Senior System Administrator

Job title:

Senior System Administrator

Company

Oracle

Job description

Job Description:In your capacity as a DevOps Engineer for Cloud Operations, duties will vary from maintaining uptime and availability for our cloud hosted SaaS applications, to analyzing and solving complex technical production issues. You will contribute to driving efficiency in our cloud management processes through the use of automation and infrastructure-as-code tools. Developing solutions, which are repeatable and enable the rapid deployment and provisioning of new services and continue to improve the critical services we provide to our customers.You will collaborate with geographically dispersed teams, carry out data-center and cloud provider migrations, perform maintenance and upgrade tasks as well as deploy new services to support the release of code from our software development and engineering pipelines.Our teams operate across multiple time zones around the globe, so this role suits candidates who on occasion may need to put in extra time to deliver to timescales as required.Your main responsibilities will include:

• Maintaining uptime and availability of our SaaS platforms.
• Trouble-shoot and proactively manage highly technical system issues.
• Deploy, configure, and maintain our tools, solutions, and our services operating on Oracle Cloud (OCI).
• Operating and contributing to automation with our configuration management tools including:

• Ansible
• Terraform
• Puppet
• Jenkins
• Ensuring that all operational and administration activities are carried out with a focus on security and operational efficiency.
• Operating and contributing to our monitoring and alerting tools including:

• Nagios
• Prometheus
• Grafana
• OCI Native Monitoring & Logging
• Working proactively with Cloud teams across IaaS, PaaS and SaaS service realms.
• Preparing operational reports for senior leadership, management and customers.
• Producing, contributing and maintaining documentation that’s supports our processes.
• Participation in 24/7/365 on-call rotation to respond to critical incidents and events.

Career Level – IC3Responsibilities:3-5+ years practical experience in an IT role with:

• Good Linux administration skills
• Good knowledge in any Cloud Platforms – Oracle Cloud Infrastructure, Amazon Web Services, Azure etc.
• Good knowledge in any enterprise virtualization platforms – VMware etc.
• Good knowledge in Networking – TCP/IP stack, DNS and Linux based firewalls, routers and IPsec VPN’s.
• Good knowledge in scripting and automation – Ansible, Python, Linux Shell scripting, PowerShell.
• Exposure to configuration management tools.
• Solid analytical and troubleshooting skills using tools like Elasticsearch, Azure Application Insights, Grafana.
• Sound knowledge of System and Network security practices.
• Engagement in continuous process improvement.
• Able to communication clearly to all areas of the business.
• A self-starter with the capability to work autonomously.
• Able to travel infrequently if required.

Desirable:

• Background in using Cloud Platforms like Oracle Cloud, Amazon Web Services or Azure
• Experience with running large scale containerization platforms – Kubernetes
• Database Administration – Oracle Autonomous Database
• Experience running large Java, Python and Ruby applications
• General understanding of SRE (Site Reliability Engineering)
• Experience with Cloud Automation and Infrastructure-as-Code tools like Terraform
• Practical experience with implementing and using configuration management tools like Puppet or Chef

Joining Oracle is a great career move. We look for energetic people who show initiative, who are keen to learn and grow with us, and to develop solutions to exciting problems and challenges. We provide great training and ongoing professional development, and you will work with smart, friendly people who like you, are passionate about what we do.As part of the Oracle employment process, candidates will be required to complete a pre-employment screening process, prior to an offer being made. This will involve identity and employment verification, salary verification, professional references, education verification and professional qualifications and memberships (if applicable).About Us:As a world leader in cloud solutions, Oracle uses tomorrow’s technology to tackle today’s problems. True innovation starts with diverse perspectives and various abilities and backgrounds.When everyone’s voice is heard, we’re inspired to go beyond what’s been done before. It’s why we’re committed to expanding our inclusive workforce that promotes diverse insights and perspectives.We’ve partnered with industry-leaders in almost every sector-and continue to thrive after 40+ years of change by operating with integrity.Oracle careers open the door to global opportunities where work-life balance flourishes. We offer a highly competitive suite of employee benefits designed on the principles of parity and consistency. We put our people first with flexible medical, life insurance and retirement options. We also encourage employees to give back to their communities through our volunteer programs.We’re committed to including people with disabilities at all stages of the employment process. If you require accessibility assistance or accommodation for a disability at any point, let us know by calling +1 888 404 2494, option one.Disclaimer:Oracle is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer*. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability and protected veterans’ status, or any other characteristic protected by law. Oracle will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records pursuant to applicable law.

• Which includes being a United States Affirmative Action Employer

Expected salary

Location

London

Job date

Fri, 14 Feb 2025 04:28:07 GMT

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