Location
Hammersmith and Fulham, London
Sector:
Infrastructure
Job type:
Contract
Salary:
£450 - £550 per day
Contact:
David King
Contact email:
david.king@pcrdigital.com
Job ref:
BBBH12154_1551704893
Published:
about 18 hours ago
Duration:
12 months
Expiry date:
2019-04-03
Startdate:
ASAP within 2-4 weeks
Consultant:
David King
Reference:
BBBH12154_1551704893
Web Systems Reliability Engineer (Linux Administration / Java Web Platform Support / DevOps). This position is for an experienced Systems Reliability Engineer to help create, build, and operate hosting platforms, automation frameworks and web applications that deliver amazing digital experiences. Primary responsibilities include maintaining, designing, building, and supporting Linux platforms for java based web application systems. This is a fantastic long term contract role for a large scale enterprise application environment that hosts a variety of online properties for this global media company based in west London. You will be helping with the transition of applications to the cloud along with developing an automation and devops culture.
The Senior Systems Reliability Engineer is expected to have expert level systems administration skills on Linux and have extensive experience with supporting Java based web application platform/development environments (knowledge of Java and java components is required). The role will also help provide, source management, cloud hosting, container computing, and grow the DevOps and automation culture and help migrate applications to the public/private cloud.
Develop and maintain scalable, resilient onprem and cloud-based infrastructure using an Infrastructure as Code approach
Work with delivery teams to build and maintain continuous deployment practices
Contribute to platform architecture and design and drive continuous improvement
Work within and support a DevOps culture
This position will also bring expertise on systems, operational excellence and application stability, security, performance, and capacity management, as well as documentation. This position works closely with various application teams to brainstorm, architect, gather requirements, troubleshoot, and provide stellar customer support. The role requires someone who is creative, proactive, constructive, and highly motivated. The Senior Systems Engineer must be prepared to work in an extremely collaborative and high-energy environment.