DevOps Engineer (Linux Container) at an International Technology Consulting Company - eRecruiter Nigeria

eRecruiter Nigeria - Our client is an international technology consulting company that has built technological models that deliver cost effective, secure and data-intensive applications in the cloud. Their architects and consultants are experts in their fields and have experience in designing, building and implementing IT solutions for clients across industries for an average of 15 years.

The company currently has an opening for the position below:

Job Title: DevOps Engineer (Linux Container)

Location: Lagos

Job Profile

• DevOps Engineer (Linux Container) is responsible for the design and engineering of globally deployed UNIX platforms.
• We are also designing and implementing the related infrastructure for Software Deployment and Configuration Management.
• We are looking for a new member in our team, helping us to timely deliver our platform releases.
• We need your help to provide robust Operating Systems, Container Management Solutions, DevOps Integration and any related Infrastructure Components to our company-internal customers.
• Our environment is based on cloud provided resources/services, as well as traditional virtualization and physical systems.
• You will work closely with customers and peers, needing to influence key stakeholders in the relevant area of expertise to support your ideas and solutions. Internally, these stakeholders would include senior technical experts within the global technology organization. Externally, you will need to interact with vendor organizations such as Red Hat, Client, Oracle, Novell and Symantec.

Key Qualifications

• Bachelors or equivalent degree in Computer Science or a related technical field
• 2-3 years of engineering competency developed through practical experience in design, implementation and operation of complex Linux / UNIX environments and related infrastructure systems
• Enterprise engineering skills with solid understanding of major enterprise architecture frameworks
• Has proven to lead projects from analysis, design, engineering to deployment
• Self-motivated, dedicated and dependable
• Self-starter
• Solid security awareness
• Strong problem identification / problem solving skills, capable of creating creative workarounds "on the fly"
• Excellent communication skills

Key Requirements

• Expert in container management solutions, e.g. OpenShift, Kubernetes, Docker
• Expert in Satellite v6 (architecture/design, implementation, management,kickstart)
• Expert in Puppet
• Solid background in Continuous Integration/Testing Automation, based on Jenkins
• Rock-solid (!) in scripting, e.g. Shell, Perl, Ruby
• Expert in Linux, Red Hat 5/6/7
• Solid experience in Cloud and Virtual Environments (ESX)
• Strong in kernel handling, e.g. Drivers, custom initrd creation
• Strong in Networking, e.g. TCP/IP, PXE, DHCP, DNS, NTP, Firewalls, …
• Solid understanding of Logical Volume Management / Multipathing (LVM2/DM)
• Experience with Storage Systems (SAN/NAS)
• Solid experience with Clustering, based on Red Hat or Symantec products
• Good understanding of Directory Services (AD, LDAP)
• Good understanding of System/Kernel performance tuning
• Experienced in RPM packaging
• Experience with Client hardware is a plus
• Current RHCE 7 certification is a plus

Exposure to:

• Infrastructure Engineering
• Automation Engineering
• Security Engineering
• Scripting (e.g. automate Linux platform installation)

Application Closing Date
21st August, 2017.

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should forward their CV's to: s.olu@erecnigeria.com