Senior Director Linux Engineering

Senior Director of Unix Linux Engineering OperationsThe Sr. Director of UNIX / Linux Engineering & Operations responsible for managing a team to provide maintenance, security, disaster recovery, and operational support for all the UNIX / Linux environments. Additionally, the IT UNIX team acts as technical resources for the other IT / User teams on UNIX / Linux issues from an infrastructure, operating system, and / or application standpoint. The Sr. Director of UNIX / Linux Engineering & operations will head a team of UNIX / Linux engineers responsible for the implementation of new Linux technologies, and working with other teams that require a UNIX / Linux backend. The Sr. Director of UNIX / Linux Engineering & Operations will report directly to the Vice President of IT Operations.DescriptionGeneral Responsibilities : Manage a team of dedicated UNIX / Linux Administrators and EngineersProvide Project Management / Planning for all UNIX / Linux related projects in association with Engineering DepartmentInterface with the IT Operations group, VMware group, IT applications, Network Operations, our software development, and our Security groupFull responsibility for the Companys UNIX / Linux infrastructureFull responsibility for day-to-day issues on our UNIX / Linux platformsMaintain service level standardsKeep all devices up to date with Security and operations patchingProvide leadership in streamlining day-to-day operations including improvements and streamlining monitoring and alerting for all UNIX / Linus systemsResponsible for engineering and maintaining project timelines while deploying systems with industry accepted standards that meet the customers requirementsResponsible for overseeing design of new service requests running on Unix / Linux and identifying all security, redundancy, and monitoring needs of the service.Build and maintain an IT service library of all Unix / Linux platforms.Providing and maintaining data flow diagrams for all systems coming through engineeringProviding handoff documentation and training the operations team on all newly deployed systemsReviewing outages with the Linux Team and implement proactive outage prevention / alerting.Provide leadership in implementing new technologiesProvide team members with opportunities and growthProduce weekly status reports for managementManage and maintain 24 / 7 servers and services which provide critical internet infrastructure in the US.