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AI-First. Future-Driven. Human-Centered.
At OpenText, AI is at the heart of everything we do—powering innovation, transforming work, and empowering digital knowledge workers. We're hiring talent that AI can't replace to help us shape the future of information management. Join us.
Your Impact: We are part of the Infrastructure& Platform Engineering team responsible for building and maintaining secure, scalable, and highly available Linux-based environments. Our focus is on delivering a robust RHEL platform, implementing enterprise-grade security controls, and enabling application teams to run workloads efficiently in containerized environments with full observability.We are seeking a detail-oriented and technically proficient RHEL DevOps Engineer to join our team. This role is critical in ensuring secure RHEL OS configurations, automating containerized deployments, and implementing end-to-end monitoring with Prometheus and Grafana to keep our systems healthy and reliable.What the role offers: • Administer, configure, and maintain RHEL-based systems across development, staging, and production environments.• Build, test, and deploy custom RHEL packages, kernels, and OS modules as required.• Define and enforce RHEL security policies (SELinux, firewalld, auditd) and harden systems according to CIS Benchmarks or STIG standards.• Automate OS provisioning, patch management, and compliance checks using Ansible or other tools.• Deploy and manage containerized applications using Docker, Podman, and Kubernetes/OpenShift.• Monitor infrastructure health and performance using Prometheus, Grafana, and Alertmanager.• Design, implement, and maintain observability dashboards and alerts to proactively detect system issues.• Troubleshoot and resolve OS, container, and performance-related incidents in production environments.• Collaborate with DevOps, Security, and Application teams to ensure compliance, reliability, and scalability of infrastructure.What you need to succeed: • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Security, or a related field.• 5–8 years of experience in RHEL system administration, OS development, or platform engineering.• Strong understanding of RHEL internals, SELinux, firewalld, audit logs, and systemd services.• Hands-on experience with container technologies (Docker, Podman) and orchestration platforms (Kubernetes, OpenShift).• Proficiency in monitoring solutions — Prometheus setup, Grafana dashboard creation, and alert tuning.• Familiarity with scripting and automation tools (Bash, Python, Ansible).• Knowledge of security hardening standards (CIS, NIST, STIG) and vulnerability management.• Strong troubleshooting skills in production environments.• Excellent communication and documentation abilities.• Preferred: RHCSA/RHCE certification, experience with CI/CD pipelines, and exposure to cloud environments (AWS, GCP, Azure)
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