INSPYR Solutions is looking for a Sr Unix/Linux Engineer to work hybrid in Atlanta for one of our clients. This is a direct hire/FTE position.



Sr Systems Engineer



Direct Hire/FTE



Hybrid - 3 days a week Onsite in Atlanta



Job Purpose



The Senior Systems Engineer is responsible for creating and maintaining availability and high-performance in UNIX development, non-production, and production environments. This individual works as part of a results-oriented, service-delivery team and assists configuration analysts, release engineers, developers, and operations teams. Additionally, the Systems Engineer performs root cause analysis of problems, selects, and implements automation tools, and actively participates in deeply technical discourse.



Responsibilities



Assist in the design, planning and implementation of server solutions



Tune and design systems infrastructure for maximum available performance



Automation of manual tasks using scripting and application development



Investigate and adopt new technologies/tools as needs arise



Respond to and assist in production operations in a 24/7 environment



Evaluate, test, and integrate new operating system versions, drivers, and patches



Provide technical analysis, resolve problems, and propose solutions



Provide support to, and coordinate with, developers, operations staff, release engineers, and end-users



Educate and mentor team members and operations staff



Participate in a weekly on-call rotation for after-hours support



Knowledge and Experience



5-10+ years of experience with the Linux Operating System (RedHat variants preferred)



Solid experience coding with any combination of Python, Ruby, Bourne, Perl, Java, API's, and others



Experience with automation/configuration management using either Puppet, Chef, Ansible or an equivalent



Familiarity with git, subversion, foreman, katello, Jenkins, or equivalent



Familiarity with DNS, Bind, DHCP, LDAP



Demonstrable knowledge of multi-tiered, highly available, and resilient application design



Knowledge of horizontal and vertical scaling for performance and high availability



Working knowledge of RedHat High Availability Cluster



Docker, Kubernetes, OpenShift or equivalent container platform



Intermediate Linux administration and engineering



Top-tier analytics and problem solving



Ability to perform network analysis with tools, tcpdump, wireshark, tshark



Ability to work in a service-oriented team environment



Project Management, organization, and time management



Customer focused, and dedicated to the best possible user experience



Communicate effectively with both technical and business resources



Desired



Degree in engineering discipline or equivalent experience in Systems Engineering



2+ year of experience with Multi-Factor Authentication



Intermediate understanding of application and server virtualization