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Key responsibilities include:-  
Key responsibilities include:-  


Developing monitoring and automation solutions for large data centers, primarily Linux based for cloud based solution including virtual devices.  
* Developing monitoring and automation solutions for large data centers, primarily Linux based for cloud based solution including virtual devices.  
Participating in traditional Waterfall and Agile projects in a team environment to deliver monitoring solutions for data centers.  
* Participating in traditional Waterfall and Agile projects in a team environment to deliver monitoring solutions for data centers.  
Investigating new technologies and standards, making recommendations to the team, documenting best practices and tutoring other members of the team.  
* Investigating new technologies and standards, making recommendations to the team, documenting best practices and tutoring other members of the team.  
Development of innovative solutions that enable us to scale the Symantec.Cloud platform. This will take the form of processes, automation of manual tasks and self-healing.  
* Development of innovative solutions that enable us to scale the Symantec.Cloud platform. This will take the form of processes, automation of manual tasks and self-healing.  
Participating in the evaluation of third party tools or applications introduced into the production environment.  
* Participating in the evaluation of third party tools or applications introduced into the production environment.  
Working with software developers and quality assurance experts to provide technical leadership on systems development projects.
* Working with software developers and quality assurance experts to provide technical leadership on systems development projects.
Desired Skills & Experience
Desired Skills & Experience


Essential
Essential
   
   
Proven experience in a senior Unix/Linux SysAdmin or DevOps role, operating and maintaining large-scale, distributed Unix/Linux systems (1000+ machines).  
* Proven experience in a senior Unix/Linux SysAdmin or DevOps role, operating and maintaining large-scale, distributed Unix/Linux systems (1000+ machines).  
Experience in participating in software development projects targeted toward systems administration and data center monitoring.  
* Experience in participating in software development projects targeted toward systems administration and data center monitoring.  
Demonstrated experience in monitoring, remotely upgrading and automating the control of cloud/data center devices.  
* Demonstrated experience in monitoring, remotely upgrading and automating the control of cloud/data center devices.  
Solid understanding of the needs of Network Operations Centers.  
* Solid understanding of the needs of Network Operations Centers.  
Ability to diagnose network or datacenter issues.  
* Ability to diagnose network or datacenter issues.  
Experience with OSS technologies such as software deployment, rpm packages, yum, chef, puppet,  
* Experience with OSS technologies such as software deployment, rpm packages, yum, chef, puppet,  
Proven experience in a technical role.  
* Proven experience in a technical role.  
Excellent Unix scripting skills primarily Perl and Bourne shell.  
* Excellent Unix scripting skills primarily Perl and Bourne shell.  
Excellent TCP/IP networking skills with technical knowledge of firewalls, routers and load balancers. Knowledge of common protocols and technologies (e.g. Ethernet, TCP/IP, SMTP, SNMP, HTTP, LDAP, MQ, Active Directory, Kerberos).  
* Excellent TCP/IP networking skills with technical knowledge of firewalls, routers and load balancers. Knowledge of common protocols and technologies (e.g. Ethernet, TCP/IP, SMTP, SNMP, HTTP, LDAP, MQ, Active Directory, Kerberos).  


Desirable  
Desirable  
Familiarity with monitoring systems such as Zenoss, Nagios etc.  
* Familiarity with monitoring systems such as Zenoss, Nagios etc.  
Experience working on Agile projects in a matrix organization.  
* Experience working on Agile projects in a matrix organization.  
Good working technical knowledge of open source web, mail and database servers (apache, qmail, exim, postgreSQL, mysql).  
* Good working technical knowledge of open source web, mail and database servers (apache, qmail, exim, postgreSQL, mysql).  
Experience with many operating systems (Windows, Linux, Solaris, Cisco IOS, Data OnTap).  
* Experience with many operating systems (Windows, Linux, Solaris, Cisco IOS, Data OnTap).  
Familiarity with Agile development practices  
* Familiarity with Agile development practices  
ITIL v3 Foundation or Practitioner certification  
* ITIL v3 Foundation or Practitioner certification  
Experience articulating complex ideas in written/diagrammatic form  
* Experience articulating complex ideas in written/diagrammatic form  
Enthusiastic and able to rally a team around a technical vision.  
* Enthusiastic and able to rally a team around a technical vision.  
Familiarity with Direct-attached, SAN and NAS storage.
* Familiarity with Direct-attached, SAN and NAS storage.

Revision as of 04:33, 26 April 2012

Key responsibilities include:-

  • Developing monitoring and automation solutions for large data centers, primarily Linux based for cloud based solution including virtual devices.
  • Participating in traditional Waterfall and Agile projects in a team environment to deliver monitoring solutions for data centers.
  • Investigating new technologies and standards, making recommendations to the team, documenting best practices and tutoring other members of the team.
  • Development of innovative solutions that enable us to scale the Symantec.Cloud platform. This will take the form of processes, automation of manual tasks and self-healing.
  • Participating in the evaluation of third party tools or applications introduced into the production environment.
  • Working with software developers and quality assurance experts to provide technical leadership on systems development projects.

Desired Skills & Experience

Essential

  • Proven experience in a senior Unix/Linux SysAdmin or DevOps role, operating and maintaining large-scale, distributed Unix/Linux systems (1000+ machines).
  • Experience in participating in software development projects targeted toward systems administration and data center monitoring.
  • Demonstrated experience in monitoring, remotely upgrading and automating the control of cloud/data center devices.
  • Solid understanding of the needs of Network Operations Centers.
  • Ability to diagnose network or datacenter issues.
  • Experience with OSS technologies such as software deployment, rpm packages, yum, chef, puppet,
  • Proven experience in a technical role.
  • Excellent Unix scripting skills primarily Perl and Bourne shell.
  • Excellent TCP/IP networking skills with technical knowledge of firewalls, routers and load balancers. Knowledge of common protocols and technologies (e.g. Ethernet, TCP/IP, SMTP, SNMP, HTTP, LDAP, MQ, Active Directory, Kerberos).

Desirable

  • Familiarity with monitoring systems such as Zenoss, Nagios etc.
  • Experience working on Agile projects in a matrix organization.
  • Good working technical knowledge of open source web, mail and database servers (apache, qmail, exim, postgreSQL, mysql).
  • Experience with many operating systems (Windows, Linux, Solaris, Cisco IOS, Data OnTap).
  • Familiarity with Agile development practices
  • ITIL v3 Foundation or Practitioner certification
  • Experience articulating complex ideas in written/diagrammatic form
  • Enthusiastic and able to rally a team around a technical vision.
  • Familiarity with Direct-attached, SAN and NAS storage.