Senior IT Operations Center Engineer

Louisiana Blue; Baton Rouge (LA); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Louisiana Blue is seeking a Senior IT Operations Center Engineer to plan, install, monitor, and maintain critical infrastructure for corporate systems. You will ensure security, performance, and reliability of platform components and provide extended technical support to clients and colleagues.

The role requires 5+ years of hosting or data center experience, strong Linux/UNIX networking, and hands-on experience with monitoring, backup, and automation tools. Louisiana residency preferred.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or a related field is required.
• Four years of related experience in hosting environments, data centers, NOC or similar to include network/server troubleshooting.

Responsibilities

• Manage and monitor all installed systems and infrastructure.
• Install, configure, test and maintain operating systems, application software and system management tools.
• Proactively ensure the highest levels of systems and infrastructure availability.
• Monitor and test application performance for bottlenecks and coordinate fixes with developers.
• Maintain security, backup and redundancy strategies.
• Provide technical support and troubleshoot problems on LANs and data networks using UNIX/Linux.
• Research problems, plan solutions and coordinate developments to meet business needs.
• Write and maintain custom scripts to improve efficiency.
• Participate in designing information and operational support systems.
• Provide 2nd and 3rd level support and liaise with vendors.
• Interact with customers to define design requirements and deliverables.
• Contribute to long-term NOC strategies.

Skills

Linux OS

Networking

VMware

Monitoring systems

Scripting

Security

Backup systems

Cloud AWS

File transfer

Vendor liaison

Education

Bachelor's in Computer Science or related field

Tools

VMware

Pure storage/Isilon

Avamar/Datadomain

SolarWinds

SCOM

Control-M

Systrack

Puppet

cfengine

Chef

Shell scripting

Perl

Ruby

Python

MessageWay/Connect Direct

Job description

We take great strides to ensure our employees have the resources to live well, be healthy, continue learning, develop skills, grow professionally and serve our local communities. We invite you to apply for a career with us.

Residency in or relocation to Louisiana is preferred for all positions.

POSITION PURPOSE

The Senior IT Operations Center Engineer plans, installs, monitors and maintains the integrity, security, availability, reliability and performance of primary and auxiliary technical architecture for corporate computerized systems as related to infrastructure software/hardware; provides an extended level of technical support and timely assistance to clients of computerized systems; evaluates, tests, and recommends new computerized system products. Responsible for the design, configuration, and operation of the monitoring platforms, batch jobs systems, and file transfer systems. Responsible for ongoing infrastructure and process improvements, including the application of industry best practices monitoring, batch, and file transfers. Accountable for complying with all laws and regulations that are associated with duties and responsibilities Accountable for complying with all laws and regulations associated with duties and responsibilities

NATURE AND SCOPE

• This role does not manage people
• This role reports to this job: MANAGER, IT OPERATIONS CENTER
• Necessary Contacts:INSIDE RELATIONSHIPS:Presents and recommends priorities, hardware, systems, design changes and technical alternatives to users and management.Provides technical advice to management and frequently participates as technical advisor and consultant in management decisions.Recognized as an authority inside own organization.Must be able to understand the requirements of multiple departments, identify and negotiate trade-offs to gain management agreement with proposed recommendations.Must have ability to identify and effectively present the advantages of systems/storage alternatives.Works with counterparts in development areas to recommend and negotiate approaches, problem resolution and/or changes.OUTSIDE RELATIONSHIPS:Occasional attendance at technical conferences.Occasional interaction with product vendors.Participates in vendor negotiations and meetings
  
  

Qualifications

Education

• Bachelor's in Computer Science or related field required. Four years related experience in a hosting environment, data center, help desk, NOC or comparable environment to include at least one year experience troubleshooting networks and/or servers can be used In lieu of a degree
  
  

Work Experience

• 5 years years of related work experience, with a background in one or more of the following areas of specialty as specified:Linux operating system software (Red Hat Linux preferred)SAN/NAS infrastructure (Pure storage or Isilon preferred)Backup systems (Avamar/Datadomain preferred)Virtual Infrastructure (VMware preferred)Research and development application and system softwareNetwork/server/telecommunications systems softwareHas used current system software management technology and tools.Proven working experience in installing, configuring and troubleshooting UNIX /Linux based environments.Cloud experience, preferably in AWS.Experience with monitoring systems and automation software (e.g., Solarwinds, SCOM, Control-M, Systrack, Puppet, cfengine, Chef).scripting skills (e.g., shell scripts, Perl, Ruby, and Python)Experience with secure file transfer systems (e. g., MessageWay, Connect Direct)Networking knowledge (OSI network layers, TCP/IP).Basic communication skills to coordinate internal education, interaction with internal areas concerning problem status.
• Requires knowledge of computing systems and development process, which includes data processing equipment, programming languages, programming and analysis techniques, operating systems, test and data management.Requires knowledge of storage/backup systems.Must have demonstrated ability to analyze and solve logical problems such as may be found in mathematics, statistics, etc.
  
  

Skills And Abilities

• DECISION MAKING:With minimal direction, designs, defines, and installs system components of a major system or subsystem.Develops functional specifications, identifies external program interactions, recommends hardware/software design changes and cost/function trade-offs.Presents status and technical alternatives to management.Decisions influence operations outside department - especially applications areas.Recommends alternatives and priorities.Participates in project planning.Performs with some technical direction.Estimates and plans own work ensuring objectives, schedules and cost of assigned segment of project are metANALYTICAL & CREATIVE:Analyzes and develops detailed approaches to determine the most efficient systems and programming approach on complex applications and systems that require extensive problem definition.lHigh degree of analytical ability to analyze project objectives and develop requirements.Keeps current with improvements in programming/analysis techniques and applies as appropriate.Must achieve optimum performance within time and cost objectives.Contributes to the development of new programming/analysis concepts and improvement of existing techniques.
  
  

Licenses and Certifications

• None Required
  
  

Accountabilities And Essential Functions

• Manage and monitor all installed systems and infrastructure
• Install, configure, test and maintain operating systems, application software and system management tools
• Proactively ensure the highest levels of systems and infrastructure availability
• Monitor and test application performance for potential bottlenecks, identify possible solutions, and work with developers to implement those fixes
• Maintain security, backup, and redundancy strategies
• Provide technical support and troubleshoot problems on local area networks (LAN) and data networks using UNIX and/or Linux operating systems
• Research problems, plans solutions recommends software and systems, coordinates developments in an orderly manner to meet the business requirements
• Write and maintain custom scripts to increase system efficiency and lower the human intervention time on any tasks
• Participate in the design of information and operational support systems
• Provide 2nd and 3rd level support
• Liaise with vendors and other IT personnel for problem resolution
• Interact with the customers and users to develop design requirements for projects
• Provides technical advice for assigned clients to meet client needs and expectations
• Understands IT Departmental Goals and Objectives and delivers work products to contribute to those goals
• Provides input on long term strategies for the NOC
  
  

Additional Accountabilities And Essential Functions