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Senior Linux Platform Engineer

AT Merrill
Merrill

Senior Linux Platform Engineer

Richmond, VA

Job Description:

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Job Description:

This job is responsible for tool and service designs within a technical domain that enable business strategies in accordance with architectural governance, standards and policies. Key responsibilities include creating infrastructure tools and their integration as a service, facilitating deployment of technical solutions by developing templates, playbooks and automation used during implementation. Job expectations include looking for opportunities to improve efficiency when implementing and maintaining tools/services and embracing a culture of innovation and continuous improvement.

Overview:

We are seeking to fill a senior level Linux engineering position. The ideal candidate will have 7+ years of experience working with Redhat products and a demonstrated record of successful implementations. This position will support the rollout of a Redhat Enterprise Linux with multiple integrations and automation into monitoring and other systems of record and services. The candidate should have a working knowledge of Redhat Operating system, package management (RPM), process monitoring and utilization, and automation. Require working knowledge of Linux deployment and configuration management, with expert skills in Linux Engineering, with ability to design critical infrastructure services that maintain >99.9% uptime.

Responsibilities:

  • Provides subject matter expertise and consulting services on a range of technologies and assists Technical Analysts and Infrastructure Engineers to ensure that technology solutions comply with enterprise system design and engineering standards
  • Assists with translating business requirements into technical definitions, reference models, blueprints, and playbooks for deployment in compliance with architecture standards and policies
  • Assists in the evaluation of reference models, blueprints and playbooks to ensure they are fit for purpose
  • Develops software solutions to address manual and repeatable work or inefficient processes
  • Conducts on-site evaluations of third-party products being considered for firm adoption
  • Promotes an inclusive and healthy working environment and helps to resolve organizational impediments/blockers
  • Contributes to the creation/selection of functional and non-functional product evaluation requirements within and across domains

Required Qualifications:

  • 7+ years of experience working with Redhat products
  • Systems Administration (RHEL 7,8 and 9)
  • Packer/Golden OS image Creation
  • System process utilization and monitoring
  • Automation - Ansible, Bladelogic
  • Programming Skills - Shell, Python, JavaScript, Ruby, etc
  • RPM packaging and yum
  • Version control - git, bitbucket, etc
  • Jenkins CICD
  • Testing, troubleshooting and debugging skills
  • Product Evaluations
  • Clear technical and user documentation skills in English
  • Linux Firewall configuration
  • Selinux/Fapolicyd
  • Redhat Clustering

Desired Qualifications:

  • Bachelor's degree or equivalent work experience
  • Cloud Platforms: AWS, EC2,
  • Virtualization vSAN, (storage), NSX (network)
  • Automation & Orch VCAC/VCO JavaScript
  • Storage VMAX, VNX, FC, FCoE
  • Security Syslog/NG, Splunk/Cloudera, Qualys, VMWare VCM security integration
  • Baremetal

Skills:

  • Analytical Thinking
  • Application Development
  • Automation
  • Production Support
  • Risk Management
  • Adaptability
  • Business Acumen
  • DevOps Practices
  • Solution Delivery Process
  • Solution Design
  • Architecture
  • Collaboration
  • Innovative Thinking
  • Stakeholder Management
  • Technical Strategy Development

Shift:
1st shift (United States of America)

Hours Per Week:
40

Client-provided location(s): Richmond, VA, USA; Chicago, IL, USA; Jacksonville, FL, USA
Job ID: Merrill-JR-24027897
Employment Type: Full Time