[BBLISA-jobs] Looking for a Systems Engineer at Zipcar.

[Andres Plaza]

Overview:

Zipcar, the world’s largest car-sharing company, is looking to add new talent to our team.



Today, Zipcar provides hundreds of thousands of people with a viable alternative to traditional car ownership, saving them money, time and headaches. Around the world—from coast to coast, across Canada, the UK, and college campuses in between—people are making the decision to live car free and enjoying the convenience and environmental benefits of having “wheels when you want them”.



As we continue to grow our operations, we are looking for talented, passionate people with great ideas to join the family. We aim to create an environment that is supportive, diverse, and as fun as our brand. If you’re results-oriented, dedicated, and ready to contribute to an unparalleled member experience for our community of Zipsters, we encourage you to apply.



To learn more about Zipcar, what we do, and how we do it, visit zipcar.com. For further employment opportunities, visit zipcar.com/about/jobs.

Responsibilities:

Responsibilities include but are not limited to the following:

  *   Support the activities of the information services department in accordance with organizational policies and goals.
  *   Ensure proper functioning of company's information processing systems, including computers, telecommunications, and networking required to support Zipcar production environment and office operations.
  *   Help business operations utilize information systems to improve efficiency and reduce costs.
  *   Responsible for implementing and monitoring best practices processes, including security and data retention as required with PCI and Sarbanes-Oxley compliance.
  *   Participate in 24/7 on-call rotation supporting Zipcar production environment.
  *   Work in close concert with the engineering support to support our external member-facing systems, and to ensure proper integration where required with our internal systems.

Qualifications:

  *   At least 5 years of system administration experience; you have deep understanding of the technologies you work with, and you can solve most problems independently.
  *   You have supported 24/7 production environments with 99.99% availability requirements.
  *   Your OS of choice is Linux, Redhat and/or Debian distributions, but you are also comfortable using and managing other OS’s.
  *   You have deep understanding of network protocols, from top to bottom: application protocols (HTTP, DHCP, DNS, SMTP), IPSEC and SSL VPN, TCP/IP stacks, Ethernet network building, management of external Internet services (ISPs, domain registrars, hosting providers).
  *   Your solutions are simple, robust, and well documented.

Bonus points:

  *   vSphere experience is a plus; VCP certification or possession of equivalent skills are a very large plus.
  *   Experience with Cisco and Juniper firewalls and switches highly desirable.
  *   Experience with HP and Dell server hardware and EMC SAN equipment; comfortable with troubleshooting, maintenance, and system upgrades.
  *   Operations support experience, including system monitoring and backups.
  *   Comfortable writing scripts in shell and/or Perl.
  *   Understand the importance of following best industry practices, but capable of thinking originally.
  *   Strong interpersonal and communication skills, interacting with internal customers and external vendors.



As a member of the Zipcar Team you will receive:

  *   Competitive Compensation
  *   Superior Benefits Package
  *   Free Membership
  *   Discounts on services, products and much more



While we appreciate every applicant’s interest, only those under consideration will be contacted. We regret that phone calls will not be accepted. EOE


To apply, follow this link: https://usjobs-zipcar.icims.com/jobs/1555/job?mode=apply&apply=yes&hashed=58168622

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