Role: Unix/Linux Systems Administrator Location: Lincoln, Nebraska Please share resumes to pgo AT THE RATE OF Comtech-global DOT COM Description/Comment: Senior: Skills equiv. to 6-10 years in comparable position. Will perform UNIX/LINUX systems administration on production and/or development servers. Requires RHEL or AIX, UNIX utilities and UNIX scripting experience with an understanding of hardware. Must have the ability to work in a fast-paced environment and strong written and verbal communication skills. Education: Additional Job Details: Senior Linux Engineer This opportunity is for the implementation team on the Third shift. (10pm – 6am CT, M-F) The Senior Linux Engineer will: • Create and follow processes to implement planned changes to production and non-production systems. • Perform incident response and break-fix triage for infrastructure system issues. • Partner with the business to fulfill requests for service. • Execute and improve vulnerability and resiliency management programs including patch management, infrastructure testing and other proactive maintenance tasks. • Identify and document opportunities and solutions that enhance service delivery efficiency and improve the customer experience. • Develop and utilize scripts to automate repetitive tasks. • Be available when scheduled (rotational with others on team) to provide on-call support after hours and on weekends • 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: • Perform implementation, maintenance, troubleshooting, and remediation services for supported platforms. • Collaborate with application owners to install, configure and deliver third party product installations. • Negotiate dependencies and priorities with stakeholders and internal customers. • Provide subject matter expertise in cross-functional strategic and tactical efforts. • Partner with key vendors to escalate and remediate business-impacting issues. • Provide leadership and mentoring to emerging talent on the team. • Analyze and execute configuration and audit strategies to ensure compliance with policies, standards, and security direction. • Provide 7x24 on-call support (as scheduled) Requirements: • Minimum 3 years’ experience in technology engineering or operations with expertise in Linux technologies within e-commerce or financial services industry. • RHEL Certification preferred • Subject matter expert with the following infrastructure technology: o Linux Server: RHEL 6,7 and 8 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 • Experience with these tools is a plus: o Middleware: AMX/Tibco, 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 and/or GITlab o Remedy o Trend Micro o Ayehu o Python o VMware • Understanding of security and risk as it relates to patch and configuration management, logging, alerting and monitoring. • Extensive troubleshooting, triage, root cause analysis and performance monitoring skills. • Experience with ITIL and/or other similar IT best practice frameworks. • Experience with LEAN methodologies to drive problem resolution and service improvements. • Experience with Agile and/or Kanban methodologies.