Senior DevOps Engineer – Azure / OpenShift
Vbeyond · Derby ·
- Seniority
- Senior
- Category
- Devops
We are seeking an experienced Senior DevOps Engineer with strong expertise in Azure, Azure Red Hat OpenShift (ARO), Kubernetes and CI/CD to support a major Maximo upgrade and migration programme within the Aerospace & Defence sector.
The programme involves the technical upgrade and lift-and-shift migration of an existing Maximo 7.6 environment running on Oracle to Maximo Application Suite (MAS) 9.x running on DB2, hosted in Azure Cloud.
The successful candidate will be responsible for Azure and OpenShift administration, CI/CD orchestration, Kubernetes troubleshooting, infrastructure monitoring and logging, and implementing secure DevOps and delivery practices.
Key Responsibilities- Administer and support Microsoft Azure environments.
- Manage and support Azure Red Hat OpenShift (ARO) platforms.
- Perform Kubernetes/OpenShift administration and troubleshooting.
- Design, maintain and troubleshoot CI/CD pipelines.
- Support automated build, deployment and release processes.
- Monitor infrastructure, applications and platform environments.
- Implement and maintain effective logging and monitoring solutions.
- Investigate and resolve platform, deployment and infrastructure issues.
- Apply secure DevOps and secure delivery practices.
- Collaborate with application, infrastructure and platform teams.
- Support deployment and environment activities for the MAS upgrade and migration.
- Contribute to technical remediation and environment stabilisation activities.
Current Environment: Maximo 7.6 + Oracle
Target Environment: MAS 9.x + DB2
Cloud Platform: Azure
Container Platform: Azure Red Hat OpenShift (ARO) / Kubernetes
Programme: Maximo upgrade and lift-and-shift migration
Sector: Aerospace & Defence
Required Skills- Strong hands-on Azure administration experience.
- Strong hands-on OpenShift / ARO experience.
- Strong Kubernetes administration and troubleshooting skills.
- Proven CI/CD pipeline and orchestration experience.
- Experience with automated deployment and release processes.
- Strong infrastructure monitoring and logging experience.
- Experience troubleshooting complex Kubernetes/OpenShift environments.
- Strong understanding of DevOps and secure delivery practices.
- Experience supporting enterprise cloud environments.
- Strong problem-solving and technical troubleshooting skills.
- Experience working on complex upgrade, migration or transformation programmes.
- SC Clearance required or candidate must be eligible and able to obtain it.
- Ability to work 1–2 days per week onsite in Derby.