Service Technology Sr. Linux Engineer

• IPsoft is a global autonomic services provider, delivering Managed Services, Platform-as-a-Service, Automation-as-a-Service and Autonomic Cloud Orchestration. The company’s mission is to power the world with expert systems. • IPsoft leverages advanced autonomics that remediate, on average, more than 56 percent of IT Operations tasks including: event management, incident management, change management, request fulfillment and standard operating procedures. We globally support a wide range of enterprise customers, service providers and telecommunications companies. IPsoft’s autonomic technologies enable clients to realize lowered costs, reduced human errors and enhanced service levels. • Headquartered in New York City, IPsoft has operations in 10 countries across North America, Europe and Asia. IPsoft aims to be a true partner helping businesses achieve better outcomes. Install and configure Linux hosts (generally, but not limited to,  Red Hat)  Create, deploy, manage virtual hosts using VMware  Deploy and configure various Java applications  Deploy and configure various Apache and Tomcat installations  Script common tasks using Perl, Bash, etc.  Plan for and troubleshoot resource bottlenecks  Troubleshoot problems with application, web and database  performance  Find creative solutions to ever-changing technical hurdles  Ability to multi-task on several projects at the same time  Ability to own projects, proactively driving them to completion  within timelines  Ability to quickly learn, and adapt new technologies to our  infrastructure  Use knowledge of open source/existing software to adapt  solutions  Design and deploy existing and new enterprise technologies  Able to multi-task, prioritize, and resolve multiple customer  inquiries at once  Assist with escalations from L1 and L2 engineers  Strong desire to learn new technologies, “can-do” attitude Very strong Linux/Unix administration and troubleshooting  skills  TCP/IP and basic networking  Configuring Apache and Tomcat servers  Troubleshooting 3-tier (app, web, db) services  Experience using code repositories (svn/git)  Cassandra experience  Configuring and administering MySQL databases  Create and debug MySQL queries  Understanding of DNS and how to configure/troubleshoot it  Configuration Management experience using Puppet/Ansible  MTA administration and troubleshooting  Must have good scripting knowledge (Perl, Bash primarily)  A strong programming background is not required, but should  be able to do some programming and troubleshooting if needed  (Java, Javascript, XML primarily)  Knowledge / use of security and password management  software (selinux, ossec, sssd, LDAP, Kerberos) a plus  PostgreSQL a plus  RPM creation  VMware/vSphere/vCenter installation, configuration  administration and troubleshooting a plus