Linux Systems Engineer
Seattle, WA, United States
Title: Linux Systems Engineer
Location: Seattle, WA
Openings: 3
Type: Long-term Contract
We're looking for an experienced Linux System Engineer who enjoys solving problems and building new things using a combination of creativity and technical rigor. You don't have to know everything (that's why you're on a team), but we do expect good judgement and a desire to learn. If you can help us out, get in touch!
Responsibilities:
Work on a project-focused team of other SEs
Help manage a Linux-based ecommerce environment with about 3000 servers
Collaborate with developers to architect and enhance production application deployments
Monitor system performance and plan for future scaling
Skills and abilities you should bring to the table:
5-10 years or more of UNIX/Linux system administration experience
Experience supporting highly available, customer-facing services in a 100+ server environment
Operational automation skills using shell, Perl, or Python
Understanding of TCP/IP networking fundamentals
Experience with open source server software such as Apache, Memcache or Kafka
Customer-focused mindset
Excellent communication and collaboration skills
Ability to balance competing priorities
Nice-to-have experience:
Operational familiarity with configuration management systems such as CFEngine and Salt
Experience with server virtualization (Xen preferred)
Experience configuring hardware load balancers (F5 preferred)