Linux Engineer

POSITION

Linux Engineer

LOCATION

Hybrid Rocklin, CA open to relo candidates for day 1 onsite

DURATION

12+ months (Possible CTH)

INTERVIEW TYPE

Video

Notes/Requirements

Linux experience

Ansible Experience

Active Directory

Azure Cloud Solutions

Configuration Management Tool

Python or Bash scripting a huge plus

Experience with ansible tower is a plus

Writing ansible play books is a plus

Puppet experience a plus

Responsibilities

Develop and Implement the technical standards for Linux OS running RHEL and CentOS.

Kernel tuning

Implement capacity planning for Linux REPOs and support tools for Linux, (ie, Puppet, GitHub, Satellite, Kubernetes, Docker, Ansible, TensorFlow, Jenkins)

Work with the architects to evaluate new technologies and perform POCs (Proof of Concept labs) to extend the multi-year roadmap and set overall technical direction for our infrastructure team

Gather, analyze and drive project requirements, design and implement Linux infrastructure components

Work closely with Level2 team(s) and help define their workflow and runbooks

Have the opportunity to be hands-on, working side by side with our people to get things done

Grow and develop your team's technical capabilities, manage individual's priorities and tasks.

Publish Build-To and review the As-Built documentation for current and new server related design deployments

Provide insightful data to guide decision making and offer proactive solutions.

Criteria

Bachelor's degree in Business, Computer Sciences, Engineering, or related field (an equivalent combination of related education, training, and experience may be considered)

7+ years of a managing Linux Operating Systems in an enterprise environment

Fundamental understanding of deploying and supporting Linux servers in a highly available and fault tolerant enterprise level environment.

Delivery of fully integrated, automated, and highly available Linux provisioning process with enterprise level tools and technologies

You have a deep and wide understanding of Linux Operating Systems, Virtualization platforms, Cloud Computing, Configuration Management tools (example: Puppet, TensorFlow, Ansible) and strong familiarity with Oracle and/or SQL databases, VMWare and/or HyperV

You have a firm grasp of scripting techniques including Linux scripting language, Python, ksh, bash, shell scripting is highly desired

You have strong working knowledge of security best practices for implementing highly secure Linux solutions

Ideally, you have experience deploying and maintaining a Satellite patch solution and experience configuring and managing AD SPN objects on Linux servers using keytab files

You have experience with configuration, administration and performance troubleshooting experience for Linux OS, apache/tomcat, and database servers running on Linux.

You have hands-on experience on Puppet, Satellite, REPOs, and Linux automation

You have knowledge of Server hardening, system monitoring, performance tuning and process mapping.