Sr Systems (Linux) Engineer

Job Description:

This position will be responsible for maintaining RedHat Enterprise LINUX (RHEL) in pre-production, production and disaster recovery environments hosted on-prem and in Azure Cloud. The Senior LINUX Engineer will be responsible for enterprise level designing, planning, implementing, and supporting of LINUX/UNIX systems in a highly collaborative and fast paced environment.

Responsibilities include identifying and correcting performance issues, and providing support to applications developers, infrastructure teams, DevOps, and endusers. The candidate will be involved in designing automated solutions, process improvement, server provisioning, capacity and performance Management, performance monitoring, software installations, technical assistance, server security management, hardware recommendations and procurement.

Daily Actives:

•          Manages virtual and physical LINUX environments.

•          Troubleshoots complex issues within the environments.

•          Recommends changes to procedures and architecture which result in operational optimization.

•          Participates in Disaster Recovery exercises twice a year.

•          Works closely with Sr. Architects on infrastructure roadmaps, design of product lifecycle and technology modernization.

•          Performs all nonemergency disruptive maintenance, repairs, and upgrades (i.e., operating system upgrades, server refresh, enhancements, installs etc.) during non-business hours or as coordinated.

•          Provides 24x7 on-call production support; provides triage and root cause analysis.

•          Performs Capacity and Performance management.

•          Performs system administration activities, including server management, performance monitoring, management of system resources, auditing system logs, back-up and recovery, security, storage management, server and solution design, process improvement and automation using DevOps tools, and maintenance of complex systems.

•          Manages monthly patch maintenance; conducts and responds to UNIX/Linux security audits; works with Enterprise Security to define and implement UNIX/Linux security policy.

•          Identifies, troubleshoots, documents, and resolves the root causes of repeated incidents.

•          Improves existing products and procedures by evaluating latest trends and conducts POCs on latest software and hardware technologies.

•          Creates and maintains documentation to support the testing, installation, operations, and maintenance of data center equipment support center.

•          Assists in planning, coordinating, and executing engineering projects.

•          Supports and collaborates with other Engineers through evaluation, design analysis, and development phases.

•          Maintains knowledge, ensures competency and compliance with policies and procedures, to be the technical expert while collaborating with cross-functional teams.

•          This list is not all-inclusive, and you are expected to perform other duties as requested or assigned.

Required Skills:

•          Bachelor's Degree in computer science, information sciences or related field and 8 years of experience.

•          Experience maintaining RedHat Enterprise LINUX (RHEL) in a Production Enterprise environment.

•          In-depth knowledge of VMware administration tools.

•          In-depth knowledge of storage (Disk Storage\LVM\SAN\NFS) connectivity and provisioning.

•          Good scripting and automation techniques (BASH, Chef, Ansible).

•          Ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously and execute technical project plans.

•          Experience with orchestration tools.

•          Experience with enterprise managing monitoring.

•          Experience working in a on prem hosted environment.

•          Good understanding of ITIL and ITSM Management with Infrastructure and Operations teams.

•          Strong Team management skills and ability to inspire team for high performance.

•          Excellent interpersonal / written and verbal communication skills.

Helpful Skills:

•          Experience managing Linux-based workloads in Azure Web Services

•          Experience support Kubernetes workload.

•          Experience supporting container-based environments.

•          Experience deploying Infrastructure as Code (IAC) using Terraform.

•          Experience with large scale LINUX Patching

•          Experience with HP-UX OS support.

•          Experience with HPE OneView and server profiles.

•          Knowledge of LINUX Kernel Tuning

•          Some experience deploying virtual machines with VMware vRealize Automation.

•          Experience with PowerShell scripting.

•          Knowledge of LDAP/AD user management.