Sr Systems Engineer

Axelon Services

  • Montreal, QC
  • Permanent
  • Full-time
  • 6 hours ago
Job Title: Sr Systems Engineer
Experience Level: Level 4 (advanced): 7-15 years
12 Months
Open positions: 1
Job Level: FTC
Location: Montreal (Day 1 onboarding onsite / in office presence 3x week)The Client is seeking a Sr. Systems Engineer to join the Enterprise Compute Client Vance Infrastructure team. This team is responsible for compute, enterprise storage, virtualization, and backup technologies. The Sr. Systems Engineer will be responsible for engineering and operational duties for a diverse set of technologies with a focus on Linux and storage. The position requires excellent troubleshooting skills and the ability to work independently to meet team goals and objectives.Primary Responsibilities
  • Participate in all aspects of Linux server lifecycle management, on-premises and in the public cloud, including: deployment, maintenance, security, and decommissioning
  • Lead security focused efforts to harden the Linux environment through OS firewalling, SELinux, auditd, encryption/cryptography, MFA, etc.
  • Identify areas where automation for operational improvement of day-to-day/manual tasks can be deployed across various systems & storage technologies
  • Respond to and resolve alerts associated with Linux, VMware, and storage events
  • Leverage enterprise tools to monitor, analyze, and troubleshoot systems and make informed decisions for workload optimization
  • Collaborate with other infrastructure teams in the troubleshooting and resolution of escalated system and application related issues
  • Maintain current and accurate Confluence documentation for team technologies
  • Maintain team source code in SCM/Git
  • Track projects and tasks in Jira
Job Requirements
  • Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience
  • 7+ years of proven experience in managing Red Hat Enterprise Linux and VMware
  • Experience supporting Linux systems running Oracle DBs in an iSCSI/FC SAN environment
  • Proven skills using Bash, Python, or Ansible for scripting and automation
  • REST API scripting/automation experience a plus
  • Red Hat Satellite experience in patching and vulnerability management
  • CIS standards implementation/adoption a plus
  • Strong NetApp file/block (NFS/iSCSI/FC) storage experience preferred
  • NFSv4 w/Kerberos authentication experience a plus
  • Cisco UCS or other blade infrastructure experience a plus
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills
  • Willing to work occasional off-hours

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