Job Description

Job Overview

We are seeking a highly skilled and experienced Senior System Engineer to join our dynamic team. The ideal candidate will possess a strong background in systems engineering and be proficient in various programming languages and technologies. This role is crucial for designing, implementing, and maintaining complex systems that meet our clients' needs. You will work collaboratively with cross-functional teams to ensure system integrity and performance.

As a Virtualisation & Compute Unix Administrator you would be focused on build, implementing, and supporting of Vocalink Core Services of Virtualisation & Compute platforms (Redhat, OEL, Solaris, OVM, VMware).

The role requires a focus on service to ensure that all SLA's and availability targets are met.

The role also requires thought leadership and an ability to drive IT initiatives that continually improve our efficiency, agility, performance, availability, and operational excellence.

Responsibilities

Coordinates the building and maintaining of system and platform technologies and environments, including associated software products Performs lifecycle management for supported hardware platforms, including technical refresh planning and capacity upgrades Participates in the planning and implementation of system/platform updates to optimize performance, efficiency, and capacity Performs holistic platform security posture, which includes identifying risks, escalating potential concerns, and implementing both risk mitigation plans and control functions Completes status reports, troubleshooting guides, and project plans to provide in-depth technical assistance to development programmers and customers Resolves chronic complex problems, providing managerial operational support to maintain systems and platforms May perform financial planning, forecasting, and budget tracking to reduce total cost of ownership and allocate resources efficiently Assist 3rd line support in the analysis of root causes of all major issues, planning redesigns where appropriate. Work in partnership with 3rd party suppliers, understanding and implementing industry best practice across our technology stack.
Experience

Experience leading a major work stream or multiple smaller work streams for a large platform system domain initiative, often providing technical guidance and advice to ensure consistent deployment of solutions Implement UNIX/Linux/Platform installs and upgrades Implement UNIX/Linux/Platform 3rd Party Software installs and upgrades. Document and manage change to existing hardware/software platforms. Experience setting priorities, objectives, and driving deliverables within global technology domains and sub-domains Experience engaging with the broader technical community to anticipate developments in innovation, often evaluating new solutions and recommending future business platform system requirements Experience performing process improvements and automation activities for operational and financial value, applying tools and technologies Successfully served as a go-to-person to resolve and prevent platform system infrastructure issues, deriving impactful solutions
Technical and Professional Skills: -

RedHat and/or OEL - Advanced Solaris 10 & 11- Advanced Solaris Zones & LDOM's - Intermediate Patching & Live upgrades - Advanced Volume Managers, ZFS, VXFM - Advanced Clustering experience - Advanced Virtual Machine Management (OVM) - Advanced VMWare - Intermediate HCI experience (VxRail, Stack or) - Advanced Converged experience (Exadata, Supercluster, PCA) - Advanced Chassis / Blade based server technology - Advanced X86 hardware - Advanced Networking skills TCP/IP, DNS, SSH, DNS, LDAP - Advanced Automation (Python,) - Advanced Jumpstart - Intermediate Satellite - Intermediate Splunk - Basic Qualys - Intermediate Broad experience across ITIL Service Management disciplines. Storage technologies (DellEMC, HP) - Intermediate Backup technologies - Basic Atlassian experience - Jira, Confluence - Intermediate Agile methodology awareness (Scrum/Kanban) - Intermediate Terraform & Ansible - Advanced DevOps Tooling (Ansible, Git) - Advanced Infrastructure As Code experience - Advanced Infrastructure & Network awareness - Advanced At least one shell scripting language (Bash, Bourne, Perl, C-Shell) HSM experience - Intermediate

Responsibilities

Design and implement robust UNIX-based systems to enhance operational efficiency. Manage and optimize cloud infrastructure, ensuring seamless integration with existing systems. Collaborate with cross-functional teams to develop and maintain system architecture. Utilize SQL and Python for data management and automation tasks. Troubleshoot and resolve system issues, ensuring high availability and performance. Document system configurations and procedures for future reference.
Job Type: Fixed term contract
Contract length: 6 months

Pay: 70,000.00-80,000.00 per year

Benefits:

On-site parking
Schedule:

Day shift Monday to Friday
Work Location: In person