Infrastructure Linux Engineer

Our client, important actor in the telecommunications is looking for an IT - Infrastructure Linux engineer.

TASKS

Becomes an active member of the IT infrastructure engineering team and maintain strong relationships with your peers from the operational, architect, network teams.
Take technical leadership & engineering ownership around multiple IT infrastructure components:
Storage systems
Linux platforms
Virtualization platforms
Automation.

Deliver design for new solutions taking into account the technical requirements, the business requirements & the TCO aspects. Maintain procedural documentation throughout the life cycle of the system which will be used to train the operational team.

Deliver extension/improvement design of the existing infrastructure & solutions based on latest capacity growth, delivered performance and based on future evolution forecasts

Manage the systems life cycle (supplier roadmap evaluation, trigger new S/W upgrades or system replacements)

Conduct the necessary LAB Testing for any new solution validation (new technical solution, new software validations)

Monitor technological and supplier/market evolutions, shares best practices, lessons learned, define & document the detailed technical system architecture blueprints

Contribute & drive technological infrastructure roadmap. Contribute in the definition of technical standards (solution standards, tools and methodologies).

Conduct technical infrastructure workshops involving multiple stakeholders working in different units of the organization (IT operational, architect, network, business).

Drive automation by building the necessary framework, tooling & procedures and by stimulating the use of the recommended scripts and tools within the organization

Analyze and recommend plans for investing in IT infrastructure that will support the company strategic targets, improve the organization performance and/or provide cost reduction opportunities.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Expert level (proven hands-on expertise) on
OS administration: Solaris, Redhat, Ubuntu
Software distribution using tools like Redhat satellite, Puppet or equivalent
SAN & NAS technologies: V-MAX, VNX, 3-PAR.
virtualization platforms: VMware & KVM.

Good understanding of
Database technologies: MySQL, MariaDB, Oracle.
Containers technologies: Docker
IaaS services: AWS, Google & Azure
Datacenter routing & switching (incl. integration with Firewalling layers): BGP, OSPF, 802.1Q, QinQ, Vswitch, Virtual Connect, VXLAN, NSX.

Knowledge of system monitoring tools: Nagios, Netcool, Cacti.

PERSONALITY & SOFT SKILLS

Ability to
work autonomously with limited set of instructions
quickly find solutions to a wide range of business and technology problems
take technological decisions taking into account all parameters (technical, cost, organizational readiness)
deliver qualitative documentation
communicate and defend/explain solution designs towards diverse audiences within the organization
balance your work between on long term strategic file & daily pressures

Demonstrates excellent professional mindset
team-player
problem-solving
good analytical skills
openness towards other technical areas/opinions

Familiarity with project management (planning, follow up, communication)

Fluent in English (written and spoken).