Beschreibung
Linux/Unix Engineer
We are currently looking for a Senior Linux/UNIX Systems Engineer in the Zurich office. You will be delivering projects and solutions to our external customers. In this role you will also be responsible for providing technical/production support for critical infrastructure and business services running on Linux- and UNIX-based systems. You will perform complex activities associated with Operating Systems Support. Additionally, the Senior Linus/Unix Systems Engineer will cooperate and coordinate with other parties as required, both with the customer and with vendors.
- Support design, planning, implementation and integration of Linux- and UNIX-based projects and solutions in cooperation with customer, vendor, application support, Storage, DBA and Windows teams etc.
- Support of life cycle projects
- Monitor systems and services, resource utilization, for problem detection/alarming, trend analysis, capacity planning
- Work within established configuration and change management policies to ensure awareness, approval and success of changes made to the IT infrastructure
- Provide level 2/3 support and troubleshooting in case of issues
- Liaise with vendors and other IT personnel for problem resolution
- Root cause analysis
- Be available for 7x24 on-call support
- Establish standards for UNIX/Linux OS installation and configuration
- Support and maintain IT infrastructure applications
- Execute pro-active maintenance
- Ensure and improve availability to meet agreed SLAs
- Execute Disaster Recovery (DR) tests in cooperation with application support teams
- Provide consulting and guidance to Operations teams
- Create, revise and update technical documentation (standards, procedures, processes)
- University degree in a computer-based discipline (Computer Science, Information Systems) or equivalent experience
- 5 years related infrastructure experience, at least 7 years working in an enterprise environment
- Strong Linux/Unix System Administration skills with understanding of network administration
- Solid understanding of network protocols and tools, routing, Firewalls, load balancers
- Strong programming/Scripting skills - Shell, Python, Perl
- Linux know-how: Red Hat Enterprise Linux, Red Hat Kickstart, Red Hat Satellite, Ansible, LVM - certification a plus
- UNIX know-how: HPUX, Solaris
- Services: RADIUS, LDAP, Active Directory, NIS, Samba, NFS, DNS,
- Clustering: Red Hat Cluster, Veritas VCS, HP ServiceGuard
- Monitoring tools: Nagios, Cacti
- Configuration management and automation Tools: Ansible, Cfengine
- Performance monitoring and tuning
- Version control systems: Subversion, git, ect.
- VMware and Windows knowledge
- Familiarity with ITIL-based processes beneficial
- Strong written and verbal communication skills
- Highly analytical and structured
- Ability to think across boundaries
- Team player
Experience in the following technical areas is required:
- Strong Linux/Unix System Administration skills with understanding of network administration
- Solid understanding of network protocols and tools, routing, Firewalls, load balancers
- Strong programming/Scripting skills - Shell, Python, Perl
- Linux: Red Hat Enterprise Linux, Red Hat Kickstart, Red Hat Satellite, Ansible, LVM - certification a plus
- Other UNIX: HPUX, Solaris
- Services: RADIUS, LDAP, Active Directory, NIS, Samba, NFS, DNS,
- Clustering: Red Hat Cluster, Veritas VCS, HP ServiceGuard
- Monitoring tools: Nagios, Cacti
- Configuration management and automation Tools: Ansible, Cfengine
- Performance monitoring and tuning
- Version control systems: Subversion, git,
- VMware and Windows knowledge
- Familiarity with ITIL-based processes beneficial
- Fluent English
- German a plus