Key skills
AnsibleAWSCloudDockerEC2JenkinsKubernetesLinuxNFSPerlPHPPythonTerraformVMwareBashAmazon Web ServicesECSRDSIAMVersion Control
About this role
Role Overview
- The Senior Linux Systems Engineer is responsible for the technical architecture, planning, and implementation of enterprise Linux Systems across cloud, physical and virtual environments.
- Evaluates and analyzes project requirements to determine feasibility for Linux deployments.
- Develops specifications and action plans to implement new products to accommodate business needs.
- Completes performance engineering to ensure high availability and reliability of critical Linux server infrastructure.
- Oversees security compliance with configuration management, patch management, and version control.
- Provides guidance, mentors staff and acts as technical escalation point for the team.
- Utilizes a strong ability to troubleshoot, identifies Linux issues and performs Root Cause Analysis.
- Works with Solution Architects and Application Owners/Developers to architect, configure, and deploy applications requiring Linux environment.
- Generates innovative approaches and solutions to recurring tasks or problems.
- Documents technical problems, resolutions, and processes for assigned tasks and projects.
- Follows policies and procedures for change and incident management.
- Stays current on industry trends and new technologies and recommends future initiatives.
Requirements
- Advanced understanding of security concepts.
- Demonstrated knowledge and previous experience with Amazon Web Services (EC2, EBS, ECS, RDS, VPC, IAM).
- Strong knowledge of server/storage hardware and protocols (NFS, CFS, CIFS, iSCSI).
- High School or GED. (Required)
- Minimum 8+ years of experience designing and supporting systems running Linux distributions such as Redhat, Ubuntu and/or CentOS. (Required)
- Minimum 3+ years using Orchestration and Continuous Integration tools, (Terraform, Jenkins). (Required)
- Minimum 4+ years of Virtualization (VMWare, Docker, Kubernetes). (Required)
- Strong understanding of scripting tools such as Perl, Bash, PHP, etc. (Required)
- Desired 2+ years of Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform experience
- Desired 3+ years of coding with Python
Tech Stack
- Ansible
- AWS
- Cloud
- Docker
- EC2
- Jenkins
- Kubernetes
- Linux
- NFS
- Perl
- PHP
- Python
- Terraform
- VMware
Benefits
- Comprehensive medical benefits coverage, dental plans and vision coverage.
- Health care and dependent care spending accounts.
- Short
- and long-term disability.
- Life insurance and accidental death & dismemberment insurance.
- Employee and Family Assistance Program (EAP).
- Employee discount programs.
- Retirement plan with a generous company match.
- Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP).
- Paid Time Off (PTO)