Systems Engineer - Linux

OSTTRA India

TheRole: Systems Engineer - Linux

The Team: The OSTTRA Technology teamis composed of Capital Markets Technology professionals, who build,supportand protect the applications that operate our network. The technology landscapeincludeshigh-performance, high-volume applications as well as compute intensive applications,leveragingcontemporary microservices, cloud-based architectures

Whats in it for you: We are looking for highly motivated technology professionals who will strengthen our specialisms and champion our uniqueness to create a company that is collaborative, respectful, and inclusiveto all.

Responsibilities:

• Install and maintain all server hardware and software systems and administer all server performance and ensure availability for same.
• Help troubleshoot problems with Linux servers, running different versions of Linux, including Red Hat and CentOS Engage in continuous testing of new Linux versions and applications on an on-demand basis.
• Assist with user management, such as creating accounts for new hires and training seasoned professionals on company policies.
• Design and maintain all system tools for all scripts and automation processes and monitor all capacity planning.
• Install and maintain servers. Help automate server maintenance, including running scripts and automated processes.
• Monitor everyday systems and evaluate availability of all server resources and perform all activities for Linux servers.
• Maintain and monitor all system frameworks and provide after call support to all systems and maintain optimal Linux knowledge.
• Perform change control.
• Maintain server uptime and network performance.
• Assist with server documentation.
• Maintain server security.

What Were Looking For:

• Degree in Computer Science, IT, or equivalent area of technical study.
• Minimum 15 years of Industry experience with Linux OS (RHEL, CentOS
• etc).
• Installing, monitoring and upgrading Linux system software on company servers and computers.
• Creating and setting standardized backup and recovery policies, as well as security policies.
• Applying patches and upgrades when necessary.
• Assisting in resolution of hardware/software platform problems in complex, multi-layered environment.
• Analyzing impact of software changes across other functional units.
• Establish, implement, and record Unix Administrator best practices.
• Implementing and managing system to proactively monitor infrastructure.
• Specialty in RHEL 7, 8 and 9 systems
• Strong familiarity with Infrastructure as Code tools such as Ansible, Terraform and Puppet
• Experience with Red Hat rgmanager and/or Pacemaker clusters is a must
• Maintain responsibility for racking/deracking servers and network connections.
• Making recommendations for upgrades to hardware and software based on existing operations, pending needs and available budget.
• Familiarity with multiple information technologies that include server virtualization, cloud based infrastructure, automation, VMWare and AWS.
• Familiarity with high availability, disaster recovery, LDAP and load balancer concepts is a plus.
• Experience with troubleshooting and support Java JBoss applications is a plus.
• Knowledge of best practices and IT operations in an always-up, always- available service is preferred.