Senior Linux Virtualization Engineer
Afiniti
- Pakistan
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Application integration, architecture, engineering, and support of the Afiniti in house and client remote servers and storage systems.
- 24x7 support of Production appliances and related /associated supporting systems
- Design, implement, and support the computing systems, including both physical and virtual systems, and perform configuration, maintenance, support, and engineering tasks
- Support Afiniti application development, including determining required patches, packages, permissions, software configuration, etc.
- Coordinate with Security, Operations/Engineering, and other functional teams to ensure standards are maintained when systems are customized to support Afiniti development efforts
- Production support of new engineering solutions and initiatives.
- Standardization, Optimization, and automation of systems
- Perform routine systems admin functions to maintain all Linux /Virtualization servers
- Recommend, design, and implement systems management and automation solutions
- Design, configure and tune highly-available Linux systems
- Assist in implementing, executing, maintaining, and documenting proper DR and BC as well as high availability procedures.
- Participate in deployments, upgrades, and maintenance
- Maintain the patch levels of all OS and application patches on all systems using automated systems
- Graduate degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent
- 5 - 9 years of experience engineering and supporting Linux (RHEL/CENTOS) and Virtualization (Citrix Xen/VMware /RHEV/ KVM) in a large-scale environment
- Experience supporting computing technologies for researchers (experience within a multinational IT Software and services development environment is preferred)
- Ability to be on-call 24x7
- Strong organizational and analytical skills
- Experience supporting Functional and production development efforts, custom applications, etc.
- Ability to work both independently and as part of a team
- Dependability and reliability
- A methodical and disciplined approach to problem-solving
- Ability to manage multiple simultaneous projects with minimal supervision
- Demonstrated experience with advanced configurations such as high availability, SAN/NAS Storage, FC Switches, virtualization, performance tuning, etc.
- Experience working within a dynamic R&D environment
- Experience researching, evaluating, and supporting new technologies
- Experience supporting enterprise-class applications and databases
- Experience deploying Linux on x86 rack-mount server and blade platforms
- Experience connecting Linux systems to enterprise storage, and understanding of appropriate use cases for SAN and NAS
- Experience connecting Linux systems to TCP/IP networks, configuring, troubleshooting, tuning, etc.
- Excellent Expertise mandatory with server virtualization technologies
- Strong scripting skills with experience in Perl, Python, PHP, Bash, or other scripting languages
- Implemented automatic configuration system (Ansible, Puppet, Chef, CFEngine, etc.)
- Strong Linux security skills/experience
- Experience setting up and deploying systems with Red Hat Satellite
- Must be bilingual in English with good command of Written and Spoken English.