Linux Systems Engineer & BMC Discovery Administrator

Job Description

Job Description

Who we are

Artmac Soft is a technology consulting and service-oriented IT company dedicated to providing innovative technology solutions and services to customers.

Job Description :

Job Title : Linux Systems Engineer & BMC Discovery Administrator

Job Type : W2

Experience : 7-15 Years

Location : St.Louis, Missouri

Preferred Skills :

• BMC Discovery Certification
• 5 years' experience in BMC Discovery platform, architecture & attribute management.
• Knowledge of REGx in pattern Matching
• Should have strong working knowledge of BMC Discovery / Application Discovery and Dependency Mapping (ADDM) infrastructure and Administration
• Experience with Splunk, Dyntrace, Docker, Kubernetes is a plus.
• REST API Integration Experience (familiar with curl, swagger, request / payload management)
• Knowledge of integrations of BMC Discovery with a CMDB (Remedy / ServiceNow, etc.) and other applications
• Knowledge of SAAM / CAM Concepts a plus

Required Skills :

Systematic problem-solving approach, coupled with strong communication skills and a sense of ownership and drive.

We support many different stakeholders. Experience in dealing with difficult situations and making decisions with a sense of urgency is needed.

We need team members with an appetite for change and pushing the boundaries of what can be done with automation.

Security-first mentality (Security is critical in everything we do).

Customer-first mentality (Our entire enterprise is our customer base).

A Can-Do attitude and a passion for improving process and automation.

The ability to have fun while being highly productive.

Experience in working across development, operations, and product teams to prioritize needs and to build relationships is a must.

Extensive experience with Linux operating systems (such as CentOS, RHEL, OEL, Unbuntu).

BMC Discovery administration experience would be ideal.

SNMP walk and MIB-tree review experience a plus.

Understanding of ITIL basics and the principles of change control management is ideal.

Experience with IT Service Management (ITSM) tools such as Remedy, Service Now, etc. is ideal.

Configuration Management Database (CMDB) experience ideal.

CompTIA Security or other Linux and / or network administration certifications ideal

Experience with deployment / configuration management and CI / CD and release tools such as Chef, Jenkins, Ansible, Puppet, XL Release (XLR), Octopus, Satellite, Flow, etc.

Experience with scripting technologies such as Bash, Python, Perl, Powershell, etc.

Understanding of Windows Server 2012 and domains.

Understanding of software and package inventory collection basics.

Experience supporting Apache WebServer and / or middleware application servers and Java RunTime Environments (Tomcat, WebSphere, WebLogic, JBoss, etc).

Understanding of common security architecture designs.

Basic understanding of SSL / TLS and how certificates work.

Understanding of source code management under a version control system like Git.

Understanding of networking methodologies at scale.

Experience with Agile methodologies.

Experience with monitoring solutions such as Splunk, Dynatrace, AppDynamics, Nagios, Zabbix, etc.

Understanding of cloud methodologies and services, particularly AWS and Azure.

Remote server diagnostics and troubleshooting required.

Understanding of patch / lifecycle management of Linux and Windows endpoints required.

Red Hat Certified System Administrator (RHCSA)

Red Hat Certified Engineer (RHCE)

Responsibilities :

Provides technical leadership and support to a distributed team managing globally distributed infrastructure.

Configure, deploy, and administer Linux-based systems across multiple environments.

Administer the BMC Discovery Software which serves the role of Configuration Management Inventory collection from nearly every type of IT Infrastructure that exists.

Troubleshoot Network Connectivity and / or Credential issues such as :

SSH to Linux / Unix Platforms

WMI Query and Powershell to Windows

SNMP to Network Devices

API Connections (for example Credential and Connection to Cloud Providers AWS, Azure, GCP, etc.)

Discuss, plan, and manage change implementation for upgrades, releases, migrations, and other maintenance.

Monitor and respond to system alerts and failures.

Develops plans to improve quality for each project that impacts the platform.

Ensures platform procedures are developed with best practices and standards and are well documented.

Helps to innovate on new methodologies to improve Business Operations.

Coaches junior level employees on Business Operations best practices.

Engage in and improve the whole lifecycle of services-from inception and design, through deployment, operation, and refinement.

Scale systems sustainably through mechanisms like automation and evolve systems by pushing for changes that improve reliability and velocity.

Practice sustainable incident response and blameless postmortems.

Take a holistic approach to problem solving, by connecting the dots during a production event thru the various technology stack that makes up the platform, to optimize mean time to recover

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