LINUX_PaaS Engineer X

DXC; Gloucester; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading IT solutions provider is seeking a PaaS System Administrator to support and develop solutions in a cloud environment. The ideal candidate should have strong automation skills, good knowledge of DevOps methodologies, and be comfortable working within a team. This role offers competitive compensation and a commitment to continuous learning and development.

Benefits

Competitive Compensation & Pension Scheme

Comprehensive Benefits Package

Continuous Learning & Development

Lifestyle Perks like Salary Sacrifice Car Scheme

Qualifications

• Hands-on production experience on Linux and OpenShift.
• Experience with Red Hat OpenStack and monitoring.
• Ability to write technical documentation.

Responsibilities

• Provide first and second level technical support.
• Monitor overall system performance.
• Create and maintain documentation.

Skills

Excellent organisation and time management skills

Working to ITIL best practices

Proactive problem-solving approach

Good troubleshooting skills in OpenShift and Kubernetes

Confidence in using GIT/Source Control

Tools

OpenShift

Linux

Ansible

Docker

Prometheus Alertmanager

Job description

**Job Description:**Job DescriptionAt DXC Technology, delivering excellence for our customers and colleagues is more than just a motto, it’s something we strive towards constantly through our work. Every day we deliver mission critical services in a secure environment whilst promoting our people first agenda, a real sense of community and a healthy work-life balance. Our consistently positive customer feedback and continuous growth helps us cement our place as one of the world’s leading IT solutions enterprises, helping us deliver services and solutions in both challenging and exciting situations.One of our platinum accounts has openings for **PaaS System Administrators** for varying skill levels. The successful candidate will work within a small team which will require a good level of knowledge on DevOps engineering methodologies and that is comfortable working within a cloud development environment. The role involves developing and supporting an existing OpenShift on OpenStack PaaS solution with an attitude towards delivering zero-ops which will require strong automation skills. The ideal candidate would be innovative and analytical with a good eye for detail. Your role will include implementing standards, policies, and procedures for continual service improvement.Location: Gloucester**Role responsibilities:*** Provide first and second level technical support on incidents and problems* Monitor overall system performance and ensure smooth system functionality* Create, maintain, and utilise documentation* Assist building compliance with our processes and policies* Able to work autonomously or within high functioning team environment**What you will bring to the team:*** Excellent organisation and time management skills* Working to ITIL best practices* Desire to improve processes, looking for the root cause of a problem* Willingness to both share your knowledge and learn from others* A proactive approach towards looking for risks and problems* Excellent written and verbal communication skills* An ability to adapt quickly and work in an agile fashion**Desirable Skills and Technologies**:* Hands-on production experience on Linux, OpenShift* Good knowledge on Linux, Kubernetes and OpenShift* Role based access control in relation to OpenShift roles and SCC's* Good troubleshooting skills on OpenShift and Kubernetes* Good troubleshooting skills in Docker and Podman* Confidence in using GIT/Source Control* Good CI/CD pipeline understanding* Ansible automation* Ability to write technical documentation* Experience with ArgoCD, Istio/Service Mesh, Tekton and Helm Charts will be added advantage* OpenShift monitoring and writing custom alerting using Prometheus Alertmanager* CheckMK to monitor physical infrastructure* Experience with Red Hat Quay Container Registry* Experience with Red Hat CEPH Storage* Experience with Red Hat OpenStack* Experience with maintaining Dell PowerEdge Servers**What we can offer you:*** **Competitive Compensation & Pension Scheme** – Rewarding your expertise while securing your future.* **Comprehensive Benefits Package** – Including **DXC Select**, **Perks at Work**, and **incentive programs** for exclusive savings and rewards.* **Continuous Learning & Development** – Access to upskilling opportunities, career growth resources, and industry-leading training.* **Lifestyle Perks** – Enjoy options like the **Salary Sacrifice Car Scheme** and more.At DXC Technology, we believe strong connections and community are key to our success. Our work model prioritizes in-person collaboration while offering flexibility to support wellbeing, productivity, individual work styles, and life circumstances. We’re committed to fostering an inclusive environment where everyone can thrive.Recruitment fraud is a scheme in which fictitious job opportunities are offered to job seekers typically through online services, such as false websites, or through unsolicited emails claiming to be from the company. These emails may request recipients to provide personal information or to make payments as part of their illegitimate recruiting process. DXC does not make offers of employment via social media networks and DXC never asks for any money or payments from applicants at any point in the recruitment process, nor ask a job seeker to purchase IT or other equipment on our behalf. More information on employment scams is available ***.***DXC Technology (NYSE: DXC) helps global companies run their mission-critical systems and operations while modernizing IT, optimizing data architectures, and ensuring security and scalability across public, private and hybrid clouds. The world's largest companies and public sector organizations trust DXC to deploy services to drive new levels of performance, competitiveness, and customer experience across their IT estates. Learn more about how we deliver excellence for our customers and colleagues at .