DIGIT-TMII: Operating System Deployment and Update Expert L4 to L9 - 05/12/2024

Please carefully read the job description before applying. Only shortlisted candidates who meet the requirements will be contacted.

KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS: 

Operating the various components part of the “Compass Corporate”  environments.

Improve the reliability and availability of the platform.

Monitor and proactively address the potential issues of the platform.

Provision of expert advice and assistance on the installation, configuration and tuning of tools and platforms required for the "Compass Corporate" microservices based infrastructure. These include: Oracle, Elastic Search, Apache, Redis, Rundeck , Ansible, Vault.

Configuration of automated deployment of new versions of applications. This could be to microservice-based platforms running on the “on-prem cloud” using PKS containers or on AWS EKS service.

Configuration of automation and configuration management tools such as Rundeck and Ansible.

Linux systems administration tasks and scripting. 

Monitor system performance and availability, identify and resolve issues that may cause service disruptions, and proactively prevent potential incidents

Manage backups and disaster recovery plans to ensure business continuity in the event of a system failure or other major disruption.

Identify potential security vulnerabilities or compliance issues and implement measures to mitigate those risks.

Responde to and resolve technology-related incidents and service requests, including troubleshooting issues and escalate problems as necessary.

Ensure compliance with relevant laws, regulations, and industry standards, such as data privacy regulations, cybersecurity frameworks, and ITIL best practices

Apply best practices of distributed architecture to solve complex integration problems between information systems and K8s microservices.

Configure the lifecycle of the microservices in a container-based infrastructure.

Define and configure monitoring dashboards. 

Define and configure the alerting policies for the operation team.

Collaborate with team members for operations support 

Maintain performance of applications and databases 

Document and provide training on the procedures in place.

Enhance automation level.

LEVEL OF EDUCATION:  

Bachelor or Master Degree

KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS: 

•       Rapid self-starting capability. Excellent interpersonal and communication skills.

•       Familiarity with microservices and architecture in the cloud. 

•       Good knowledge of applications design. Good knowledge of architecture best practices and patterns. Knowledge of interoperability technology (web services, message-oriented middleware, event architecture), applications design and Relational DBMS. 

•       Good understanding of relevant technologies in development, integration, deployment, and operation of Information Systems

•       Ability to cope with fast changing technologies used in application architecture, design and cloud integration.

•       Excellent interpersonal and communication skills

•       Ability to participate in multi-lingual meetings, ease of communication.

•       Ability to give technical presentations.

•       Ability to apply high quality standards.

•       Capability of integration in an international/multi-cultural environment.

•        Knowledge of Enterprise Architecture tools and standards  

Following specific expertise is mandatory for the performance of tasks:

•       A very good expertise in Linux system administration

•       A very good understanding of automation, Infra as code : Shell script Terraform, Rundeck, Python, Ansible,

•       A very good expertise in database management (Oracle, Elastic Search,Redis,Postgres, AWS RDS, AWS Aurora, Postgres)

•       A good understanding of container platforms such as EKS/PKS/Kubernetes.

•       A good understanding of microservice and Springboot type infrastructure.

•       Experience with middleware integration platforms (Apache) 

•       Experience of application architecture, in particular cloud-based and related concepts and services AWS Config, AWS S3, 

•       Experience with Monitoring tools : Grafana, ELK (Kibana), Splunk, Prometheus

•       Experience in software development and Information System integration architecture design and patterns, in multi-platform and multi-architectural context

•       Experience with Confluence, JIRA, Agile methodologies

•       Expertise in IT integration projects defining business and system integration requirements

•       Experience with micro-services and event-management based architectures  

•       Enterprise Architecture and modelling tools and standards  

•       Experience in monitoring and coordinating a portfolio of SW reusable components and support teams. Expertise in designing, implementing and monitoring service KPIs and SLAs

CERTIFICATIONS & STANDARDS:

Certificates on the following technology stacks are optional for the performance of tasks and would be considered an advantage:

•       Linux

•       Database Administration

•       AWS RDS

Level : 5 to 10

Delivery mode: Near Site (Brussels)
Deadline: 05/12/2024 at 11:30 AM (CET)