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Linux Engineer

Job Description:

Linux Engineer Summary:

Signature Consultants is looking for a smart, passionate and results-oriented Linux Engineer to help us substantiate the foundation upon which our SaaS solutions reside. This is a great opportunity for an engineer who is passionate about the critical role that infrastructure plays in the success of a SaaS platform and who is excited to take on the challenges that will have a major impact in our organization.

The successful candidate must have a keen understanding of the underlying technologies and be excited to figure out how things work end to end. The Linux Engineer must be able to evangelize your thoughts to help drive innovative solutions to improve and streamline processes. 

Responsibilities:

  • Collaborating with architects, peers and engineering teams to develop and implement effective infrastructure solutions
  • Testing, scheduling, and implementing software, hardware, configuration, and design changes to IT systems
  • Identifying and responding to service incidents, investigating and resolving technical problems, and performing root cause analysis
  • Monitoring and analyzing performance and availability of IT systems; conducting preventive maintenance to proactively identify and correct issues
  • Performing task automation and implementing process improvements; recommending enhancements that result in increased quality and service
  • Educating others regarding operational procedures and application and production standards
  • Maintaining established service level agreements to manage customer expectations and quality standards; identifying opportunities for improvement

Requirements:

  • 3+ years of Linux Systems Engineering experience (Red Hat Preferred)
  • 2+ years of experience with reading and writing scripts with languages such as Shell, Python, and/or Perl
  • 2+ years of experience with automation tools such Puppet, Ansible, or Chef
  • Experience with code management and deployment tools such as Jenkins, Rundeck, SVN, Git, or Artifactory
  • Experience working with an incident management, work request, or project management tool such as Jira, Service Desk, Trello, or Asana
  • Working knowledge of database concepts
  • Must be committed to incorporating security into all decisions and daily job responsibilities

Extras:

  • 1+ years’ experience working with cloud and/or virtualized environments such as AWS or Google Cloud
  • Experience with log monitoring and evaluation tools such as Logz.io
  • Experience with application monitoring tools such as Appdynamics
  • Experience with virtualized lightweight container technologies such as Docker as well as container orchestration tools such as Rancher, Swarm, Kubernetes

About Signature Consultants, LLC

Headquartered in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, Signature Consultants was established in 1997 with a singular focus: to provide clients and consultants with superior staffing solutions. For the eighth consecutive year, Signature was voted as one of the “Best Staffing Firms to Work For” and is now the 14th largest IT staffing firm in the United States (source: Staffing Industry Analysts). With 26 locations throughout North America, Signature annually deploys thousands of consultants to support, run, and manage their clients’ technology needs. Signature offers IT staffing, consulting, managed solutions, and direct placement services. For more information on the company, please visit www.sigconsult.com.

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