Unix Engineer

As a member of the Infrastructure Unix team you will be expected to research, develop and manage all Unix-like compute, storage and virtualization solutions as well as their associated hardware. We run both commercial and open source versions of Unix and Linux (such as Ubuntu, Debian, AIX, Core OS), Storage (Netapp and Ceph) and internal cloud infrastructure (VMWare & Openstack). You will be required to implement the chosen technologies, configure them to Ocado standards, provide our Operational team with automation, documentation and training and participate in a 24/7 support rota.

Wymagania

Roles & Responsibilities

● Technical requirements gathering, design, prototyping, implementation, testing, and early life support of technical solutions to business problems
● Last line of support for production issues
● Configuration and setup of hardware, operating systems and services to Ocado Technology standards
● Management and monitoring of systems to ensure that issues are quickly identified and resolved
● Automation of manual activities
● Planning, testing and rolling out new releases
● Provision of documentation and training to peers and other stakeholders
● Collaborating with Operations team to plan and execute system changes
● Provision of 3rd line operational support as part of the teams' on-call rota
● Implementation of systems to comply with Ocado Technology's security and disaster recovery strategy

Key Skills ● In depth understanding and experience of some of the following technologies:
○ Ubuntu / Debian / AIX
○ VMWare ESX / Openstack
○ NetApp / Ceph
● Unix Scripting (Shell, Python)
● Good understanding of TCP/IP and IP networking
● Experience/understanding of supporting a 24x7 operation
● Passion for open source technologies; in touch with industry/market developments and best practice
● Self-starter, comfortable adapting to change and learning quickly in a fast-paced environment
● Strong written, verbal and collaboration skills

We can offer you professionally challenging and stimulating work, as well as a rewarding experience.

We architect and build the ground-breaking, game-changing technology solutions that power Ocado, the world's largest online-only grocery retailer. Because we're writing, building and running all our own software systems, we're constantly pushing the limits of what technology can do. Join us and you'll work across a phenomenal breadth of technology, with incredibly smart people, to create reliable, resilient, scalable and optimised software systems.