[BBLISA-jobs] Senior Linux Engineer - Cambridge, MA

[Don Harpin]

This Senior Systems Engineering role is responsible for the support of multi-product hosted websites for a large social networking business (7+ million users). Duties include providing ongoing production environment support and operations as well as support of non-production staging/test environments. Would also be a contributor on other infrastructure projects such as network, firewall and load-balancer enhancements, as well as routine maintenance and upgrades of Linux web servers.

Responsibilities:

*Serve as a hands on contributor to several key infrastructure projects, such as network and firewall upgrades, Linux web server upgrade and configuration management;
*Cross-collaborate with the Program Management and Development/QA team members to meet requirements of regular production site updates as part of our Agile development and deployment process;
*Provide installation expertise for all new hardware, software, systems and network;
*Support production environment (including occasional 7x24 on-call rotation) for multi-production social network web based applications;
*Contribute and in some cases own deliverables for special group projects focused on improving or upgrading systems hardware, software, or monitoring;
*Conduct periodic code reviews for peers and other systems engineering staff;
*Assess requirements for improvements in systems operations, keeping in mind primary goals (high availability, scalability);
*Provide systems programming support to Development, QA, Database and Systems team members.

Education and Training:

*BS degree required in computer science or related technical field.

Skills and Experience:

*Extensive experience with Linux (CentOS, Redhat) or other UNIX-based operating systems;
*Experience with Apache a strong plus;
*Has some experience in managing and monitoring secure networks, with experience in monitoring (F5) loadbalancer and (Cisco or Juniper) firewall. Having a background and experience in network security fundamental or PCI compliant systems is a very strong plus;
*Ability to identify tasks which require automation and automate them;
*A solid understanding of networking/distributed computing environment concepts; understands principles of routing, client/server programming, the design of consistent network-wide filesystem layouts;
*Experience with revision control systems (Subversion, CVS, git, other);
*Experience with perl, PHP, python, puppet, scripting languages a strong plus;
*Have a background in object-oriented programming concepts;
*Updates job knowledge by participating in educational opportunities, reading professional publications, maintaining personal networks, participating in professional organizations;
*Proficiency in project execution and follow-through with a high level of detail, with demonstrated presentation skills;
*Solid organizational skills: strong work ethic, ability to focus completing prioritized tasks in timely manner, meet multiple deadlines, and have a willingness to work long hours when needed;
*A commitment to outstanding quality and reliability, and the initiative to remain current with new technologies.

Apply online at  http://hire.jobvite.com/j/?cj=o9iAWfwH&s=BBLISA

No phone inquiries or agency recruiters!

Don Harpin
Director of HR
Online Buddies, Inc.

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