Sr. Linux Systems Engineer

Role:              Sr. Linux Systems Engineer

Location:      Englewood, CO

Work Style:   On-Site

Length:         6 Months with possible extensions

Required Skills: Linux RPM, Docker, Ansible, Terraform, Python, Gitlab

Job Description:

Senior Linux Systems Engineer

***With Automation skills***

Responsibilities :

• Ideal candidate will lead in the planning, design, development, implementation, and execution Linux systems engineering for the our client's datacenter.
• Drives identification and adoption of best-in-class development. Designs, develops and implements platform enhancements and makes recommendations for improvements.

Qualifications :

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering or related field, and / or equivalent work experience
• Minimum eight (8) years of experience in UNIX/Linux engineering/administration
• Solid (RPM and Debian) Linux engineering, troubleshooting, testing and hardening experience
• Experience using new RPM tools like ip, dnf, nmcli ...
• Experience using apt, ubiquity, debian installer, ufw
• Familiar writing, reading and understanding yaml, and json files
• Automation/Scripting skills: perl, bash and python
• Hands-on experience designing, implementing and optimizing Linux file-systems
• Experience with vcenter, vmware ovftool, and hashicorp vault and packer tools
• Knowledge of CIS Workbench hardening, Linux Test Project and eliciting test cases; experience with Linux troubleshooting, hardening, and performance tuning
• Gitlab experience creating workflows, CI/CD pipelines, setting variables
• Ability to read, write and speak the English language to communicate with employees, customers, suppliers, in person, on the phone, and by written communications in a clear, straight-forward, and professional manner
• Can clearly and professionally communicate with peers and solution vendors, both in person and through approved electronic communication means.
• Ability to schedule and coordinate multiple projects, communicate project requirements and objectives.
• Ability to meet deliverable objectives with minimal supervision.
• Understanding of Telco or related service provider services and technologies.

Preferred :

o             Familiar with Test Driven Development (TDD)

o             Experience with LDAP mandatory

o             Experience with API-driven configuration

o             Write and review pull/merge requests in Git

o             Hands-on experience with creating Linux system images and publishing to a repository system such as Artifactory, etc.

o             Red Hat Certified System Administrator certification