Senior Systems Engineer

70 Petabytes of mission critical data and 30,000 servers are waiting for you. Core responsibilities include administration of Linux servers and development of tools to instrument internal operational processes and support.

HPE is looking for a dynamic Senior Systems/Operations Engineer with experience in Cloud, Software, DevOps or Virtual environments. Must be strong in Linux, end user communication and documentation, code development knowledge, application support experience (Java Applications), project leadership and hands on scripting abilities. The right candidate will display innovation, think conceptually and act tactically to build consensus and meet deadlines.

JOB DUTIES:

• Act as technical expert in the Digital Safe Operations team responsible for maintaining and supporting the digital safe environment including performing upgrades, configuring systems, monitoring, troubleshooting, and providing proactive solutions to problems

• Must be able to work on a variety of systems covering a complex assortment of software and hardware configurations.

• Evaluate systems components, systems software, networking infrastructure and hardware peripherals for reliability, performance, scalability and security

• Analyze and tune systems for performance, throughput, resource utilization, high availability, and scalability.

• May be involved with data restoration projects using enterprise level data protection products such as TSM, Netbackup, BackupExec, and Legato Networker

• May be involved with database management and administration using DB2, Postgres and/or MySQL.

• Document and publish installation, configuration, operational and troubleshooting procedures for use by support personnel.

• Assist in departmental planning by making innovative recommendations for improvement in the areas of performance, resource utilization, high availability, scalability, systems management and operations

• Work with other departments within the organization to meet companywide goals.

TECHNICAL SKILLS & REQUIREMENTS:

• Must have at least 5 years of systems administration experience managing Unix systems (Linux, Solaris, AIX, etc.), preferably Linux

• Experience scripting in Perl, PHP or shell is required

• Strong Configuration Management experience is required

• Application Support (Java) experience is a plus

• Software development in Java, C or C++ is a plus.

• Experience working in a cloud environment with multiple layers of networks and operating systems is desired

• Experience with Xen and/or KVM virtualization technology is a plus

• Hands on experience with networking technologies and protocols such as TCP/IP, UDP, DNS, DHCP, ipvadsm, iptables, haproxy, keepalive desired

• Experience administering a relational database or hands on experience with SQL (DB2, MySql, PostgreSQL, Oracle) is desired.

• Experience with email technologies (Exchange, Notes, sendmail, postfix, Apache James) desired