***We are unable to sponsor as this is a permanent full-time role***
***Remote with occasionally going into the office***
***Tuesday through Saturday Shift***
A prestigious financial company is looking for a Linux Operational Support Engineer. This Linux engineer needs to have 3+ years of experience managing hundreds of servers in a large enterprise environment. This role is focused on 24/7 support and will use technologies like puppet, salt, build RPMS, Linux commands, python/shell scripting.
Responsibilities
- Ensure all systems are healthy ahead of the next trading day.
- Represent the Linux Systems team and take ownership of our portion of large infrastructure projects.
- Gather, organize, document, and clearly communicate project requirements to relevant teams.
- Use the latest in systems management techniques to develop, test, and deploy configuration changes globally.
- Reduce administrative overhead wherever possible, an "automate everything" attitude.
- Identify key performance and capacity metrics and build scalable monitoring systems.
- Play a lead role in several R&D efforts and evaluate emerging technologies.
- Work closely with development teams on capacity scaling and performance tuning.
Qualifications:
- 3+ years’ experience managing a large 24x7 enterprise environment (hundreds of servers, multiple sites)
- Deep understanding of the Linux command line (performance, storage, networking, hardware identification)
- Solid background in configuration management (puppet/salt, build RPMs, deploy updates)
- Exposure to software engineering methodologies (design, testing, version control) and experience in shell and Python.
- Ability to work an offset workweek: Tue. – Sat.
