Public Safety Linux Engineer - SP3

Job Title: Public Safety Linux Engineer - SP3

Location: Brooklyn, NY 11201

Duration: 24 Months, extension possible based on needs and performance

Rate $60hr 

lalit@vedicstaffing.com

Job Description: 

SCOPE OF SERVICES TASKS:

• Engineering and administration of Veritas products including Cluster Server, Volume Manager.
• File System / other clustering & replication technologies.
• Execute Unix performance related utilities.
• Engineering and administration of SUN/UNIX/ Linux based systems.
• Subject matter expert for mission critical Public Safety applications and deployments on SUN/UNIX/Linux based systems.
• Engineering and administration of SAN storage infrastructure in relations to SUN/UNIX/ Linux based systems.
• Administration of SUN/UNIX/ Linux based systems on physical and virtual servers as well as software.
• Administration of servers (experience with Red Hat Linux, Solaris & AIX).
• Work as part of a team administering: Oracle Database Sun Management Center, MySQL, db2 and oracle database, Experience Percona XtraDB Cluster, Sendmail, Solaris Security, Jumpstart, & LDAP; TIVOLI, BLADELOGIC, NETIQ, VMWARE, DNS, NFS, Solaris Zones, RedHat Satellite Server, etc.
• Perform OS upgrades and patch installations.
• Perform scripting (bash/ksh, PERL, Python).
• Provision bare metal installs, configure, operate, and maintain systems.
• Provision and manage automation tools for system deployment and maintenance of templates. Administration of ESXi environments, including advanced diagnostics and performance management.

MANDATORY SKILLS/EXPERIENCE

Note: Candidates who do not have the mandatory skills will not be considered

• All proposed candidates MUST possess at least 12 years of experience as Linux Engineer.

The following experience / skills / expertise are also required:

Ansible:

• Proficient in creating and managing playbooks for automation.
• Experienced in configuring, deploying, and managing systems using Ansible.
• Ability to troubleshoot Ansible scripts.

OpenShift:

• Skilled in managing and deploying containerized applications on OpenShift.
• Understanding of OpenShift architecture, security, and configuration.
• Experience in troubleshooting and maintaining OpenShift clusters.
• RHEL (Red Hat Enterprise Linux): o Expertise in managing and troubleshooting RHEL-based systems.
• Familiar with RHEL subscription management and patching processes.
• Knowledge of performance tuning, security hardening, and scripting in RHEL.

Virtualization:

• Experience with virtualization platforms such as VMware.
• Proficient in managing virtual machines and understanding virtualization concepts.
• Skilled in optimizing and securing virtualized environments.

DESIRABLE SKILLS/EXPERIENCE:

Percona:

• Knowledge of Percona database solutions, including MySQL and MongoDB.
• Experience in database performance tuning and optimization.
• Familiarity with Percona monitoring and management tools.

Dialogic XMS:

• Understanding of Dialogic XMS (XMS Media Server) architecture and functionality.
• Experience in deploying and managing multimedia services using Dialogic XMS.
• Ability to troubleshoot and maintain XMS integrations with communication platforms.

TimeKeeper:

• Proficiency in configuring and maintaining TimeKeeper for time synchronization.
• Knowledge of GPS, PTP, and NTP protocols in TimeKeeper.
• Ability to troubleshoot synchronization issues in distributed systems.

Certificates:

• Skilled in managing SSL/TLS certificates, including generation and renewal processes.
• Familiarity with PKI (Public Key Infrastructure) and certificate-based authentication.
• Experience in troubleshooting and implementing secure certificate configurationsm