Job Description

ektello is working with a Media and Entertainment Client to find a Infrastructure systems engineer in Richardson, TX (to join a growing team). All candidates must be willing and able to work on W2 without sponsorship. No C2C options.

JOB DESCRIPTION

· Drive evolving design and architecture of our provisioning and automation tools

· Working with management, provide guidance for the systems operation’s technical initiatives with clear outcomes

· Perform planning, configuration, deployment, and maintenance work associated with our production environments, supporting tens of thousands of Linux servers globally

· Quickly and efficiently troubleshoot issues to provide outstanding support for customers; determine root cause and implement permanent resolutions for more intricate issues

· Identify areas for process and efficiency improvement within Systems Operations; recommend solutions and assist in overseeing implementation using established best practices

· Provide technical leadership, train, and mentor team of systems administrators

· Develop procedures and tooling that capture domain knowledge

· Evaluate new software / hardware, and develop scalable infrastructure solutions

· Participate in an on-call rotation with a growing team systems administrators and engineers in a 24x7 worldwide presence.

QUALIFICATIONS

· 2+ years’ experience in a role within a senior engineer capacity

· 5+ years of relevant experience in Linux / Unix systems administration, provisioning, configuration, monitoring (Nagios, Zenoss, SNMP, etc) and troubleshooting.

· 2 years of Software development experience and proficiency in well-known language: Python, C, Go, Perl

· Excellent understanding of current methodologies in high performance operations and large-scale implementations.

· Deep understanding of the Linux OS, internals, kernel & filesystems tuning, protocols and services (such as PXE, DNS, HTTP, NFS, CIFS, FUSE) and troubleshooting utilities (strace, sar, vmstat, mpstat, tcpdump).

· Extensive experience in shell/bash scripting and configuration management and orchestration tools (Salt, Puppet, Chef, FAI, Kickstart)

· Expertise in advanced networking subjects (TCP/IP, BGP, VLAN, Bonding/Trunking, switches, routers & firewalls).

· Working knowledge of virtualization technology (KVM, Xen, ESXi, OpenStack, Docker, Kubernetes) and Dell hardware (DRACs, Livecycle Controllers, BIOS, RAID controllers)

· Excellent presentation and communication skills (written and verbal)

· Demonstrate excellent organizational skills. Excellent reporting both upwards and across teams.

· Excellent decision-making, team organization and administration. Ability to assess requirements and make recommendations for resources assignments.

· Excellent ability to direct a team, attract, retain, motivate, coach and develop team members for high performance.

· Ensure the team is trained and leads continued skills development initiatives.

Company Description

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