


Essential Skills / Behaviours
  • Strong practical experience in administration of Red Hat Linux 5 upwards
  • On the job experience with Application delivery within a LAMP stack.
  • Excellent background in packaging and deployment of applications e.g Java, PHP using Version control systems (GIT) and Continuous Integration tools (Jenkins)
  • Proven ability to adopt to new technologies and mentor colleagues through the change.
  • An excellent real life knowledge of configuration management, provisioning and Orchestration tools such as Puppet, CFengine, Chef, Ansible, Salt. Puppet experience is desirable but not essential
  • An excellent understanding of load balancing, high availability/clustering technologies
  • Any experience with Juniper, Checkpoint and Cisco firewall technology.
  • Experience in managing and maintaining Application Delivery platforms such as F5, Stingray/Steel app.
  • An excellent general working knowledge of IT systems environments i.e. operating systems, networking, applications, platforms and databases.
  • An understanding of project & service delivery processes, development & testing methodologies and working to Change and Release managements practices.
  • Maintains a holistic focus when dealing with day to day issues.
  • Strong customer focus establishing effective relationships with key stakeholders and 3rd parties.
  • Proven problem solving and analysis skills.
  • Demonstrable investigative and analysis capability.
  • Credible communicator and influencer at all levels, adapting style as appropriate.
  • Flexible attitude, ability to perform under pressure.


This opportunity would suit someone with a commitment to quality and a thorough approach to the work. Technical flair is something always is encouraged so if you like to share your ideas and suggestions, then apply.

If you are considering something new and keen to know more then please contact Leroy Watson at Real IT ON: .

Location: London

Rates:

Length: 6 months (Potential to extend)

DevOps, Systems engineer, sofware, Infrastructure, automation, puppet, linux, LAMP, PHP, Java, Network
Start date
07/2015
Duration
6 Months
From
Real Staffing
Published at
01.07.2015
Project ID:
935116
Contract type
Freelance
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