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DEV Container Engineer (Docker and Kubernetes) contract

GCS Ltd
Posted 14 days ago, valid for 10 days
Location

Rotherham, South Yorkshire S65 1AJ, England

Salary

£520 - £525 per day

Contract type

Full Time

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  • A fully remote DEV Container Engineer with expertise in Docker and Kubernetes is needed for a 6-month contract, offering a daily rate of £525.
  • The role involves issue triage, independent analysis of Dev Container issues, and engineering solutions to support developers' container requirements.
  • Candidates should have at least 3 years of experience with container technologies, including Docker, WSL, and Kubernetes, as well as a strong understanding of programming languages such as Python and Java.
  • Additional skills required include experience with CI/CD pipelines, containerized applications, and end-user computing technical skills across various operating systems.
  • The position also requires knowledge of container cluster architecture and the ability to contribute to container strategies and best practices.

DEV Container Engineer (Docker and Kubernetes) Needed - 6 month Contract - Fully remote

525 a day

Key tasks

  • Assisting with issue triage, ensuring users are responded to and kept informed of progress
  • Ability to work independently, analysing each issue as it is presented in order to effectively route to the correct teams for resolution
  • Dev Container issue analysis and remediation, including assisting with creating new Dev Containers for use within WSL
  • Dev Container engineering work, including updating the base image to support new tools and technologies required by developers
  • Working with developers to understand their container requirements, engineering solutions to support their workloads, helping to accelerate the uptake of containerisation at LSEG

End user computer technical skills

  • Level 2 desktop troubleshooting) for Windows, macOS and Ubuntu operating systems.
  • Knowledge of End User Computing architecture (including virtual and physical devices, modern management technologies and zero trust principles)
  • Privilege management software application
  • Understanding of software installation via standard channels
  • Experience with Linux/WSL
  • General awareness of developer workflows and tooling, including best practice and general industry trends

Container developments skills

  • Experience with the design and development of containerized applications using Docker and Kubernetes, and being able to apply this knowledge to assist others undertaking similar tasks
  • Work with other teams to create portable packages that contain bundled code,tools,libraries
  • Owning and maintaining a catalogue of container build images, with differing target programming languages, for use by developers, optimising for security and performance
  • Support of base images, being able to identify problems and performing routine updates (e.g. certificate changes, configuration changes) where necessary
  • Develop CI/CD pipelines, particularly to validate changes to container build definition/base image before rollout
  • Implement centralised logging solutions of containerized environments, allowing them to be used within the parameters set by Cyber
  • Contribute to development of container strategies and best practices

Required qualifications

  • Knowledge of Container cluster architecture
  • 3+ years of experience with container technologies (Docker, WSL, Kubernetes) for Linux and Windows
  • Good understanding of and experience with creating and maintaining Devcontainers
  • Awareness of container procurement, secure pipeline scanning and best practice
  • Good understanding of and experience in Programming languages (Python, Java, Powershell ,C##)
  • Strong knowledge with cloud platforms

GCS is acting as an Employment Agency in relation to this vacancy.

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