Senior Technology Engineer, Linux and Compute Platform

Overview

Senior Technology Engineer to own the product engineering lifecycle for a standard stack of consumable infrastructure products, with Linux as core strength, within the bank's CTO Technology Chapter for a leading bank in the UAE.

What you'll do

• Design, build and standardize Linux based infrastructure products (RHEL, OLVM, OpenShift) for enterprise consumption
• Automate deployment and configuration management with Ansible, Jenkins and Terraform so environments stay consistent and scalable
• Engineer and run virtualization platforms built on KVM, Libvirt, oVirt and OpenShift Virtualization
• Own OS compliance and hardening standards, working with the Security Chapter
• Manage patching, repository and artifact lifecycles with Red Hat Satellite, Spacewalk and Nexus
• Troubleshoot and resolve complex infrastructure and application issues with development and operations teams, for BAU and major incidents
• Keep communication clear and transparent with internal teams and stakeholders
• Take projects from inception to production delivery
• Cover both engineering delivery and operational support under DevOps and SRE ways of working
• Apply DevOps, SRE, Infrastructure as Code and 12 Factor application principles
• Manage stakeholder expectations and deliver under pressure in a regulated banking environment
• Help meet annual targets for technology stack reduction and lower platform TCO
• Build trusted relationships with the Technical Platforms, Security and application teams
• Take part in design forums and keep deliverables consistent across the wider infrastructure team
• Model and promote the bank's values within the squad

What you'll need

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering or a related field
• 10+ years in infrastructure engineering, systems administration or operations
• 3+ years in a similar senior engineering role
• Deep Linux internals knowledge, ideally RHEL
• Strong hands on experience with Ansible, Terraform and Jenkins
• Solid virtualization experience: KVM, Libvirt, oVirt or OpenShift Virtualization
• Container platform experience with native Kubernetes or OpenShift
• CI/CD pipeline experience, including hands on integration work
• Working knowledge of OS compliance frameworks and hardening (CIS benchmarks or equivalent)
• Experience with repository and artifact tools: Red Hat Satellite, Spacewalk, Nexus
• Hands on configuration of compute, storage and networking on Azure, AWS or OCI
• Strong troubleshooting and root cause analysis for BAU and incidents

Nice to have

• Experience in large, complex global enterprises with high availability, high transaction volumes and geographic distribution, ideally banking or financial services
• Red Hat certifications (RHCE, RHCA, OpenShift) or cloud certifications (Azure, AWS, OCI)
• Strong communication skills and the ability to explain technical decisions to senior stakeholders

Details

• Reports into the Head of Technology Chapter for line management and works with the Compute Technology Platform squad for day to day priorities
• Matrix structure within the bank
• Long term deployment on a strategic infrastructure modernization program