Linux System Engineer

Role

The Systems Engineer is primarily responsible for managing all aspects of configuring, monitoring, maintaining, and troubleshooting the production servers and handling requests and problem escalations from Service Desk and other departments. The engineer determines the severity of issues (triage), prioritizes issues, performs diagnosis of system and software components to identify root cause, and takes action or recommends corrective action for resolution.

The engineer will work with other networks, database, software & quality engineering teams and technical product managers and vendors to clearly state problems, troubleshoot, diagnose and/or resolve complex technical issues.

Accountabilities / Responsibilities

Participate in the setup, design and administration of Red Hat, CentOS and Ubuntu Servers.
Identify opportunities to create and deploy automation frameworks and methodologies
Systems monitoring & performance tuning.
Respond to System alerts from monitoring systems in a timely manner
On Call Support of servers & flexibility of hours on occasion for releases, upgrades, and maintenance windows.
Administrate DNS & LDAP infrastructure.
Diagnose and rectify OS and application configuration problems.
Experience with high availability and disaster recovery solutions and tools including clustering, load balancing, etc
Self-motivated who takes initiative and works well in a team environment with the ability to meet deadlines on time.

Challenges

Participate in 24x7 on-call support.
Working with counterparts in other global teams
Ability to learn and absorb new technologies and skills faster.
24x7 Availability in case of emergencies

Technical Competencies

Strong proficiency with mainstream Linux distributions, such as Redhat, CentOS, Ubuntu
Experience with Linux scripting, such as Shell, Perl
Experience in a Hosting environment would be added advantage.
Experience with Security best practices and remediation
Understanding of health/performance monitoring.
Sound analytical and troubleshooting skills, under pressure
Familiarity with fundamental networking/distributed computing environment concepts

Non-Technical Competency

Should have very good verbal & written communication skills.
Should be able to work independently with minimum supervision from onsite locations.
Should be willing to work on extended and irregular hours when required.
Strong self-starter, motivated to help TEAM in their deliverables
Should be able to carry out expected tasks without supervision
Ability to handle multiple concurrent tasks
Right attitude, a passion for customer service and good interpersonal skills.
Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills
Ability to make sound decisions in critical situations
Ability to work efficiently in a fast paced environment
Experience with security best practices and remediation.

Educational & Professional Qualifications

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, IT or any other equivalent qualification.
RHCE (Redhat Certified Systems Engineer)

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