Technical Operations Engineer-Linux Sys. Admin

Req ID: 8071Required Education: Bachelor of ScienceRequired Experience: 3-5 YearsDescription: Hundreds of Linux servers. Thousands of HTTP requests per second. Millions of users. Two sysadmins.We are looking for an IT generalist with Linux and network admin experience in an Internet facing setting to join our team. You will be involved in the design, implementation, and maintenance of the server, network, and datacenter infrastructure beneath our Apache/Tomcat/Java/PostgreSQL apps. You will work closely with our software engineering team to help us enhance performance and scalability while maintaining reliability, robustness, and security. On any given day you might be - • Creating automation to speed server deployments. • Racking and cabling those servers and using your new automation to get them up and running quickly • Setting up a new system to monitor various metrics of the application infrastructure • Troubleshooting a performance issue that you discovered through that monitoring system you setup • Working with a software engineer to determine the infrastructure requirements for a new application • Installing and configuring routers, switches, firewalls, and load balancers to accommodate that new appQualifications:• Independent worker / self-starter. If you don’t know how to do something you consider it a challenge to try to figure it out for yourself. • 3+ years Linux systems administration experience • 3+ years Enterprise level network administration experience • Strong scripting ability (perl, python, shell...) • Experience in a high traffic web environment is a big plus.