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Linux Systems Engineer

DALLAS-75205, TX, US
07/27/2018

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Required Skills

VMware , Python scripting languages

Company

Infinity Consulting Solutions, Inc

Experience

Job Description

LINUX SYSTEMS ENGINEER

DALLAS, TX

POSITION:

ICS is working with a progressive SaaS solutions provider to hire a Linux Systems Engineer to join their team in Downtown Dallas.

This person will join a team that works to ensure consistent availability and performance of the company's client-facing SaaS products.

You will work closely with many other parts of the organization including development, QA and customer support to build and maintain world-class systems.

This position will be part of a global team and will give you the opportunity to take on a diverse role with cutting edge technologies!

The ideal candidate will work well in a collaborative environment and be an advocate for delivering quality work with the utmost professionalism.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Build, deploy, and maintain stability of production and non-production servers in support of company's internal applications

• Develop automation recipes for managing systems infrastructure and contribute to a continuous delivery pipeline

• Perform problem resolution including root cause analysis of system and application incidents

• Partner with development team to implement scalable and secure application configurations

• Act as technology lead or resource as needed in support of new application and infrastructure projects

• Develop relationships with and work alongside other functional IT groups such as networking, database and security

• Assist with performance testing and tuning of complex and high-traffic web applications

• Instrument applications to provide the best possible operational monitoring and metrics

• Create, update and enhance written processes and documentation with a focus on ease of understanding and completeness

• Participate in on-call rotation, receiving and responding to daytime and after-hours alerts

• Provide technical leadership to offshore team

• Identify and evaluate new technologies that can improve products and processes

REQUIREMENTS:

• Knowledge of Linux operating system

• Experience with the concept of "infrastructure as code " and configuration management tools; preferably Chef

• Working knowledge of Ruby or Python scripting languages

• Experience with support and performance management of Java/J2EE based applications

• Familiarity with VMware virtualized systems environments

• Understanding of Agile / Scrum and TDD principles with a focus on infrastructure

• Advanced knowledge of systems security practices

• Excellent technical troubleshooting experience

• Ability to maintain a professional and courteous manner in difficult situations

• Ability to communicate effectively with a diverse group of users