Linux L3 SME / Infrastructure Automation Engineer
Pleasanton, Texas, United States of America
Contract
3 weeks ago
$45 - $48 USD
Key skills
PythonRubyPerlBashPowerShellKafkaAzureTerraformKubernetesDockerJenkinsVagrantOracleCollaboration
About this role
Job Title: Linux L3 SME / Infrastructure Automation Engineer
Location: Pleasanton, CA (Onsite)
Role Overview
This hybrid cloud role will be part of a talented team that is responsible for the growth, on-going maintenance and development of IaaS running primarily on Linux and Windows in cloud and on premises. Provides level 3 support (on an on-call support rotation model) for complex systems and applications. Work across product teams and operations to design and implements tools that automate infrastructure configurations, provisioning, builds, and deployments. This position will need to work nights and weekends.
Key Responsibilities
Updating, designing, and adding automation for provisioning and managing infrastructure, operating system, and middleware components.
Designing, engineering, and maintaining a highly complex and secure cloud environment for Oracle and Azure Cloud.
Provide support for complex systems and applications, rolling out new systems, maintaining, migrating, upgrading and improving the long-term performance of the systems.
Perform as a member of the systems administration team to support the installation, optimization, integration, troubleshooting, backup, recovery, modification, security, and upgrading of IT systems and components to provide services that enable customers to effectively apply IT to business requirements
Have knowledge of tools and mechanisms for distributing new or upgraded software to ensure customers receive current versions of supported software, as they become available.
Shall be able to work with other senior staff to recommend and design systems architecture and topology from both general and specific perspectives.
Provide an On-Call support rotation model.
Collaboration & Influencing
Learning Agility
Drives Results
Customer Impact
Required Automation Skills
Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience in IT Preferred and 6+ years of progressive experience in engineering and design capacities, and documentation.
The ideal candidate must be a self-starter with strong work habits and have mid-level career experience in maintaining large numbers of Linux and Windows servers in Bare Metal, ESX, and Cloud environments.
Deep Understanding of Windows/Linux Fundamentals including Reading/Understanding system logs, run tracing and debugging tools, and network packet captures for analysis of resolving root cause.
Implementing and Administering VMware ESX/ESXi/Vcenter, Creating vSwitches, Port groups, NIC Teaming, Bonding, and VLAN or Virtual Network Problem management.
Experience with public cloud platforms IaaS, PaaS, Kubernetes, Docker, and Vagrant (Azure & OCI are preferred)
Experience with Automation technologies like Infrastructure as a Code with Chef, Terraform, and Jenkins. Deployment technologies such as, PXE Kickstart, Windows SCCM, and configuration management for mobile devices. Scripting experience, specifically with Bash/python/Ruby/Perl/PowerShell language Preferred.
Experience with Warehouse or Manufacturing automation a plus working with PLC, Conveyance, and Warehouse Controls Systems, Understanding of Warehouse Management Systems, and Prior work with real-time systems Preferred
Experience with Monitoring tools like Nagios or New-Relic and Kafka or other stream service.
Note - VMware ESX/ESXi/Vcenter is replaced by Oracle KVM