Infrastructure Engineer (Unix/Linux)

Are you ready to explore the corporate side of retail? The TJX Companies, Inc. is the leading off-price apparel and home fashions retailer in the U.S. and worldwide. Our brands include T.J. Maxx, Marshalls, HomeGoods and Sierra Trading Post, as well as tjmaxx.com and sierratradingpost.com in the United States; Winners, HomeSense and Marshalls in Canada; T.K. Maxx in the United Kingdom, Ireland, Germany, Poland, Austria and the Netherlands, as well as HomeSense and tkmaxx.com in the U.K.; and Trade Secret in Australia. With nearly $31 billion in revenues in 2015, more than 3,600 stores, and approximately 216,000 Associates, success is always in style at TJX. We at TJX understand that both our customers and the talent pool from which our Associates come are increasingly diverse. Our core values of respect, integrity and fairness are inherent in the relationships we build with each other, our vendors and our customers. We are committed to leveraging the differences among our Associates and customers to create both a diversified mix of talent within TJX and a diversified mix of merchandise within our stores. We consider the unique views and opinions of our Associates to be key to our growth and success in the future.

To provide day-to-day UNIX/Linux systems administration support such as daily-checks on server status, ensuring OS backups, responding to server problems/storage additions, performance problems etc.,

Major Duties/Responsibilities:

• Provides medium to high complexity Infrastructure support activities including off-shift support.
• Designs and completes Infrastructure Engineering and Administration maintenance tasks and analyzes process for improvement
• Performs medium to high complexity Infrastructure changes and implementations
• Participates in the Infrastructure technology design process
• Participates in disaster recovery exercises
• Analyzes potential changes and enhancements to system software and databases to determine impact on existing production systems, system design standards and operating procedures.
• Works as a member of a project team on Business projects. May lead teams on smaller projects.
• Provides direction and guidance to junior associates.
• Performs other duties as assigned
• Contributes to decision making on strategies for Infrastructure changes/enhancements
• Recommends process improvements

Skills/Knowledge

• Requires in-depth knowledge of Infrastructure Hardware and Software Technologies and best practices
• Proficient in configuring highly-secure UNIX/Linux systems.
• Expertise is AIX and Linux OS installs, patching and troubleshooting skills
• Must have UNIX/Linux virtualization experience (IBM POWER VM and VMware) with in-depth understanding of server hardware
• Must be proficient with IBM PowerVM technologies such as Shared Ethernet, NPIV, Dual VIOS, Shared Storage Pool, Live Partition Mobility, SR-IOV etc.,
• Deeper understanding of Linux technologies and tools is a must (RedHat Satellite server, RHN, Storix backup etc.,)
• Experience with Oracle Exadata/Exalogic/Exalytics platform and OVM (Oracle VM) is a big plus
• UNIX security, Sarbanes-Oxley and Audit Compliance experience required
• Expertise in Shell programming is a must for this position to automate day to day System Administration tasks as well as to maintain the existing scripts
• Must have good experience on UNIX/Linux networking, routing technology
• Experience with Automation (vRealize, IBM powerVC) and configuration management tool (CHEF, Puppet, Ansible etc.,) is strongly preferred
• Basic understanding of firewall
• Experience with server Disaster Recovery procedures and practices using storage replication and backups
• Prior experience of leading infrastructure projects and overall Project Management abilities are preferred
• Demonstrated ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously and be able to adapt to changing business needs. Strong follow up skills and problem solving ability is a must.
• Must have strong analytical and interpersonal skills, as well as outstanding written and verbal communication skills.
• Experience of designing and managing Apache/HTTP web server and Wiki portal is a plus
• The following technical skills are a plus: DB2, Oracle DB, WebSphere, Apache, LDAP, EMC Disk/Storage Management, IBM PowerHA, MQSeries, Tivoli Monitoring
• Strong knowledge of the organization, processes and customers
• Advanced in incident and change management principles and best practices

Minimum Experience:

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology or equivalent work experience.
• Minimum 5-7 years of experience installing and building Infrastructure and providing operational support within UNIX/Linux area using the latest technology.

What’s In It For You?

At the TJX Companies, Inc., conveniently located directly off both the Mass Pike and Route 9, you’ll not only enjoy the security of working for a stable and profitable industry leader, but you’ll also enjoy the benefits that go along with it, such as: Medical/Dental/Life insurance, Associate Discounts and a Savings/Profit Sharing 401(k) Plan.

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TJX is an equal opportunity employer committed to workplace diversity.

Posting Notes: Marlborough
|| Massachusetts