Sr. Linux Operations Engineer

Company: Mindlance
Location: Omaha
Posted on: March 28, 2020

Job Description:

Job Title Sr. Linux Engineer Job Location 100 Remote Opportunity Duration 12+ Months Job Description An outstanding career opportunity with a leading provider of securities brokerage services and technology-based financial services. As a critical member of a collaborative operations team, the engineer will execute system support services in 4 major data centers, for approximately 12,000 associates located at over 12 corporate locations, and 11 million external clients. This individual will support the continued life cycle and maintenance of enterprise platforms and must have the ability to provide thought leadership and autonomously lead, with focus business outcomes, impact to the firm, and client service. The Senior Linux Engineer will bull Create and follow processes to implement planned changes to production and non-production systems. bull Perform incident response and break-fix triage for infrastructure system issues. bull Partner with the business to fulfill requests for service. bull Execute and improve vulnerability and resiliency management programs including patch management, infrastructure testing and other proactive maintenance tasks. bull Identify and document opportunities and solutions that enhance service delivery efficiency and improve the customer experience. bull Develop and utilize scripts to automate repetitive tasks. bull Be available when scheduled (rotational with others on team) to provide on-call support after hours and on weekends bull Provide thought leadership to promote the continuous improvement of service delivery and operational practices such as o Propose, design, and implement enhancements to current environment. o Develop actionable plans to improve procedures and systems to mitigate risk, ensure compliance with established industry rules, regulations and best practices. o Assist in developing engineering and operational service metrics. o Create and maintain system run books documenting day-to-day support, maintenance, and troubleshooting knowledgebase of the infrastructure. o Conduct peer review analysis and acceptance for new or modified processes to ensure sustainability and repeatability. o Analyze performance metrics to ensure timely and accurate delivery of services. Responsibilities bull Perform implementation, maintenance, troubleshooting, and remediation services for supported platforms. bull Collaborate with application owners to install, configure and deliver third party product installations. bull Negotiate dependencies and priorities with stakeholders and internal customers. bull Provide subject matter expertise in cross-functional strategic and tactical efforts. bull Partner with key vendors to escalate and remediate business-impacting issues. bull Provide leadership and mentoring to emerging talent on the team. bull Analyze and execute configuration and audit strategies to ensure compliance with policies, standards, and security direction. bull Provide 7x24 on-call support (as scheduled) Requirements bull Minimum 3 yearsrsquo experience in technology engineering or operations with expertise in Linux technologies within e-commerce or financial services industry. bull RHEL Certification preferred bull Subject matter expert with the following infrastructure technology o Linux Server RHEL 6 7 o Shell Scripting o Operational support best practices o Platform Lifecycle Management o Problem identification and resolution o Infrastructure hardware such as chassis and blades bull Experience with these tools is a plus o Middleware AMXTibco, Springboot, TCserver, BW, Apache Tomcat, RabbitMQ, Websphere, IBM MQ o Puppet o Splunk o Docker, Open Shift, or Pivotal Cloud Foundry o BigFix o Tivoli o AppDynamics o Atlassian o BitBucket andor GITlab o Remedy o Trend Micro o Ayehu o Python o Client bull Understanding of security and risk as it relates to patch and configuration management, logging, alerting and monitoring. bull Extensive troubleshooting, triage, root cause analysis and performance monitoring skills. bull Experience with ITIL andor other similar IT best practice frameworks. bull Experience with LEAN methodologies to drive problem resolution and service improvements. bull Experience with Agile andor Kanban methodologies. bull Background working in organizations that provide 24x7x365 support. bull Demonstrated ability to achieve successful outcomes in difficult situations and work with application teams, business customers, and various levels of management. bull Must be able to communicate effectively with technical and non-technical audiences. bull Must be a self-starter with the ability to work independently and in a collaborative team environment. bull Military education or experience may be considered in lieu or requirements above bull Travel 0

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