Senior Linux Systems Engineer

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Stand up, monitor, patch and enhance all infrastructure systems
• Migrate existing servers and systems from Rackspace to AWS
• Fine tune MySql databases for better performance
• Handle outages and quickly diagnose problems in the Linux OS based on common tools (log files, application errors)
• Configure systems and tools to automate manual tasks through scripting and scheduling
• Make use of command scripting and scheduling to reduce errors

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

• 5+ Years of systems engineering experience with Linux (Ubuntu preferred) and associated technologies (Apache, Nginx, Systemd, Unicorn, Puma, etc)
• 5+ years administering MySQL databases (Neo4j experience would be nice)
• 2+ years AWS experience
• 2+ years experience in PERL
• Experience with linux configuration / deployment using Ansible (or similar tools)
• Ability to write system scripts in Python, Bash, or similar scripting languages
• Deep understanding of IP Networking (TCP/IP, DNS, HTTP, SSL/TLS, etc)
• Experience with monitoring tools like Nagios
• Experience with platform design at scale in a SaaS environment
• Experience with virtualization hypervisors and/or containerization (ideally Docker)
• Experience configuring LDAP
• Experience configuring OpenVPN
• Experience with Git and CI/CD tools (Jenkins, GitHub, etc) preferred
• Would be a bonus to have experience in: Ruby, Node, AngularJS