UNIX Engineer with VM/Cloud

At IPsoft, the days fly by, just ask our Linux Engineers, who troubleshoot critical issues, examine client metrics, maintain documentation, all while identifying opportunities for automation. Linux Engineers combine solid administration and troubleshooting skills with outstanding customer service skills. They’re adept multi-taskers who juggle assignments and own their projects.

• Display your technical prowess and patience to troubleshoot critical issues under pressure
• Spot opportunities for automation
• Hone your multitasking skills between tickets and client projects
• Maintain documentation and SOPs for your clients
• Examine your clients' metrics to improve SLAs, QoS, MTTRs
• Wonder where the day went because time flew by

Qualifications

• BA/BS in Computer Science or related field, or equivalent experience
• Very strong Linux/Unix/Solaris Admininstration and troubleshooting skills including:
• -Job control, soft and hard links, distinctions between the kernel and the shell, shell scripting
• Strong networking troubleshooting ability
• VMware/CLoud Expertise
• Solid ability to write scripts in some administrative language (Perl, bash, sh, etc)
• Knowledge of web servers, security, DNS, filesystems
• A love for facing the unknown on a daily basis
• Excellent interpersonal, verbal and written skills, along with outstanding customer service skills
• Create, deploy, and manage virtual hosts using VMware
• Troubleshoot performance issues within the application, web and database tiers
• Must work well on a team and have a desire to learn new ideas and technologies
• Ability to multi-task on several projects at the same time
• Ability to own projects, proactively driving them to completion within timelines
• Yearning to grow your skills, knowledge and career!

Additional Information

Rockstar skills

Nagios, Java, Perl or PHP, application servers (Tomcat, JBoss, Weblogic, Apache, Websphere, ATG, Resin), SAN/NAS, VMware, Vblock, AWS, Citrix, EMC, NetBackup, Avamar

Configuring and administering MySQL databases and creating queries

Knowledge / use of security and password management software (selinux, ossec, sssd, LDAP, Kerberos)