Role: Solution Architect (SUSE Rancher)
Location: Sydney, NSW
Duration: 6-12 months with possible extension
Pay rate: Open
Required:
- At least 3-5 years Linux engineering experience (preferably Red Hat Enterprise Linux)
- Should be confident with kernel parameters and boot process, working with systemd/processes/services, cron/atd, package management, SELinux, networking, reverse proxy/web serving/load balancing, LVM and raw storage, basic Git, SSL operations, and user/group management.
- At least 1-2 years experience with Docker and/or Podman
- At least 1-2 years Kubernetes implementation experience (preferably Red Hat OpenShift)
- Understanding of the following concepts, preferably in a vendor distribution such as Red Hat OpenShift:
- kubectl, apply vs create (declarative vs imperative)
- Kubernetes storage (PV-PVC model, Storage Classes)
- Kubernetes networking (CNI and pod networking)
- Kubernetes security (X.509, OAuth)
- Kubernetes observability/logging/monitoring (Prometheus/Grafana or other similar tools, some or all of ELK, ELF, fluentbit, fluentd, vectord, etc.)
- Basic Kubernetes troubleshooting (kubectl commands for checking node/deployment/pod health, how to view and edit resources, CRDs, etc.)
Preferred:
- Five years Linux engineering experience
- As above but in addition, understanding of some or all the following:
- Automation technologies such as shell scripting, Ansible, Terraform, Puppet, Chef etc.
- Basic programming, e.g. Python
- Detailed troubleshooting
- Performance tuning and management
- Ability to integrate with technologies such as Microsoft Windows services, API-driven integrations, and other third party mechanisms
- Distributed private key and secrets management.
- Experience with Red Hat OpenShift 4.x
- Experience with SUSE Rancher 2.x
- Experience utilizing Git for source control
- Understanding of the following products/concepts:
- Public and private container registries
- Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management
- Ceph/Red Hat OpenShift Data Foundation
- Kubernetes backup architecture
- CI/CD (Jenkins, Tekton, or in a vendored distribution e.g. OpenShift Pipelines) and GitOps (ArgoCD, or in a vendored distribution e.g. OpenShift GitOps)
- Service Mesh (Istio/Jaeger/Kiali, or in a vendored distribution e.g. OpenShift Service Mesh)
- Source-to-image build technologies
Good to have Certifications:
- Red Hat Certified Specialist in Containers (RHCS)
- Red Hat Certified Specialist in OpenShift Administration (RHCS)
- Red Hat Certified Systems Administrator (RHCSA)
- Red Hat Certified Engineer (RHCE)
- Red Hat Certified Architect (RHCA)
- SUSE Certified Deployment Specialist (SCDS)
- There are multiple of these, either Rancher Kubernetes Engine 2, Rancher Prime 2.7, or SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 would be looked upon favorably.
- Linux Foundation Certified System Administrator (LFCS)
- Older version of this certificate called LFCE (Linux Foundation Certified Engineer) also looked upon favorably.
- Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA)
- Certified Kubernetes Application Developer (CKAD)
- Certified Kubernetes Security Specialist (CKS)
Lona Chatterjee
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