systems engineer

Job Description & Requirements:

. Manage and monitor all installed systems and infrastructure

. Install, configure, test and maintain operating systems, application software and system management tools

. Proactively ensure the highest levels of systems and infrastructure availability

. Monitor and test application performance for potential bottlenecks, identify possible solutions, and work with developers to implement those fixes

. Maintain security, backup, and redundancy strategies

. Write and maintain custom scripts to increase system efficiency and lower the human intervention time on any tasks

. Participate in the design of information and operational support systems

. Provide 2nd and 3rd level support

. Liaise with vendors and other IT personnel for problem resolution

Requirements and skills

. BS/MS degree in Computer Science, Engineering or a related subject

. Proven working experience in installing, configuring and troubleshooting UNIX /Linux based environments.

. Solid experience in the administration and performance tuning of application stacks (e.g.,Tomcat, JBoss, Apache, Ruby, NGINX)

. Solid Cloud experience, preferably in AWS

. Experience with virtualization and containerization (e.g., VMware, Virtual Box)

. Experience with monitoring systems

. Experience with automation software (e.g., Puppet, cfengine, Chef)

. Solid scripting skills (e.g., shell scripts, Perl, Ruby, Python)

. Solid networking knowledge (OSI network layers, TCP/IP)