Senior Systems Engineer at Solera

The Role

We are seeking a technically skilled & highly motivated individual to work within our growing Global IT Organization. This role requires a range of experience supporting Linux servers running customer-facing and internal applications.

What You’ll Do

• Effectively deploy, configure and maintain Linux servers in a Data Center environment.
• Be accountable for server health, uptime, monitoring and disaster recovery.
• Routinely patch, remediate and secure operating systems in alignment with security policies.
• Create and maintain standardized OS templates and employ automation to rapidly deploy virtual machines.
• Assist project teams in technical design, strategy, planning and implementation of server and software rollouts.
• Perform daily operational tasks such as completing change requests, resolving trouble tickets, server monitoring and problem triage.
• Produce and maintain server documentation
• Adopt DevOps practices to drive the use of automation to simplify routine tasks.

What You’ll Bring

Key skills

• Linux server installation, configuration and administration (RedHat, Centos, )
• Scripting and other automation (ie Shell, Ansible, Perl or Python)
• Performance tuning and troubleshooting
• Apache Tomcat configuration
• VMWare, Networking and storage fundamentals
• Good, clean documentation skills

Desirable skills

• Windows Server and IIS administration
• OS security and server hardening
• Software deployment tools (Octupus, Jenkins, GIT, etc)
• Linux management tools (Satellite, Katello Foreman, Satellite or Spacewalk)
• Monitoring tools (Icinga, New Relic, Opsview, Zabbix, etc)
• Disaster Recovery methodologies and implementation
• AIX, Linux and/or Solaris Knowledge

Experience

• 7+ years experience supporting Linux servers in a production environment.
• Undergraduate degree in computer science or related field preferred, or equivalent work experience.
• Working experience in a multi-platform, multi-data center IT environment.
• Experience automating tasks using scripting languages like shell (bash, csh, etc), Perl or Python
• Proven experience supporting web-based applications running on Apache Tomcat
• Experience creating and maintaining good server documentation.

Personal Characteristics

• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
• Willingness to identify, implement and drive improvements.
• Proactive, enthusiastic and output driven.
• Flexibility with regards to working outside normal business hours as required.