Play a key role in the development of linux systems service standards, including the selection, design, and management of new systems and procedures
Create systems and processes to support and guide all developers with systems changes (e.g. patching, package mgmt., deployment, config, etc.), and systems performance tuning/optimization
Educate the team, and both enhance and simplify the team’s ability to support troubleshooting and problem solving of linux systems related issues
Define standards for, help create, and maintain documentation necessary for all systems and procedures
Work with the team through improving, managing, and monitoring both new and existing systems modules and features (e.g. replication, clustering, backups, recovery, etc.)
Participate in the continued improvement efforts for our existing/future linux systems infrastructure
Provide 24×7 on-call support for our service infrastructure, as part of a weekly rotation
Mentor and educate new employees and/or interns.
Experience/Skills Required:
3+ years experience designing, developing, tuning, optimizing, deploying and updating linux based systems (CentOS and/or RedHat Enterprise Linux as a focus)
Experience with high volume environment, critical uptime requirements, and cloud deployment and technologies
Configured and managed online backup technologies to ensure disaster recovery and data retention protocols
Experience with systems management services like Puppet, Chef, Salt, etc.
Proficiency in systems administration on Linux/UNIX-based operating systems
Experience with high-availability solutions and architectures
Performance troubleshooting and knowledge interpreting systems events and logs
Strong shell, Perl, and/or Python scripting experience will be a big plus
Familiarity with the concepts and methodologies of DevOps
Experience/Skills Desired:
Experience with terabyte-sized OLTP environment preferred
Prior experience in a Java-driven environment, or in Java programming, considered a plus
Data and Systems Security experience (including experience working in highly secure enterprise database environments, etc.) considered a plus
Solid SQL and PL/SQL skills
Experience with Enterprise monitoring and management frameworks