Linux Administrator

Quick Facts

• Role: Linux Administrator (systems engineering and production support)

• Focus: Linux platform health, patching/upgrades, and troubleshooting backend application issues

• On-call: Participates in an on-call support rotation

Description

You will support systems engineering activities including operating system technical support, systems programming, and data center capabilities. The role includes platform health checks, applying patches, assisting with upgrades, and triaging/troubleshooting Java, .NET, and Oracle backend applications. You will also navigate product outages, detect performance bottlenecks and anomalous system behavior, and help determine root causes of incidents.

Responsibilities

• Participate in the design, development, and implementation of systems engineering activities

• Provide operating system technical support and systems programming support

• Assist in establishing input/output processes and working parameters for hardware compatibility

• Coordinate subsystem design and integration of the total system

• Perform platform health checks, apply patches, and assist with upgrades to the platform and agents

• Triage and troubleshoot backend Java, .NET, and Oracle applications

• Identify performance bottlenecks, detect anomalous system behavior, and determine root cause of incidents

• Use independent judgment to make sound, justifiable decisions and take appropriate action

• Resolve complex production issues independently or in team settings

• Participate in an on-call support rotation

Requirements

• Demonstrated systems engineering experience with the ability to perform complex engineering, troubleshooting, and production support activities

• Experience with one or more Application Performance Monitoring (APM) tools (Aternity, Gomez, APM/BPM, SiteScope, VuGen, Introscope, AppDynamics, Dynatrace, Glass Box, Splunk)

• Experience with Windows and Linux engineering

• Experience with SQL or Linux shell scripting

• Basic knowledge of middleware technologies such as WebLogic, WebSphere, and Tomcat

• Excellent analytical, troubleshooting, and problem-solving skills

• Understanding of resource utilization and capacity planning

• Ability to resolve complex production issues independently or in a team

• Participate in an on-call support rotation

Benefits

Not specified in the provided posting.