[gnhlug-jobs] Senior UNIX Systems Engineer (Sys Admin) Job Opportunity - Cambridge, MA

[Courtney Homer]

The leading Internet TV company has exclusively engaged us to assist them in
hiring an exceptional Unix Systems Engineer for their 24/7 production
environment.  The job description follows.  If you're interested in learning
more, please email me a few times when you're free to chat and the number
you'd like me to call.  I will confirm back with you.

 

If you are not interested at this time, please feel welcome to pass these
details along.

 

Happy 4th!

Courtney Homer

Courtney Homer | President & CEO | CareerEncore, LLC | (617) 242-4443 |
<mailto:chomer at careerencore.com> chomer at careerencore.com |
<http://www.careerencore.com/> www.careerencore.com 

The Senior UNIX Systems Engineer will build, deploy and maintain production
systems in a 24/7 environment. These systems provide services to our
applications in a high density, fault-tolerant data center environment, and
must be scalable, reliable and responsive.

 

Responsibilities: 

 

The Senior UNIX Systems Engineer will work very closely with the
Engineering, QA, and Professional Services to ensure that their systems are
well architected and maintainable.

The Engineer will write and maintain all scripts and will monitor, detect
and resolve issues within the systems and application.

Install and configure UNIX servers and networking components in production,
and pre-production environments.

Provide detailed documentation of systems issues and 24/7 emergency support.

Mentor junior systems administrators as needed and work closely to help
diagnose customer support incidents.

 

Requirements: 

 

10+ years with Linux systems administration (CENT OS/Debian/RHEL).

Extensive experience delivering web applications using Apache and Tomcat.

Extremely comfortable building and working with custom Linux kernels 

Experience working with caching technologies, specifically Content Delivery
Networks Strong knowledge of Networking protocols and configurations,
specifically BGP routing, firewall configurations, Cisco Load-balancing.

10+ years experience deploying and supporting servers in a 24/7 

10+ production environment. 

10+ years with a scripting language such as python, Perl, PHP, etc.

Experience supporting SAN or NAS technologies, specifically Network
Appliance products 

10+ years experience working in a data center (co-location) environment.

Experience supporting databases.

The ideal candidate will possess a strong sense of urgency and high energy
level, react to situations quickly and decisively.

Strong work ethic, resourceful and innovative at tackling complex challenges
in a timely matter.

Flexible and adaptable, ideal candidate should be able to switch gears in
various high-stress situations and apply themselves to quickly learning new
technologies and adopting new methodologies.

Strong communication skills and attention to detail, keeps others in the
company informed and up to date on his or her priorities, current tasks and
work completed. 

Customer Focus and strong commitment to product quality. Champions the
product and the customer's needs and implements a model of continuous
improvement in both company goals and project-related task.

Bachelor's Degree desirable with a concentration in Computer Science is
highly desired.

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