Linux Engineer

Linux Engineer

Responsibilities

• Helps to build, automate and monitor our Big Data processing infrastructure
• Develops tools to automate software deployment and monitoring
• Contributes to development of data processing jobs and supporting software systems
• Accelerates the Engineering Team’s productivity by creating tools, utilities and scripts to address issues with new projects and existing operational procedures
• Provides Linux systems administration support to the Engineering Team
• Automates tasks across a widely distributed data cluster
• Serves as a liaison between development groups and IT, communicating system changes and mitigating possible issues that may affect the Engineering Team

Preferred Skills

• Expert understanding of Linux shell
• Advanced scripting experience using Python, shell script, or Ruby
• In-depth knowledge of infrastructure automation with Puppet, Chef or CFEngine
• Experience in automating widely distributed systems
• Familiarity with Nagios or other IT infrastructure monitoring software systems
• Solid SQL skills
• Understanding of DNS and networking
• Experience in big data (Hadoop, Hive and Spark) is a plus
• Previous roles in QA or QA Automation a plus
• Strong eye for detail
• Excellent communication and writing skills
• Friendly and approachable personality

Job Requirements

• At least 3 years of hands on experience supporting a production 24×7 Linux environment.
• Understanding of virtualization and cloud infrastructure (VMWare, AWS, SoftLayer, Azure)
• At least 6 months experience with one or more automation/configuration management frameworks (Puppet, Ansible, Chef, etc.)
• At least 6 months experience managing a complex web stack (Apache, Nginx, Tomcat/JBoss/other application servers, Redis, memcached, elasticsearch, Apache solr, ejabberd, etc.)

Digital Intelligence Systems, LLC. is an Equal Opportunity Employer, M/F/D/V. Email recruitinghelp @ disys.com to contact us if you are an individual with a disability and require accommodation in the application process.