Big Data Engineer

TechDigital Group; Phoenix (AZ); On-site; USD 80,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a seasoned Unix Systems Administrator to join their dynamic team. In this pivotal role, you will leverage over a decade of experience in Linux and UNIX environments to provide expert support during critical incidents. You will collaborate with various teams, ensuring seamless operations and compliance with technology roadmaps. Your leadership will guide junior members, fostering a culture of excellence and problem-solving. This opportunity offers a chance to work in a high-pressure, fast-paced environment where your contributions will directly impact the success of global infrastructure initiatives.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience in Linux and UNIX system administration.
• Strong skills in TCP/IP networking and advanced systems tuning.
• Experience with Veritas products and enterprise storage solutions.

Responsibilities

• Provide fast diagnosis and service recovery during high severity incidents.
• Work closely with UNIX engineering and third-party vendors.
• Lead and mentor junior team members in technical and managerial aspects.

Skills

Linux Administration (SLES, OEL, RHEL)

UNIX Administration (Solaris, AIX)

Veritas Products (VCS, Volume Management)

TCP/IP Networking

Ansible

Shell Scripting

Performance Management

Troubleshooting

Education

Bachelor's degree in Science or related field

Tools

EMC Storage Products

ITSM Procedures

Job description

Responsibilities
You will be part of a team of Subject Matter Experts (SMEs) who will provide fast diagnosis and service recovery during high severity managed incidents, and follow up with the most robust problem management possible. This team will be on hand to bring immediate expert assistance to the Major Incident Management team (MIM), such that they can work alongside the support staff from either DB teams or external service providers and assist with problem diagnosis and resolution.

Rapid response to incidents, providing dedicated support to all 'Change the Bank' and 'Run the Bank' activities for Global Unix infrastructure.
Advanced system tunings to application specific requirements. Systems standardization and automation.
Keeping the Unix environment compliant with the technology roadmap, such as OS & hardware upgrades, 3rd party software upgrades, etc...
Working closely with UNIX engineering and third party vendors.
Interface with IT and business clients at all levels of the organization.
Be part of our follow the sun model (including weekend escalation support) Global Unix team provides round the clock coverage. Some out of hours and weekend work will be required to comply with applicable change windows.

How You'll Lead
As a senior member of the team you will have a key relationship with our Major Incident Management team, representing us in the Bank's Command Centre.
You will be a lead resource and point of escalation for junior members of the team and be expected to provide guidance, both technical and managerial, to those team members.
Major Incident Management, along with peer infrastructure support teams such as database, storage or windows support groups will look to you for assistance and collaboration when dealing with issues or initiatives that cross disciplines.

Skills You'll Need
10+ years of experience with Linux (SLES, OEL or RHEL) and UNIX (Solaris and AIX) in system administration upgrades, patching and configuration management, performance management, troubleshooting, analysis and capacity planning.
10 years of experience with Veritas products (VCS and Volume management) on Solaris and LINUX.
Experience of working with EMC and equivalent enterprise storage products.
Strong skills in TCP/IP Networking & advanced systems tuning, network topology and firewalled environments.
Experience installing layered products in a timely fashion, analyzing & troubleshooting complex systems and familiarity with ITSM procedures.
Experience in Ansible and Shell scripting writing scripts to automate various tasks.

Skills That Will Help You Excel
Bachelor's degree in science or related field or equivalent education.
Knowledge of physical infrastructure and hardware such as Client ProLiant and Oracle/Sun M series and other SPARC servers.
Knowledge of the ITIL framework, including foundation certification.
You will need to be comfortable dealing with ambiguity.
You will need good problem solving skills with ability to work in a highly pressurized multitask environment.