Splunk, Linux and VMware Systems Engineer at Franklin Lakes, NJ

Avance Consulting Services; Franklin Lakes (NJ); On-site; USD 100,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading consulting company is seeking a Splunk, Linux and VMware Systems Engineer in Franklin Lakes, NJ. The role requires 8+ years of experience with Splunk, Red Hat Linux, and VMware, involving responsibilities like maintaining a Splunk infrastructure, designing solutions, and mentoring team members. Candidates should have strong technical skills in UNIX, cloud solutions, and networking. This is a full-time position offering competitive remuneration and growth opportunities.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience in systems engineering with a focus on Splunk, Linux, and VMware.
• Proficient in UNIX performance tools like sar, top, nmon.
• Experience with cloud-based solutions and networking concepts.

Responsibilities

• Design and maintain a highly available Splunk infrastructure.
• Engineer solutions to complex issues and provide technical direction.
• Write documentation describing systems design and architecture.

Skills

Splunk

Red Hat Linux

VMware

IBM AIX

Unix

Education

College degree in Information Systems or related field

Job description

Splunk, Linux and VMware Systems Engineer at Franklin Lakes, NJ

Warm Greetings!

My name is Ganesh and I am a Sr. Technical Recruiter with Tricolor Inc. We are a leading consulting company and have been in consulting business for last 20 years. We are primary vendors to several Fortune 1000, Investment Banks and Financial companies.

I found your resume on one of the job boards and it looks to be a good fit for an open position we have. Please review the job description listed below. If you are interested, please respond with your updated resume or give me a call on 732-328-8980 at your earliest convenience. If you are not looking for new roles, please forward this email to someone either from your professional network or friends who are looking for new opportunities since we have an excellent referral program.

Position- Splunk, Linux and VMware Systems Engineer

Location- Franklin Lakes, NJ

Duration- Full Time

Job Description:

Individual must possess excellent working knowledge of Splunk (version 6+), Red Hat Linux and VMWare. Any working knowledge of AIX 5.3 through 7.1 and HP-UX 11.x operating systems in addition to any supporting tools, management environments and virtualization technologies are a significant plus. Seeking individual with 3-5+ years working directly with Splunk, Red Hat Linux and VMWare technologies as their primary job focus.

Key Job Functions

• A) Splunk Role and Responsibilities:
• Splunk cluster design, development, integration and management. Design, support and maintain the Splunk infrastructure in a highly available configuration. Standardize Splunk forwarder deployment, configuration and maintenance across a variety of UNIX and Windows platforms. Troubleshoot Splunk server and forwarder problems and issues. Assist internal users of Splunk in designing and maintaining production-quality dashboards. Mentor and train Splunk users and administrators.
• Participate as an escalation point for 24x7 operations support for Splunk. Monitor the Splunk infrastructure for capacity planning and optimization.
• Design core scripts to automate Splunk maintenance and alerting tasks. Support Splunk on UNIX, Linux and Windows-based platforms. Proven track record of automating processes and procedures.

• B) Systems Engineering/Administrative Roles and Responsibilities:
• Engineer solutions to complex issues and projects. Provide technical directions and lead technology decisions and discussions to drive positive change.
• Proficient in cloud based solutions and technologies, specifically within the IaaS space. Proficient in using UNIX performance tools such as sar, top, nmon, vmstat, iostat, etc along with other performance and monitoring tools. Proficiencies with the installation, integration, tuning, and troubleshooting of multi-vendor UNIX Environments.
• In depth knowledge and experience Red-Hat Enterprise Linux, VMware. Knowledge of AIX, HP-UX and other platforms a plus. Working knowledge and understanding of Networking/Routing, firewalls, load balancer technologies, and other network concepts and appliances. Knowledge and understanding of Web and Middleware technologies is a plus such as Apache, Tom Cat, Mule, Data Power, XML Appliances, PEGA, Cognos, Broad Vision, SOA, J2EE.

• C) Other Qualifications, Roles and Responsibilities:
• Detail oriented and experience working in a production environment using Change Control practices, creating and working under technical project plans and timelines. Possesses an expert level knowledge of UNIX Operating Systems and tools. Serve as technical lead and fill role of SME instructing, directing, and mentoring peers and co-worker. Participate in cross-functional teams that design, develop, & implement systems architecture and supporting infrastructure.
• Manage continuous enhancement of the systems infrastructure to meet challenging business requirements. Formulate & recommend standards for achieving maximum performance & efficiency of the system. Participate in the planning for retirement of systems programs, and migration of systems infrastructure. Participate in cross-functional work groups to assess business needs, develop a systems architecture strategy, & implementation plans. Determine feasibility, cost & time required, compatibility with current system, and system capabilities. Implement system architecture strategies. Design, develop and implement operational processes and procedures. Write documentation describing systems design & architecture, logic and operational processes. May develop user manuals & operating procedures.

Education

College degree in Information Systems or related field and 8+ years’ experience.

Technical Skills: Splunk (6.x) architecting, design and support, dashboarding, reporting etc.; Red Hat Linux operating system across multiple hardware and virtual environments; VMware virtualization environments; Working knowledge and experience with: container and cloud based solutions; IBM AIX operating environments running AIX 5.3 through AIX 7.1; IBM VIOS operating environments running VIOS 2.2.2.x and higher; IBM System P/P-Series hardware platform; HPUX is a plus. Required understanding of data networks and SAN network topologies. Required Technical Skills: Splunk, Linux, Unix, VMWare, IBM AIX, IBM VIOS.

Thanks,

Ganesh Gani

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100 Franklin Square Drive #207, Somerset, NJ 08873

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