| Title: "Linux Engineer/Architect" Job Description: Ø This position will act as a primary technical principal and is responsible for delivery of Linux/Unix solutions at an enterprise level. Ø Expertise RHEL X64 UCS/Flex pod Cloud based infrastructure technologies and Data Center. Ideal candidates will have Data Center experience. Ø Candidates for this position must be able to, from day 1, roll up their sleeves and hit the ground running, and bring their experience to the team to make the project deployments much smoother. Responsibilities: · Provide Senior Level Linux/Unix Systems Server systems setup, administration, configurations, and automated implementations. · Help support cloud services and resources for optimal efficiency, functionality, security and management · Oversee planning, design, implementation, and operation of Cloud based infrastructure projects and participate in the specification of business requirements and implementation plans for technically advanced internetworking solutions · Evaluate, implement, and administer highly available infrastructure for servers and web services. Provide operational support and experience with managing the virtualized infrastructures and cloud resources. · Participate in Capacity planning and Disaster Recovery · Help define, improve promote architecture and standards based on ITIL best practices · Assist and support all Development and troubleshoot complex application issues · Provide on-site and remote technical assistance to other resources and to customers · Provide infrastructure design, implementation planning, deployment support, software strategy, system troubleshooting, performance engineering and optimization, maintenance strategy. · Provide technical guidance, knowledge transfer and mentorship to State Fund internal engineering peers as required and lead technical staff responsibilities. · Drive requirements and technical due-diligence and infrastructure design. · Secures server systems by establishing and enforcing policies; defining and monitoring access. · Accomplishes information systems and organization mission by completing related results as needed. · Acting as the primary infrastructure design, contact on projects- Providing leadership, advice on Linux based systems · Reporting Server operational status by gathering, prioritizing information; managing projects and implementations. Additional Information: · 10+ years related system engineering/Infrastructure and customer support experience. · 5+ years' experience in enterprise corporate infrastructure design, implementation and troubleshooting, · 2+ years with both Storage Management NAS/SAN Arrays (NetApp, Hitachi,EMC). · 2+ years supporting Datacenter co-located equipment. · In-depth knowledge of Linux/Unix Operating systems · Basic knowledge of Windows Active Directory 2003/2008, networking and security concepts · Excellent customer interaction and written and verbal communication skills · Strong troubleshooting skills and ability to apply them during business impacting incidents. · Capable of mentor others and lead by example. · Project Management, Problem Solving, Expert Linux and UNIX Performance Tuning, People Management. · Thorough understanding of Linux, including administration of enterprise Servers and Cloud based VMware servers · Strong knowledge of Linux/Windows Operating Systems · Experience with DNS, MAIL, LDAP,NIS services, and JBOSS, Tomcat, Apache web servers · Familiar with of Blade/Chassis systems and Flexpod based technology and Hardware · Understanding and experience with code deployment and configuration management tools (Chef, Puppet, custom scripts, Ant) · Experience with source code repositories, code deployment and configuration management tools · Expert in command Linux, power tools, scripting skills (Perl, UNIX shell scripting) · Configuration management and large scale deployment methods · Solid understanding of data center related technology and collocation environment. · Good organizational skills and the ability the track and prioritize several tasks · Excellent problem solving skills, along with the ability to work independently, as well as part of a cross-functional team · Ability to work on complex problems where analysis of situations or data requires in-depth evaluation of various factors · Ability to think and operate as a team player · Extremely strong communication skills, both written and verbal · Experience managing network service and similar support providers in a client/vendor relationship · Demonstrate strong project leadership and ability to develop strong working relationships with customer technical personnel. | 
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