Linux Engineer

The Systems Engineer's role is to ensure the stability, integrity, and efficient operation of the in-house information systems that support core organizational functions. This is achieved by monitoring, maintaining, supporting, and optimizing all networked software and associated operating systems. The Systems Engineer will apply proven communication, analytical, and problem-solving skills to help identify, communicate, and resolve issues to maximize the benefit of IT systems investments.

Role Objectives

• Collaborate with IT operations teams to ensure smooth and reliable operation of software and systems for fulfilling business objectives and processes.
• Familiarity with event management and general monitoring tools and concepts
• Work with executive team members, decision makers, and stakeholders to define business requirements and systems goals, and to identify and resolve business systems issues.
• Design and deploy new applications and enhancements to existing applications, software, operating systems, and monitoring solutions
• Perform cost-benefit and return on investment analyses for proposed systems management in making implementation decisions.
• Run reports and maintain integrity of the data collected and reported by general ITSM tools.
• Conduct research on software and systems products to justify recommendations and to support purchasing efforts.
• Interact and negotiate with vendors, outsourcers, and contractors to secure system-related products and services
• Run reports and maintain integrity of the data collected and reported by general ITSM tooling for business use cases and auditing needs
• Create reports for the ITSM and IS management to support upgrades, capacity planning and audit needs
• Create and maintain documentation for ITSM user guides.

• Linux expertise skills both build engineering and strong triage skills.
• OpenShift container skills, cloud skills (azure or AWS) and must also have middleware engineering skills.
• System engineer who builds and designed applications on containers, monitor them, monitor performance, load balances, knows multi-layer Java application- UI, middle tier, database, upstream and down stream, integrated applications/ multi-layer applications
• Production support background, * Bachelor's Degree preferred - Combined experience of 5 years or more should Include
• Experience with any scripting language
• Experience working with Unix/Linux OS and shell scripting
• Experience in Unix or Linux systems administration a plus
• Experience with enterprise scale monitoring systems like logic monitor a plus
• Experience with ticketing tools like ServiceNow
• Knowledge of structured logging a plus

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