Service Technology Sr. Linux Engineer

Company Description

• IPsoft is a global autonomic services provider, delivering Managed Services, Platform-as-a-Service, Automation-as-a-Service and Autonomic Cloud Orchestration. The company’s mission is to power the world with expert systems.

• IPsoft leverages advanced autonomics that remediate, on average, more than 56 percent of IT Operations tasks including: event management, incident management, change management, request fulfillment and standard operating procedures. We globally support a wide range of enterprise customers, service providers and telecommunications companies. IPsoft’s autonomic technologies enable clients to realize lowered costs, reduced human errors and enhanced service levels.

• Headquartered in New York City, IPsoft has operations in 10 countries across North America, Europe and Asia. IPsoft aims to be a true partner helping businesses achieve better outcomes.

Job Description

Install and configure Linux hosts (generally, but not limited to,

Red Hat)

Create, deploy, manage virtual hosts using VMware

Deploy and configure various Java applications

Deploy and configure various Apache and Tomcat installations

Script common tasks using Perl, Bash, etc.

Plan for and troubleshoot resource bottlenecks

Troubleshoot problems with application, web and database

performance

Find creative solutions to ever-changing technical hurdles

Ability to multi-task on several projects at the same time

Ability to own projects, proactively driving them to completion

within timelines

Ability to quickly learn, and adapt new technologies to our

infrastructure

Use knowledge of open source/existing software to adapt

solutions

Design and deploy existing and new enterprise technologies

Able to multi-task, prioritize, and resolve multiple customer

inquiries at once

Assist with escalations from L1 and L2 engineers

Strong desire to learn new technologies, “can-do” attitude

Qualifications

Very strong Linux/Unix administration and troubleshooting

skills

TCP/IP and basic networking

Configuring Apache and Tomcat servers

Troubleshooting 3-tier (app, web, db) services

Experience using code repositories (svn/git)

Cassandra experience

Configuring and administering MySQL databases

Create and debug MySQL queries

Understanding of DNS and how to configure/troubleshoot it

Configuration Management experience using Puppet/Ansible

MTA administration and troubleshooting

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