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Linux Engineering Manager

NEW YORK-10004, NY, US
10/15/2019

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Required Skills

Python , automation frameworks

Company

Infinity Consulting Solutions, Inc

Experience

10 to 12 Year(s)

Job Description

Hands on Linux Engineering Manager

Responsibilities:

Exercise thought leadership and innovation in the resolution of technical challenges, as well as in the creation of long-term technical roadmaps for global UNIX/Linux

Provide best in class support, solve deeply technical challenges, and communicate technical topics.

Develop and execute a robust platform automation strategy, including system and application deployment automation and configuration management.

Develop and execute a strong measurement and monitoring strategy, including system and service monitoring and performance measurement.

Develop, train and manage a strong global team to manage both existing UNIX/Linux and develop new systems.

Act as escalation manager for highly critical business requests, responsible for driving team members to meet expectations and for working across teams to achieve a common goal.

Actively participate in production outage investigation, resolution, ensuring root-cause analysis is identified and knowledge gained is applied for process improvement.

Review and research solutions for cost effectiveness, compliance to standards and ability to meet future needs.

Monitor and evaluate efficiency of system usage and make

Qualifications

10+ years of working in complex Systems Engineering Environments.

4-5+ years of Unix/Linux experience.

A solid understanding of Linux/Unix operating systems along with networking concepts, particularly with the ability to troubleshoot issues that involve the network, interpreting packet captures, and diagnosing connectivity issues.

5+ years of technical application support and troubleshooting.

3+ years of Technical Lead or Technical Management experience.

Strong troubleshooting and problem-solving capabilities.

Skills

Working knowledge of multi-tier applications and their dependencies including load balancing, TCP/IP networking, web services, LDAP and DNS.

Experience with monitoring tools like as Nagios, Zabbix, and Splunk

Experience with Chef or similar automation frameworks

Proficiency with file servers, including NAS and SAN, and associated protocols to serve files across a network

Excellent interpersonal and communication skills; capable of writing justifications, training users in complex topics, writing status reports, documenting procedures, and interacting positively with other staff
and management

Must be capable of independent problem-solving and self-direction

Ability to handle competing priorities and deliver solutions in a timely manner

Capability to easily change priorities as the business dictates

Basic knowledge of dev ops principles and AGILE development practices, tools and methodologies

Knowledge of business continuity planning/disaster recovery processes, procedures and best practices a plus

Experience in automating repetitive tasks using agile software development practices and tools such as
Chef, Puppet, GIT, BASH and Python Scripting a plus

Principle Accountabilities

Manages a team of engineers and provide support to technical teams and the business.

Assesses risk levels, solves problems creatively, and communicates effectively in a very fast-paced environment where multitasking, sense of urgency, and attention to detail is critical.

Deploys in-house and 3rd party applications with a keen focus on automation and hardening.

Identifies and resolves performance issues and bottlenecks.

Collaborates with our Global Information Security team to provide secure solutions.