Senior Systems Engineer - CCNA Job Category: I.T. & CommunicationsJob Description:
US citizen or permanent resident only.
Position Description:
Lead projects with minimal supervision. This position is responsible for designing, implementing, maintaining and evolving the organizations IT infrastructure, ensuring client-based systems and data are operational and available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. This includes all servers, storage, and networking equipment. The Senior Systems Engineer also performs capacity planning, explores new technologies, leads process improvement efforts, and provides new designs that increase our capacity, reliability, security and availability.
Responsibilities:
Design and document system infrastructure and procedures Participate in capacity planning efforts Communicate design options to the Infrastructure Architect Work with project managers, department heads and team members to determine project approaches, parameters and priorities. Communicate plans, status, and issues to management Lead the evaluation, selection and deployment of new technologies and tools Install, configure, maintain and automate a Redhat Linux environment Install and configure third party application components Work with colleagues to optimize overall system performance. This includes working with applications, network, storage, database and server technology Provide support to internal and external clients, including participation in the 24x7 on-call rotation Assist in development of security policies and procedures regarding system and data access Perform system audits, document findings, and publish recommendations Research complex issues, yet knowing when to ask for help Provide senior-level expertise and consultation regarding system configuration and quality Train and mentor other team membersRequired Skills, Knowledge and Experience:
Minimum 8 years related experience, with at least 4 years experience in the following area: Redhat Linux Systems Administration and Network Administration Expert level administration of a production-grade Redhat Linux environment Experience configuring multi-tier JAVA and web-based applications Expert level skills and knowledge in network technologies Cisco networking experience required Knowledge of security monitoring including Intrusion Detection Experience in automating large scale Linux environments utilizing PERL, HTML, Python, PHP and Shell Scripting Intermediate level of understanding information security best practices and principles, including experience creating and maintaining system safeguards required to implement them Experience in 24x7 High availability production/sustaining processes, including lights out support and remote administration Experience in managing equipment installs and availability in a Data Center environment Cisco certification, CCNA required, CCNE or higher preferred Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field; equivalent combinations of education and experience will be considered in lieu of a degreePreferred Skills, Knowledge and Experience:
Exposure to and understanding of VMware virtualization is preferred F5 load-balancing experience a plus Experience with Puppet Automation a plusEmail your resume with ' 207-1101 Senior Systems Engineer - CCNA " in the subject line to (see below)
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