Senior Linux Engineer

You will be an Engineer working as part of a team responsible for the design, engineering, implementation and 3rd level support of the Linux/Solaris systems

The main responsibilities for the role include, but are not limited to:

• Support existing solutions as required with the target of automating and documenting tasks and handing off to the support function
• Manage, communicate, and implement infrastructure changes, upgrades and migrations on Linux/Solaris servers.
• Automation of processes to reduce the manual work required by support teams using Enterprise and Open Source tools
• Ability to resolve problems in a timely, effective, and professional manner
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills in the way of formal documentation and status reporting
• You will be the escalation point for support teams on priority issues
• Document and create Standard Operating Procedures
• Perform hands-on analysis of the production systems, fault resolution, growth issues, and root cause analysis for critical issue.

Required Experience and Skills:

*Ability to understand and support Linux (CentOS, Ubuntu, Redhat) with fundamental configuration, troubleshooting and monitoring knowledge *Experience with automation/orchestration tools (Ansible [preferred], Puppet, Chef, Salt, Terraform etc.) *Experience with a scripting language (Bash, Python, Ruby, Go etc.) *Excellent knowledge of the Linux command line *Experience with NFS and Samba for security and performance *Experience with Internet Operations (SSL, Networking, Load Balancing) *Exposure to cloud services and provisioning tools - public (AWS, Azure, GCP) or private (OpenStack, VMWare) *Experience translating business requirements into technology deliverables and the ability to execute on those deliverables via code •Demonstrate excellent customer service delivery to all levels of the organization and properly manage expectations *Be an independent problem solver with troubleshooting, decision making and analytical skills *Successfully manage multiple tasks and priorities, identify creative options and solutions, able to analyze data, and the ability to manage internal and external contacts *Working experience with version control repositories *Working knowledge of Solaris *Proficiency using REST services to automate tasks *Experience with OLTP databases like PostgreSQL or MySQL *Understanding of Active Directory and Kerberos *Container technology experience (OpenShift, Docker, Kubernetes).

Technical skills: Networking, Salt, OpenShift, Microsoft Azure Cloud Platform, Linux, OLTP DBs, Ubuntu, Python, Amazon Web Services (AWS), Kerberos, OpenStack, Ansible, Secure Sockets Layer (SSL), Samba, Bash-scripting, Puppet, Docker, Active Directory, REST Services, CentOS, RedHat Linux OS (RHEL), Version Control, Kubernetes, Chef