Job Requirements The Senior Linux System Engineer (SE) is responsible for the design, implementation, engineering and administration of Linux computing systems hardware, software and storage infrastructure supporting a 24x7 mission-critical environment.

• These systems are core components of IT infrastructure supporting a large e-commerce website, plant operations, delivery logistics and general business services.
• The position provides senior-level system administration support for our E-Commerce & Logistics website and associated applications and systems

EDUCATION & EXPERIENCE:

• MS in Computer Science, Information Systems, or related, or foreign equivalent, plus 8 years of related systems administration/engineering experience, or BS in Computer Science, Information Systems, or related or foreign equivalent, plus Minimum 10 years of related systems administration/engineering experience.

SPECIFIC SKILLS OR OTHER REQUIREMENTS:  

• Red Hat Certified Engineer (RHCE) or Oracle Linux certification preferred,
• DevOps skills with Ansible (preferred) or Puppet
• Strong Scripting Skills (Bash/Shell script or Python)
•  VMware Certified Professional preferred, Cisco Data Center (UCS) certification, preferred.
•   HP Storage certification is preferred.
• Red Hat 5-7 and Oracle Linux 5-7 – (Min 8 yrs)
•  Virtualization technology: VMware (vCenter, vSphere 4-6 and ESX 4-6), (Min 4 yrs)
•  Linux file systems and storage architecture
• Strong knowledge of TCP/IP, HTML, HTTP, SSL, SSH, SFTP, DNS, Apache, Tomcat and LDAP
• Understanding of database and web application concept and architecture: Oracle, Postgress
• Familiarity with database connection methodologies: ODBC and JDBC, understanding of system and storage design appropriate to support oracle database and Cisco UCS
• IBM v3700 family and HP 3Par 7400, Deep understanding of storage and SAN technology: Virtual disk, LUNs, snapshot, replication and thin provisioning

Added Skills –

• SolarWinds NPM, SAM, SRM,DPM
• Splunk
• Alert Logic log manager, threat manager
• Foreman/Katello, Red Hat Satellite
• Unitrends Backup
• Manhattan associates Warehouse management application
• Akamai Ion/Kona/DNS 
• Citrix ADC’s (Netscalar)
• Storage Systems
•  Cisco Products- UCS , MDS
• Tomcat, ActiveMQ
•  SAS data warehouse