PaaS System Admin - HSS

5 Days onsite in Gloucestershire

Must be a sole British Citizen who has lived in the UK for over 10 years

At DXC Technology, delivering excellence for our customers and colleagues is more than a motto; it’s something we strive towards constantly through our work. Every day we deliver mission‑critical services in a secure environment while promoting our people‑first agenda, a real sense of community and a healthy work‑life balance. Our consistently positive customer feedback and continuous growth help us cement our place as one of the world’s leading IT solutions enterprises, helping us deliver services and solutions in both challenging and exciting situations.

DXC is recruiting for a PaaS System Administrator to work within a small team that requires a good level of knowledge on Dev Ops engineering methodologies and comfort with a cloud development environment. The role involves developing and supporting an existing Open Shift on Open Stack PaaS solution with an attitude towards delivering zero‑ops, which will require strong automation skills. The ideal candidate will be innovative and analytical with a good eye for detail and will implement standards, policies, and procedures for continual service improvement.

• Provide first and second level technical support on incidents and problems
• Monitor overall system performance and ensure smooth system functionality
• Create, maintain, and utilise documentation
• Assist building compliance with our processes and policies
• Able to work autonomously or within a high‑functioning team environment

• Excellent organisation and time management skills
• Working to ITIL best practices
• Desire to improve processes, looking for the root cause of a problem
• Willingness to both share your knowledge and learn from others
• A proactive approach towards looking for risks and problems
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Adapt quickly and work in an agile fashion

• At least two years of hands‑on production experience on Linux and Open Shift
• Good knowledge of Linux, Kubernetes and Open Shift
• Role‑based access control in relation to Open Shift roles and SCCs
• Good troubleshooting skills on Open Shift and Kubernetes
• Good troubleshooting skills in Docker and Podman
• Confidence in using GIT/Source Control
• Good CI/CD pipeline understanding
• Ansible automation
• Ability to write technical documentation

• Experience with ArgoCD, Istio/Service Mesh, Tekton and Helm Charts will be added advantage
• Open Shift monitoring and writing custom alerting using Prometheus Alert manager
• CheckMK to monitor physical infrastructure
• Experience with Red Hat Quay Container Registry
• Experience with Red Hat CEPH Storage
• Experience with Red Hat Open Stack
• Experience with maintaining Dell Power Edge servers

• Competitive compensation
• Pension scheme
• DXC Select – Our comprehensive benefits package (private health/medical insurance, childcare vouchers, gym membership and more)
• Perks at Work (discounts on technology, groceries, travel and more)
• DXC incentives (recognition tools, employee lunches, regular social events etc)

At DXC, we want to give every candidate the best chance to showcase their own skills and experience. Interviews are completed without the use of AI tools or external assistance. If you need any additional support or accommodations to participate in the interview, please let us know in advance. We are committed to fostering an inclusive environment where everyone can thrive.

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