Thursday 31 July 2014

Senior Systems Engineer | LinkedIn | San Francisco Bay Area


Senior Systems Engineer | LinkedIn | San Francisco Bay Area


Senior Systems Engineer

LinkedIn - San Francisco Bay Area

Posted 1 day ago
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Job description

Responsibilities:


Reporting to Senior Engineering Manager, key position for supporting LinkedIn’s mission critical QA, test and engineering environment.

Develops and maintains shell, Python and/or Ruby scripts to enhance deployment and monitoring framework.

Develops and maintains comprehensive documentation for multiple environments.

Designs and oversees mission critical systems configurations for Redhat Enterprise Linux and Mac OS X servers.

Troubleshoots systems and network problems, collaborates with end users to resolve issues.

Designs and manages change control procedures on both RHEL and OS X.

Coordinates with engineering developers to make systems and applications changes.


Required Qualifications & Abilities:


Ability to write and maintain shell, Python and/or Ruby scripts to automate processes and enhance productivity.

Experience developing tools and processes for configuring and managing large numbers of servers.

Ability to demonstrate expert knowledge of operating system internals, file system structures and machine architectures in Linux and OS X operating environments.

Experience using enterprise cluster technologies.

Extensive experience with automated installation tools such as Kickstart.

Experiencing implementing and maintaining a system management tool such as CFEngine.

Ability to work off-hours for systems upgrades, emergencies.

Ability to solve problems quickly and decisively.

Team player who is flexible and able to work with end-users and production issues simultaneously.

Strong project management and communication skills.

Experienced working in dynamic, fast-paced Dev-Ops environment with well-developed practices and procedures.

Experience running mid-size 24x7 business critical systems (more than 2000 servers).

Proficiency in compiling, customizing and supporting tools and products obtained from source code.

Good understanding of administering network equipment including firewalls, routers, load balancers and switches.

In-depth knowledge of TCP/IP and administration of NFS and NIS.

Experience supporting mobile engineering development environments a plus.

Redhat and/or OS X Linux Certification a plus.


Desired Experience:

7+ years professional experience administering one or more enterprise level Linux, UNIX, or BSD operating environments.

4+ years professional experience administering utilities such as Sendmail, Bind, SSH.


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