UNIX/Linux Engineering & Platform Support

Description

Client is looking for a UNIX/Linux Engineer for its Jersey City, NJ location. This is a permanent opportunity with an industry leader in the online financial services industry.Works at the highest systems level to provide expert advice and counsel to users. Evaluates new technologies and develops departmental standard practices. Recognized as technical expert within the department and organization in a specific engineering discipline. Identifies or reacts to problems related to the technology infrastructure or in support of the UNIX and Linux environments. Has the ability to demonstrate a broad knowledge level across multiple areas of information technology. The candidate may be involved as a key team member on strategic or enterprisewide technology issues.The UNIX/Linux Engineering Team responsibilities include, end to end responsibility for all Linux and UNIX based operating system and server platforms related functions which include but not limited to Design, implementation and operation of all UNIX/Linux Server Infrastructure Design, implementation of UNIX and Linux based virtualization strategies. Design, implementation of UNIX based desktop strategies Design, implementation of Workflows for deployment, management & interaction with enterprise CMDBThe engineer must have expert understanding of Enterprise Linux and server hardware. Strong understanding of networking and IP address management is required. Strong understanding of software architectures, software lifecycle tactic, and system development. Must be able to communicate effectively with technical and nontechnical audiences. Needs to have a good understanding and experience of server and client side architectures and systems design. Should have an understanding of current industry trends and their advantages with ability to right fit into an existing environment. Must be a selfstarter with the ability to work independently and in a team environment. Understands requested changes to the tool, its configuration and implications to all user areas. Works with all development areas to scope, develop and test approved changes. SKILLS Primary Objective and Role Responsible for the providing comprehensive support for design, implementation, and 3rd level support of all UNIX and Linux systems and its associated infrastructure. Excellent time management and organizational skills. Must be able to prepare, present, review, and maintain technical documentation when necessary.Define and implement automated system installation/configuration procedures.Establish the appropriate environment and project life cycle for Development, Testing, and Deployment.Create System Run Books, defining daytoday support, maintenance, troubleshooting of the infrastructure.Analysis of existing installations.Establish performance models and validation techniques.Recommend changes and improvements to the current environment.Work closely with the Development and Operations to ensure the readiness of the applications and the appropriate support are in place.Document all operational processes and procedures to manage all aspects of the deployed systems.Knowledge Extensive troubleshooting and performance monitoring skills.Extensive experience of the following Novell SUSE Linux Enterprise Server IBM System z10 (zVM, zLinux) SUN Solaris Operating Systems X86 hardware architectures SPARC hardware architecturesHigh Availability strategies Shell Scripting, PERL a Must Python, Java, C, PHP a Plus Knowledge of Application Servers such as Tomcat, Websphere.Strong understanding of network infrastructure and systems engineering.Must understand network architecture and specific network components. Skilled in the development or reengineering of systems and processes. Development and Operations background with excellent troubleshooting and problem solving skills. Understanding of network communication protocols (TCP/IP etc).Application load balancing and recovery mechanisms a plus.Skilled in the development or reengineering of systems and processes. Strong knowledge and understand of the following Failover and recovery mechanisms (Cisc LD/CSM, Session Servers, etc). Network infrastructures (PIX, CSM, LD, GLB, etc). Network communication protocols (TCP/IP, HTTP, SSL/TLS, RMI, RPC, etc). Systems and Database (SQL / Oracle) administration is a plus.