Linux System Engineer---- Washington, DC

Send Resumes to Skumar@blueally.com 

Hi,

We currently have a Long Term Contract opportunity for a Linux System Engineer with our client located in Washington, DC.

 

Our client a Fortune 500 media company is developing software to make the TV viewing experience more personal, intuitive, searchable and customizable

 

Primary Skills	Linux, Dell, Apache, MySQL, Data Center, production support and on-call
Secondary Skills	Hands on in data-center environment Experience / knowledge on mySQL from the aspect of O/s and H/w (please note:  no development/DBA experience required) Experience / knowledge on Tomcat/Apache, JBOSS
Job Description: Deliverables/ Tasks	The Systems Engineer/Administrator is a member of the Production Operations and Internal Systems team that is responsible for the operation (deployment, maintenance, support, upgrades, system planning, etc) of production and internal systems. This position is responsible for understanding system deployment, upgrade path, capacity planning, and network topology for multiple production web applications.  Major responsibilities include software system maintenance (working with developers), capacity monitoring and planning, network topology for existing and future web applications and support for production and internal applications.  Essential Job Functions: System planning, support and maintenance for multiple software web applications running in production for millions of end-users. Understand our software deployment procedures and operations in order to be responsible for system planning and implementation Monitor production and internal software for maintenance and planning purposes Make recommendations for hardware based on usage (capacity planning) Deploy software for internal and production systems Perform analysis and benchmarks relating to the software installations; document and publish results. Participate in review of catastrophic failures and provide analysis to justify implementing preventative measures via traps, alarms or other contingencies, including redesign. Proactive management of systems installations' performance, health and capacity. Rotate with staff, as required, to provide support for applications on a 24 X 7 basis. Work within a small production operation team that is fully responsible for the operations of large, live web applications Coordinate releases with developers and production teams Ability to take leadership role on projects and consistently meet deadlines Team-player possessing flexibility and willingness to do what it takes to get the work done.
Requisite Qualifications	Experience in installing and maintaining production level equipment (hardware and software) Has worked with development teams and understands the development life-cycle Competent with multiple types of hardware – Sun, Dell, HP, EMC Network TCP/IP protocols Have built, maintained and operated many servers in production for use by millions of end-users Hands on in data-center environment is desirable. Must have strong, independent problem solving skills and is self-directed Excellent understanding of application interfaces, network design and implementation, Linux  internals and subsystems. Proven analytical, problem solving and organizational ability Excellent oral/written communication and inter-personal skills

Thanks,

Kumar

BlueAlly 

1919 Gallows Road, Suite 600, Vienna, VA 22182

Ph: 703 259 8562  Fax: (703) 563-9767

Skumar@blueally.com

http://www.linkedin.com/pub/kevin-sureshkumar/9/894/b58

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