What are the responsibilities and job description for the Linux and Virtualization Engineer position at SF Staffing Solutions?
Job Summary & Responsibilities
An engineer within the OS Platform Engineering team will be responsible for evaluating, designing, implementing and making production-ready the products which comprise the Firm's Linux and Virtualization environments. This role also requires providing 3rd level support (prior to the vendor) for these platforms. You'll be working within a global team on cutting edge hardware, operating systems, hypervisors, networks and storage to build out our next generation compute platform. This is a hands-on role with an emphasis on testing, optimizing the performance and value of solutions, and providing advice and guidance to other teams. We are looking for a result oriented, self-starter who will be able to dive deep into problems and think outside of the box to create production ready solutions.
Skills & Requirements
Basic Qualifications
- CS Degree or equivalent
- Minimum of 3 years of experience with either Linux operating systems (Red Hat, Ubuntu, etc. ) and / or hardware virtualization / hypervisor / VM technologies from VMware, Microsoft and / or Linux (Xen or KVM)
- Solid understanding of operating systems (Linux and Windows) and x86 hardware
- Minimum 2 years of scripting using Perl, Python or Ruby
- Attention to detail and excellent troubleshooting skills
Preferred Qualifications
