Sr. Systems Engineer (4 - 5 years Linux Admin ,Chef ,Ansible, AWS))

As a Senior Systems Engineer, the person develops and maintains stable, reliable, and secure Linux systems. The person mentors a team of junior Linux admins and NOC personnel to troubleshoot and optimize Vertafore’s Linux environment.

In this role, the person is expected to have a strong knowledge of Oracle or RedHat Enterprise Linux, its engineering and administration. He/She has excellent problem-solving skills and Linux troubleshooting skills. The person should have passion to continuously improve services, enhance security and optimize the service performance.

Core Requirements and Responsibilities:

Essential job functions included but are not limited to the following:

·        Provide day to day support to RHEL/oracle Linux servers through various ticketing tools like service now and monitoring tools like Dynatrace/SolarWinds/CloudWatch.

·        Managed Security, Backup, Disaster Recovery, Performance Monitoring and Fine-tuning on Linux (RHEL) systems.

·        Primarily responsible for installation, configuration, support, and lifecycle management of all Linux systems/Oracle Linux, across Vertafore’s data centers, cloud and office locations

·        Own, define and drive projects to support business requirements and to enhance the Linux environment performance, availability, and security.

·        Ability to manage LVM, Multipathing, NFS on Linux.

·        Interpret security advisories and design, implement and test control measures.

·        Ability to communicate complex technical concepts to individuals of various technical ability.

·        Writes and maintains complete and concise technical documentation.

·        Serve as the escalation point for Linux incidents.

·        Experience with shell scripting and configuration management tools such as Ansible or Chef to perform server hardening.

·        Knowledge of networking protocols, firewall management, and security practices in a Linux environment.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

·        Strong experience in managing and supporting Redhat or Oracle Enterprise Linux for hybrid data centers is a MUST.

·        Experience With Configuration management tools like Chef and Ansible.

·        Experience with Windows and AWS is also required. Must be comfortable managing instance on AWS (preferred)

·        Knowledge on Datacenter infrastructure, VMware virtualization, SAN Storage infrastructure.

·        Able to handle pressure during outages and systematically resolve issues.

·        Experience being tasked outside their training, willing to take on and learn new technologies.

·        Experience as an escalation engineer in a customer centric role.

·        Experience communicating at various levels including non-technical staff, leadership, management, and external customers.