Linux Engineer

Required Skills:

At least 2 years of troubleshooting and an escalation point for Linux issues
Support Application teams and assisting with complex issues
Build, manage support servers from an OS perspective
Ensure servers are patched with the latest firmware and OS updates using tools provided
Ensure, with Monitoring team, that all servers are monitored
Design, document and implement policies and procedures for server administration and disaster recovery
Ensure, with backup service group, that all necessary servers are backed up appropriately
Provide performance statistics and reports
Recommend, schedule, and perform regular server upgrades, repairs and replacements
Provide administrative support for DNS and LDAP
 

Requirements:

Comprehensive experience with Linux administration, configuration and deployment
Experience in supporting large-scale geographically-distributed infrastructure systems
Previous experienced with and strong understanding of Linux (all versions) and UNIX/Solaris, TCP/IP, DNS/DHCP, Windows, LDAP
Experience with AIX is a plus
Advanced troubleshooting techniques and performance tuning
Good UNIX security, hardening techniques and patch management
Knowledge of infrastructure automation through scripting (ansible, powershell, shell, etc)
Well aware of emerging technologies and key vendor solutions and roadmaps in the relevant IT domain