Unix / OpenShift System Administrator

Boeing

OpenShift Platform Engineer supporting and maintaining Redhat OpenShift Container platform within Boeing Defence UK. Collaborating with teams to ensure project delivery and improve efficiency through automation.

Posted 4/20/2026full-time🇬🇧 United KingdomMid-LevelSeniorWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

AnsibleDockerJenkinsKubernetesOpenShiftUnix

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Redhat OpenShift enterprise implementation and support.
Ensuring availability, reliability, and performance of OpenShift/Container Platform
Installation, maintenance, and configuration of production and non-production OpenShift environments.
Perform patching, software implementations, and upgrades to Redhat OpenShift platforms.
Support the delivery of automated Infrastructure
Perform and automate patching and monitoring activities
Work closely with other teams across the business to improve efficiency
Fault diagnosis including problem statements and mitigation planning
The successful candidate will be expected to be part of a 24x7 on-call team and provide extended hours support via a team Rota.
Service and application Migration activities (RHEL & OCP)
Provide input and design review to ensure best practice implementation of container platforms and automation toolchains
Being on the On-call rota being on-call roughly 1 in 5.

Requirements

What you’ll need

Hands on experience with OpenShift upgrades, installations, and configuration. (ideally managed large scale migration and deployments)
Hands on experience in Redhat OpenShift Administration activities.
Knowledge of container monitoring tools and metrics.
Ability to write scripts for OpenShift day to day task automation.
OpenShift knowledge of OpenShift v 3.x & 4.x (Operators, registry, Networking and CICD on OpenShift)
Troubleshooting and performance tuning experience.
Experience of automation techniques and toolchains (Ansible, Ansible Tower, Gitlab Jenkins)
Thorough understanding of containerization technologies such as Docker and Kubernetes and OpenShift
Experience in a UNIX and Redhat [RHEL8 & RHEL 9] administration role

Benefits

Comp & perks

Competitive salary and annual incentive plans
Continuous learning - you’ll develop the approach and skills to navigate whatever comes next
Success as defined by you - we’ll provide the tools and flexibility, so you can make a meaningful impact, your way
An inclusive culture - you’ll be embraced for who you are and empowered to use your voice to help others find theirs
Excellent Adoption and Parental leave options
23 days plus UK public holidays and a Winter Break between Christmas and New Year
Pension Plan with up to 10% employer contribution
Company paid BUPA Medical Plan
Short Term Sickness: 100% pay for the first 26 weeks
Long Term Sickness: 66.67% of annual salary from 27th week
6x annual salary life insurance
Learning Together Programme to support your on-going personal and career development
Access to Boeing’s Well Being Programs, tool and incentives

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Hard Skills & Tools

Redhat OpenShiftOpenShift upgradesOpenShift administrationcontainer monitoring toolsscripting for automationOpenShift v 3.xOpenShift v 4.xAnsibleDockerKubernetes

Soft Skills

problem diagnosismitigation planningteam collaborationefficiency improvementon-call support