Linux Engineer (Hybrid Set Up)

Company: NBC Universal
Location: Englewood Cliffs
Posted on: March 17, 2023

Job Description:

Linux Engineer
$140,000/year
NBC (Hybrid: 3 days a week)


Job Description
ABOUT THE ROLE:
An exciting opportunity for a talented individual to become a Compute & Virtualization Infrastructure Engineer within the Operations & Technology (O&T) organization.
The Compute - Linux Engineer will partner with leadership on day-to-day operations, including VM deployment, OS access tickets, Linux troubleshooting, ESXi configuration, SOX auditing, and performance troubleshooting. Working within an agile framework, updating tickets in Jira/SNOW, collaborating with cross-functional business leaders and partners, to provide "best in class" support for our NBCU local stations and global enterprise customers.

Team

Work on-site at least 3 days a week at either the Denver, Colorado, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, or Universal City, California locations.
Develop & maintain engagements with Infrastructure Engineering, MSP resources, facility support, vendors, and Application teams to provide end-to-end delivery and support of appropriate infrastructure solutions.
Provide level 1/2 operational support for ticket completion, incident management and problem management resolution, including participation within a 24x7 on-call rotation.
Demonstrate a dedication to building and maintaining a stable, high-performance technical environment.
Embrace your role as the ultimate responsible party and senior subject matter expert for technology.


Required

Advanced knowledge for management/build/troubleshooting in any of CentOS, Oracle Linux, RHEL
Experience with OS monitoring and performance management
Experience troubleshooting with tool such as strace/dtrace/tcpdump
Experience performing tuning Linux Kernel
Experience with Compute hardware vendors including Cisco/Client/Cisco/Dell along with general data center facility wiring/fiber/connectivity requirements.
Working knowledge on networking protocols, routing, network topology
Ability to develop enterprise compute processes and technology standards.
Manage and implement automated operational tasks to improve reliability and standards.
Scripting experience. Ex: Python, Shell, PowerShell
Automation experience. EX: Ansible, CI/CD, GIT
Familiar with agile methodologies working in JIRA based sprint structures.


Preferred

Familiar with Block/File/Object storage technologies.
Management/build/troubleshooting of virtualization/OS technologies, specifically VMware
Familiarity with backup technologies, recovery scenarios, high availability designs and solutions
Familiar with ServiceNow or other ITSM related toolsets


Client management

Partner with Business & client teams in building/articulating technical requirements and recommendations.
Strong customer service skills and unfailing professionalism
Partner closely and collaborate enthusiastically with both clients at the local facilities and peers across O&T
Demonstrate impeccable written and verbal communication and presentation skills for both technical and non-technical audiences.
Work closely with Business Engagement, operations teams, clients, and executive management both formally and informally.
Track timelines, manage priorities and schedules, and set client expectations.
Partner with Business Engagement team to capture technical requirements, provide solutions and ensure resources are available to hit required timelines.


Monitoring and Security

Collaborate closely with the cyber security team to build repeatable systems with security best practices and hardening.
Preferred familiarity with PCI and SOX procedures and controls
Build out enterprise-wide monitoring systems with automated alerting and dashboarding interfaces for easy troubleshooting.


Qualifications


B.S degree in an Information Technology related technical discipline or 5+ equivalent practical experience required
1-2 years of recent experience with Cloud-based technologies.
1-2 years of experience with scripting
Must be willing to work evenings, overnights, weekends, and holidays with little or/no notice.

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