Senior System Administrator (Storage Engineer)

Company

Qualys, the leading provider of Software as a Service (SaaS) vulnerability management and policy compliance solutions, helps organizations of all sizes discover vulnerabilities, ensure regulatory compliance and prioritize remediation according to business risk – with no infrastructure to deploy or manage. QualysGuard, the company’s flagship on demand service, conducts automated security audits and provides the quickest route to neutralize worms and other emerging threats. Distributed scanning capabilities and unprecedented scalability make QualysGuard the ideal choice for both SMB’s and large, distributed organizations. eBay, Oracle, Cigna and McDonald’s are just a sample of our 250 Fortune 1000 and 3000 + customers.


Responsibilities

The Senior System Administrator Engineer is responsible for the setup, administration, maintenance and troubleshooting of the production, staging, quality assurance and development servers that are involved in running the Qualys flagship QualysGuard service. You are also responsible to architect and design the high availability and high performance/stable/scalable platforms and storage for databases and applications. You will build and deploy new server hardware for the QualysGuard service. Perform ongoing system maintenance, administration, and troubleshooting. Deploy new system and security patches. Analyze performance and identify system bottlenecks.


Qualifications

•Hands-on experience with Linux systems and storage (SAN/NAS) technologies
•1-2 years or more experience in storage systems: NetApp, Hitachi Data Systems, EMC, or related system
•1-2 years or more experience in Linux System Administration
•Solid understanding of SCSI, Fibre Channel, SAN, RAID, I/O
•Storage Sub-Systems and High Availability; knowledgeable with Backup and Restore procedures
•Excellent written and oral communication skills
•Must have experience in production environments requiring continuous uptime
•Must be knowledgeable in: RedHat Linux, shell scripting, PERL, Apache, RPM
•Hands-on experience in building servers, performing installations and troubleshooting