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[Sabrin, Joe]

Senior Linux Engineer. - Downtown NYC, Salary up to $150K,

Respond to joe.sabrin at dtg-usa.com or call 212-736-9544

The qualified candidate will be our lead Linux engineer with
responsibilities for designing and architecting solutions, project
management, and providing 24x7 support for critical systems.

Responsibilities to include:

Architects Linux based solutions to business needs and requirements.
Designs the environment, hardware specifications, and software layers to
provide for a reliable, scalable, secure and highly available Linux
Systems Environment. 

Ability to find gaps in the Linux Environment and to offer a solution.
To implement this solution with scripts (Perl/bash).  Write scripts for
task automation, resource monitoring and performance monitoring. 

Works closely with teams of developers, Engineers and Operations to make
appropriate infrastructure recommendations based on applications needs. 

Develops and maintains documentation related to the design,
installation, administration, and maintenance of multiple Linux systems
in a distributed computing environment. 

Manages system performance, makes recommendations to improve and
implement system wide changes to enhance overall system proficiency. 

Responsible for designing and maintaining a reliable, scalable, secure
and high availability Linux systems environment. 

Support offsite disaster recovery efforts by participating in routine
disaster recovery tests. 

Perform root cause analysis for service interruption recovery; create
preventative measures and present to management. 

Ensure stability, viability and maintenance of the 24/7 mission-critical
production environment. 

Provide for Level 3 escalations.  Lead the L1/L2 teams, to find a
solution and a create implementation plan. 

Work with project managers and technical staff in defining and
documenting technical project requirements 

Ensure systems adhere to IT security policies 

Designs and maintains a repeatable, documented patch deployment
methodology for administrators to implement. 

Interface with hardware and software support vendors 

 Results Expected:

Provide Emergency Support on an as needed basis (24 by 7). 

Continue to provide and grow role as a LINUX subject matter expert and
resource. 

Work with minimal direction and be knowledge seeking. 

Ability to troubleshoot communications protocols [TCP/IP, Telnet,
Ethernet, HTTP, DHCP]. 

Design and document Linux disaster recovery procedures and practices 

Participate in and analyze data for capacity and performance initiatives


Design, document and execute systems tests to complement the technical
testing process 

Implement Linux security controls 

Lead technology based projects 

Evaluate new technology 

Ability to mentor and supervise junior resources in the absence of an
immediate manager. 

Drive the implementation of Linux administration best practices. 

Function as part of a multi disciplined team responsible for optimizing
the systems environment.  

Experience with ITIL 

Evaluate/ implement system administration automation products 

Experience Required/Technical Skills:

In-depth knowledge of the Linux OS (Redhat EL 4.x, 5.x). 

Deep knowledge of system internals (scheduling, memory management,
tcp/ip stack, etc.) 

In-depth knowledge of LDAP, dns, ntp, kickstart, nfs, dhcp. 

Good knowledge of Networking technologies (from systems perspective),
Ethernet, Infiniband (IB verbs an added plus), TCP/IP, multicast, vlan
tagging, RDMA, etc. 

Be able to compile custom Linux kernels and kernel modules. 

In-depth knowledge of Kickstart procedures. 

Create/maintain kickstart environment for dynamic/reproducible system
images. 

Scripting Skills: Perl/bash.  Some java script. Python knowledge a plus.


BA/BS or ten plus years of experience. 

RHCT and RHCE 

Job Location

New York, NY, US.

Position Type

Full-Time/Regular

 

Regards, Joe Sabrin

 

Business Development Consultant

www.dtg-usa.com

253 W. 35th St. - 15th Floor

New York, NY   10001

212-736-9544

joe.sabrin at dtg-usa.com 

 

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