Monday, June 6, 2011

Senior Linux Engineer

Job Title:  Senior Linux Engineer

Location:  Elk Grove Village , Illinois

Duration:  9-12 month contract that could be extended

Rate:  $75/hr

 

 

PRIMARY Responsibilities/Duties/PROJECT:

  • Develops Linux solutions in support of applications development projects
    • Defines technical architecture for Linux systems
    • Performs acceptance testing of hardware and software solutions
    • Conducts project system design reviews
    • Studies vendor products and makes recommendations to management based on the needs of the company and the ability to integrate with existing systems
  • Provides support for Linux hardware and software technologies
    • Monitors daily operations of server environment
    • Installs, configures, and maintains servers
    • Analyzes and coordinates resolution of server-based problems.  Interfaces with vendor support groups and other departments to ensure proper escalation and coordination towards problem resolution
    • Interfaces with Storage Management, Distributed Infrastructure Services, Operations, and Coverage groups as required
  • Provides support for Linux server application development activities
    • Creates application development environments for development, staging, and production
    • Develops server standards and ensures application development groups adhere to standards
    • Participates in production implementation planning, including scheduling and development of associated implementation processes
    • Performs copies, moves, etc. of application components during application development production implementation
  • Works closely with application development business area management and staff on server configurations and network design
  • Establishes hardware and software standards – evaluation, selection, and certification
  • Develops, publishes, and maintains documentation related to projects, hardware and software configuration
  • Prepares proposals, cost benefit analyses, feasibility studies
  • Prepares status reports and problem summaries as required
  • Requires individual to carry pager/cell phone - will be expected to work non-business hours to resolve production problems and perform scheduled off-hour activities

                                                                               

 

REQUIRED WORK EXPERIENCE:

  • 5-7 years experience with UNIX and Linux servers
  • Strong working knowledge of the following:
    • Linux operating systems, specifically Red Hat and SUSE Linux
    • Linux clustering technology, specifically RHEL Clustering and VCS
    • x86 hardware, firmware and device drivers for HP Proliant servers
    • Linux software distribution and recovery tools including rpm, RHN, Satellite server, Kickstart.
    • Linux disk management tools including Logical Volume Manager (LVM) and Veritas Volume Manager
  • Working knowledge of the following:
    • Networking topologies and associated protocols (TCP/IP), including NFS, VXFS, VxCFS and DNS
    • Database Management software, specifically MySQL and Oracle 9i, 10g, RAC
    • Storage subsystems hardware and software, specifically HP/HDS storage subsystems, Brocade switches, NAS
    • Firewalls, load balancers, layer 3 switches, middleware technologies, including Weblogic Server, Jboss, Apache, Wiki, MQ Series/TIBCO
  • Familiarity with systems management technologies and product solutions including J2EE design strategies

 

 

REQUIRED EDUCATION:

  • BS or BA in computer science or related field

 

 

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

Platforms:              Red Hat, SUSE Linux, Enterprise UNIX
Databases:            MySQL, Oracle

Languages:           Shell Scripting, Perl, Python, TCL

Other:                     LVM, VxVM, RH Clustering, Veritas Clustering, Wiki

 

 

 

Thanks & Regards

 

David. P. Desai

Com-data Consulting Inc.

david@comdataus.com / david.sigma.p@gmail.com

http://www.linkedin.com/in/davidsigma

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