[LPS] Senior System Specialist (Kubernetes)
Lenovo Hong Kong, Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong S.A.R.
IT Services and IT Consulting · 10,001+ employees
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About the role
The role involves designing, deploying, and maintaining enterprise container orchestration platforms like Kubernetes and Red Hat OpenShift. It also requires managing Linux infrastructure, ensuring government security compliance, and collaborating on CI/CD automation.
What they look for
Requirements
Candidates must have a bachelor's degree and at least 8 years of experience in UNIX/Linux system engineering, with 3 years specifically in container platforms. Proficiency in English and Cantonese is required, along with Hong Kong permanent residency for security clearance.
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Description and Requirements
The successful candidates will be responsible for providing technical services covering solution design, project implementation, systems support and day-to-day operations on the Platform with Kubernetes for projects in government and enterprise.
Key Responsibilities
- Container Platform Management: Design, deploy, scale, and maintain enterprise container orchestration platforms (Red Hat OpenShift, Kubernetes, and Docker) across on-premise and hybrid cloud environments.
- UNIX/Linux Infrastructure Operations: Provide administration, performance tuning, patching, and troubleshooting of enterprise Linux distributions (RHEL, Oracle Linux, Euler Linux) supporting our container backends.
- Government Compliance & Security Hardening: Ensure all containerized workloads, clusters, and underlying UNIX/Linux hosts strictly comply with HKSAR Government security regulations, Baseline IT Security Guidelines (GSI), and container security best practices (image vulnerability scanning, RBAC, network policies).
- CI/CD & Automation: Collaborate with development teams to build robust CI/CD pipelines, containerize legacy and microservices applications, and automate infrastructure provisioning using tools like Ansible, Terraform, and Helm.
- High Availability & Disaster Recovery: Configure clustering, persistent storage integrations (CSI), ingress controllers, and backup strategies to guarantee high availability (99.99%+) for critical public sector services.
- Incident & Problem Management: Serve as the Level 3 escalation technical expert for complex system and cluster-level issues, conducting root-cause analysis (RCA) and implementing durable corrective actions.
- Audit & Documentation: Maintain accurate architecture topologies, standard operating procedures (SOPs), and audit trails to support frequent government security risk assessments and audits (SRAA/ITSA).
Requirements & Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Computer Engineering, or a related discipline.
- Minimum 8 years of hands-on experience in enterprise UNIX/Linux system engineering, with at least 3 years specializing in enterprise container platforms (Kubernetes, Red Hat OpenShift, Docker) within large-scale environments—preferably supporting HKSAR Government departments or public sector projects.
- Technical Expertise:
o Expert knowledge of Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform and upstream Kubernetes administration.
o Strong command of enterprise Linux (RHEL 7/8/9, CentOS, Rocky Linux) and core networking/protocols (TCP/IP, DNS, load balancing, ingress/egress).
o Proven experience with infrastructure automation and CI/CD tools (Ansible, Terraform, Helm, Gitlab CI/Jenkins).
o Familiarity with container security tools (e.g., Prisma Cloud, Aqua Security, Quay) and container registry management.
- Professional certifications such as RHCSA / RHCE, CKA (Certified Kubernetes Administrator), or Red Hat Certified Specialist in OpenShift Administration are highly preferred.
- Prior working knowledge of government IT security audits, risk assessment methodologies, and secure software supply chain practices.
- Excellent command of written and spoken English and Cantonese. Strong interpersonal skills for interfacing directly with government clients, vendors, and cross-functional teams.
- Must be a Hong Kong Permanent Resident and be willing to undergo background checks and government security clearance procedures as required.
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Additional Locations:
* Hong Kong
General Information
Req #
100017883
Career area:
Information Technology
Country/Region:
Hong Kong
City:
Hong Kong
Date:
Monday, November 9, 2026
Additional Locations:
* Hong Kong
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