LINUX: DevOPs - Senior Linux Automation Engineer / MATRIX Resources, Inc. / Alpharetta, GA Salary

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- We are still interviewing and looking for A+ Systems Engineers.  Please submit if qualified and interested.

SALARY: Up to $120K plus 15% bonus  

POSITION SUMMARY:  

While our company logo is one of the Top 10 most recognized logos in the world, our presence in Atlanta has been minimal.  With Georgia Tech graduating the highest-grade technical talent in the industry, we are making a commitment to build-out our operational talent in Atlanta.  Right now, our Cloud Automation Group is looking to bring on a DevOPs senior Linux Automation Engineer.  This person will be responsible for designing, deploying and supporting the end-to-end infrastructure architecture for one or more infrastructure Services supporting our commercial offerings.

This role will primarily work with R&D, Architects, Project Managers, and Data Center engineers in a virtual team and focus on designing, building and deploying high availability, robust, resilient and supportable solutions.  We are looking for individuals that have grown up in an Operations/Infrastructure group that have been exposed to various aspects of an enterprise Infrastructure (networking, storage, virtualization, hardware, etc.) but have extensive Linux expertise ideally Kernel-level tuning expertise and a deep understanding of software installations and how they work.

We want highly skilled Linux professionals that know everything about Linux and how to manage Internet-based applications/software on top of the Linux platform  installing software, automating the installation process (install packages), automated config changes,  centralized log management practices, Scripting (python, Perl) and creating UI wrappers around command-line IT Operational tools (eg splunk, centrify). 

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES: 

Work as part of a service specific engineering team to design, deploy and support 24x7x365 operations

Work directly with and within the R&D and Program teams to collect the requirements and Designing, building and deploying high availability, robust, resilient and supportable solutions - focusing on the infrastructure and operational elements of designing and deploying a service

Work as part of a virtual team of engineers responsible for defining and driving technology standards across the Service Platforms team

Meticulous attention to detail with an appreciation for the relationship between system reliability and company success

Take new releases from inception to deployment, functioning as both a technical and project lead

Work with R&D Team to build a set of Performance benchmarks, and test each new release of Data Core applications against these benchmarks.

Utilize SDLC and application deployment best practices to design and implement a strategy for ensuring proactive application deployment

Develop scripts/tools to ensure a streamlined/automated application deployment

Develop and utilize performance and capacity management KPI's for proactive management of large distributed infrastructure environment.

Use backup and recovery best practices to ensure critical systems are protected from data loss.

Plan and implement structured validation and test processes to provide evidence that new or changed Services will support the requirements of customers

Provide assurance that Releases are 'fit for use' (meets required specifications) and 'fit for purpose' (delivers required performance)

Translates the Service design (including functional & non-functional requirements) into testing requirements and takes responsibility for testing activities

Presents or makes recommendations on technical issues

Consolidates system data to formulate reports for business managers

Provides training to user community on systems support REQUIRED SKILLS:

4 - 9+ years experience in relevant software or Internet service industry with a service operational background supporting high availability 24x7x365 environments

5+ years as a Linux Systems Administrator or Senior Systems Engineer using Rat Hat or CentOS

Deployment Tools:  CVS, Subversion, Clearcase and Puppet (at least one tool)

Strong Scripting skills eg Perl & Python

Experience with the implementation, and maintenance of kickstart server and yum update.

Familiar with revision control systems (CVS, SVN); deployment tool (cfengine)

Experience with centralized log analysis tools eg syslog-ng

Monitoring Tools: Nagios Professional, Cacti

Understand server virtualization technology such as VMware and kvm PREFERRED SKILLS:

Experience in Internet technologies :  horizontally scaled systems, high-throughput services

Multi-Data Center & Service Continuity Management

Application Servers and Open Source Components: Linux, JBoss.

Apache Lucene, PHP, Data-Grid Technologies

Database Admin : Oracle Coherence, MySQL, MSSQL (Other RDBMs technologies)

Security : Encryption; Network security; Network topology; Cellular Network Connectivity

Protocols: HTTP, SSL/TLS, RTP&RTSP, TCP, UDP, IP inc. v6, DNS, NIS, and NFS. Samba, CIFS, SOAP and REST; Peer-to-Peer Networking, Edge Computing,

Experience working in large load balanced environments including managed switch (from Cisco, Foundry, HP), Firewalls  and Load balancer (F5) Application Requirements

Client will not accept subcontractorsRequired Qualifications:

Python

Excellent Communication Skills

Application Server

Red Hat

PERL

JBOSS

Operating Systems

Apache

Systems AdministrationBenefits/Perks

European Company benefits - great health care

good PTO policy

etc.

8% match on 401K

Employment Type: Permanent

Note: Applicants must be eligible to work in the specified location. No sponsorship is available unless noted in the description above.

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