RHEL Engineer

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Summary of the work Assisting in technical planning/execution of the completion of the migration of automation from Puppet to Ansible, including Satellite. Assisting in technical planning of the implementation of new servers and the migration of service from the old servers to the new. Assisting in implementation of the replacement Fibre Fabric. Specialist role Developer Expected Contract Length 6 months with the possibility of up to 6 months' extension Latest start date Monday 11 October 2021 Maximum Day Rate £600 + VAT per day Early Market Engagement The National Archives has procured replacement servers which support the service, and needs to have these implemented, upgrading from RHEL 6 to RHEL 8, and migrating management/automation from Puppet and Satellite to Ansible and Satellite. A study has already been undertaken by consultants from Red Hat, who have undertaken some initial migration and implementation, but assistance is required to complete this work. Who Speclialist Work With The RHEL Engineer will report to the Senior RHEL Engineer and the Service Owner of Digital Archiving Infrastructure and will work with the existing staff engineers and the Project Manager to complete the implementation of new servers and the migration from RHEL 6/Puppet to RHEL 8/Ansible, using Satellite. What Specialists Work On In collaboration with the team, assist with the migration of legacy servers running Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 6 to new servers running RHEL 8 within the Digital Archiving department. This will include assisting with: Understanding the current architecture of the technology stack and the servers Migrating existing Puppet-enabled automation under RHEL6 to Ansible under RHEL, including Satellite Upgrading the service to RHEL 8, with a possibility of certain servers only moving to RHEL 7 Implementing approximately 24 new physical servers as part of the migration, with some virtualisation Engagement with non-technical staff, and internal and external stakeholders. Skills & Experience • Demonstrable experience of RHEL versions 6, 7 and 8 • Demonstrable experience of the design and implementation of Satellite • Demonstrable experience of current and recent versions of Ansible • A demonstrable hands on understanding of Puppet • Demonstrable experience of server upgrade and migration • Demonstrable experience of server virtualisation • Demonstrable experience of application deployment • Demonstrable experience of the deployment and management of full stack environments including test environments • Demonstrable experience of testing • Demonstrable experience of working with Fibre Fabrics (not necessarily as a SAN specialist) • A track record in building significant IT systems or digital services successfully Nice to Haves • Experience of working within GDS standards and best practice • Experience of working in the public sector • Knowledge of SAN technologies • Knowledge of archival storage of digital records Work Location The National Archives UK, Kew, TW9 4DU https://tinyurl.com/yyzk83qo Working Arrangments Full time 5 days a week. The Digital Archiving Infrastructure team is located at The National Archives in Kew, Surrey. Whilst under pandemic restrictions, working arrangements are from home. It is expected that as pandemic restrictions are lifted work will be on a hybrid pattern of work at home and in the office as required, on a roughly 50/50 basis. All expenses must be included in the quoted rate. Security Clearance SC required No. of Specialists to Evaluate 6 Cultural Fit Criteria • Work as a team with our organisation and external partners / suppliers • Be transparent and collaborative when making decisions • Have a no-blame culture and encourage people to learn from their mistakes • Take responsibility for their work • Share knowledge and experience with other team members • Can work with colleagues with less technical expertise Assessment Method • Reference • Interview Evaluation Weighting Technical competence 65% Cultural fit 15% Price 20% Questions from Suppliers 1. Is there any Incumbent? No. 2. Would you consider a candidate who does not have SC clearance? We can accept people who do not have SC clearance as we are able to assist with processing of applications, however our preference would be for someone with current, transferable clearance as they could start more quickly and we would have certainty that they would be eligible for clearance.