IT Engineer

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Install/Configure/Support Linux OS and engineering infrastructure across on-prem, lab/datacenter, and hybrid cloud environments.
• OS lifecycle management: Image creation, patching, upgrades, hardening, baseline configuration, and standardization
• Maintain platform reliability through disciplined operation: Incident Response, Root Cause Analysis, and continuous improvement.
• Design and implement infrastructure automation using Python and modern automation frameworks (e.g. Ansible) to support Infrastructure as Code and self-service capabilities
• Work with global team to provide support and complete IT projects.
• Assist with hardware / software installation and troubleshooting in lab / datacenter spaces (rack/stack coordination, validation, break-fix as required)

PREFERRED EXPERIENCE:

Linux Platform Engineer general experience of Unix/Linux system administration with:

• 8+ years of experience of Unix/Linux systems administration in physical, virtual / cloud environment.
• Demonstrate passion to learn, ownership and getting things done.
• Strong programming experience to deploy automation using Python & Ansible for Infrastructure as Code & self-service capabilities.
• Working knowledge of HPC environments including cloud providers like Azure, GCP, AWS
• Basic understanding of network administration: TCP/IP, DNS, routing, firewall and load balancing

• Experience with VDI technologies like Citrix / ETX
• Experience with Virtualization such as: KVM / Xen / VMware / Kubernetes
• Experience with Server hardware and deployment in Datacenter
• Experience with NAS (NFS & CIFS) storage like NetApp, Isilon & Nasuni
• Experience with LSF (Load Sharing Facility)
• Experience working within secured, firewall-controlled enterprise network
• Large cluster management tools such as: Puppet, CFengine
• Experience with monitoring tools such as Nagios, ELK stack, Kibana/Prometheus

ACADEMIC CREDENTIALS:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Science or Engineering