Position: Linux Systems Engineer

Location: Pittsburgh, PA

Duration: Contract to hire

Job Description:

Candidate should possess skills that are aligned to the Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) principles with a focus on the discipline specific to this position. SRE is a software engineering approach to Client's SRC Operations. SRE professionals use software as a tool to manage systems, solve problems, and automate tasks. Engineers' focus specializes in improving all aspects of reliability, acting as a conduit between infrastructure and application teams on support issues and improving tools, automation, processes, and software.

Responsibilities | SRE:

• Monitor systems and infrastructure to maintain operational and performance levels
• Rotational on-call responsibilities
• Work closely with other SRC professionals/engineers when issues arise, collabo*** on troubleshooting, and provide consultation/resolution with events/incidents
• Anticipate potential problems before they become impacting and collabo*** to determine solutions
• Gather and analyse metrics from tools and system/application logs to assist in performance tuning, fault finding, and resolution
• Create sustainable systems and services through automation, processes enhancement, tools, and noise reduction
• Build automation to manage the SRC operations and eliminate/minimize manual functions and toil
• Collabo*** with Application/Infrastructure support engineers and operations teams
• Engage in post-incident reviews for improvements and determining the cause to prevent recurrence
• Document work to turn findings into repeatable actions via knowledge articles
• Mentoring and coaching junior engineers

Responsibilities | Discipline:

• Red Hat / Linux operations support
• Monitor systems, respond to events and incidents, troubleshooting, communicating, and resolving all issues in a timely manner

Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

• Understanding of the following Red Hat Linux concepts:

• Permissions
• SELinux Security
• Troubleshooting System Performance and Tuning
• Installing and updating software
• Managing Storage
• Controlling Services and the boot process
• Managing networking
• Log file analysis and system troubleshooting
• Running containers
• Strong skills addressing production critical incidents
• Strong troubleshooting and problem-solving skills, with the ability to analyze and resolve complex technical issues
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to collabo*** effectively with stakeholders at all levels
• Self-motivated and able to work independently or as part of a team, taking ownership of tasks and driving them to completion
• ITIL fundamentals

Education / Experience:

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Computer Science, or related field required (or equivalent experience)
• 3 + years of work experience in Red Hat / Linux
• Must be proficient in Red Hat Linux 7, 8 or 9
• Red Hat certification (RHCSA or higher) is preferred

Indotronix is an Equal Opportunity Employer

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