Job Description:
The successful engineer in this role will:
- Understand how commodity servers, operating systems and
network’s function, perform and scale.
- Design server monitoring and management solutions using
automation and self-repair.
- Create processes that enhance operational workflow and
provide positive customer impact.
- Avoid re-inventing the wheel and prefer appropriately
simple, repeatable solutions over more complex and failure prone ones.
- Recognize and adopt best practices in documentation,
testing, security, operational support at scale, and efficient use of
resources.
Core Requirements:
- In depth knowledge of & experience deploying and
operating Linux or other UNIX variants in a datacenter environment.
- Strong system troubleshooting skills.
- Proficiency and experience in automation via
Perl/Python programming and shell scripting.
- Good understanding of standard internet protocols
(Ethernet, ARP, IP, ICMP, UDP, TCP, SSL, DNS, HTTP, etc.)
- Demonstrable grasp of security best practices in server
configuration, tool development, and access controls.
- Experience in building SQL queries.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Knowledge of C, C++ or Java.
- Knowledge of VCS (git, mercurial, svn).
- Understanding of AWS technologies (aws.Client.com).
- Experience deploying or managing servers in
large-scale, geographically diverse environments.
- Understanding & experience of managing and
monitoring large scale disk sub-systems.
- Operational knowledge of common enterprise switching
and routing platforms
