Sr. Linux Engineer (Sr. Professional)

JOB DESCRIPTION

Sr. Professional Linux/UNIX Engineer

Responsibilities:

The Infrastructure Engineer (Linux/UNIX Engineer) is responsible for supporting Ingram Micro’s Linux/UNIX server environment, from design implementation to support; and handling Incident tickets, Service Request and Change Requests. He/she will perform a wide variety of installations; OS provisioning and configuration; patching; security hardening; and upgrading of servers and related hardware and software. He/she will also provide investigation, root cause analysis, diagnostic testing and troubleshooting. He/she will also be highly involved with Infrastructure related projects, solutions engineering and lifecycle management.

Qualifications:

• Must possess a Bachelor's/College Degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering or any related course
• At least 10 years working experience on UNIX or Linux platform platform (Suse, Solaris, AIX, Redhat, CentOs).
• Ability to write advance shell scripts for systems administration and automation
• Advanced abilities in using systems administration tools, commands and processes.
• Ability to resolve problems independently.
• Ability to provide Engineering solutions for complex issues/projects
• Demonstrates integrity and professionalism in taking responsibility.
• Results-oriented and willing to work on new technologies.
• Able to work independently and self-motivated
• Good communication and documentation skills
• Customer oriented and possess Can-Do attitude
• Basic understanding of Project Management

Required Skills:

• One or more of SLES, Redhat, AIX - Advance Administration and Engineering skills
• Installation and configuration of UNIX/Linux Operating System (Automated/Non-automated)
• Operating system security hardening, patching, installation and diagnostics
• Shell Scripting (KSH, BASH, PERL etc…)
• Skill in Volume Management (LVM, SVM, Storage Foundation etc…)
• Skill in clustering technologies (PowerHA, Veritas Cluster etc…)

Preferred but not required:

• Experience in environment provisioning and deployment. (Ansible, BES, Puppet, etc)
• VMWare ESX/vSphere Administration/automation skills
• Intermediate skill in HA/Cluster servers (HACMP/PowerHA, Veritas Cluster)
• Base knowledge of networking
• Advance understanding of storage systems (SAN, NAS, Multi-Path, RAID)
• Experience in Web Administration and/or basic application support
• Understanding of ITIL best practices

Key Responsibilities:

• Provide support and engineering for SLES, Redhat, AIX and other OS
• Perform regular server patching and server upgrades
• Handle incident, change and service request that come in to the groups queue.
• Install or assist with the installation of business applications.
• Provide solutions to complex issues/problems.
• Apply configuration change and required fix and patches to meet the ongoing customer, business, and technology requirements.