Linux Design Engineer

Linux Design Engineer - Job Description:

My client is a large telecommunications company looking for a Linux Design Engineer to be part of their Unix/Linux engineering team. You will be leading the design and engineering of the changing and growing Linux environments (test, development as well as production). Your primary focus for this job will be on the Linux environment.

Engineering and Maintenance tasks:
*Being actively involved in defining the Linux strategy
*life cycle management of the system software, firmware and hardware configurations
*Fine-tuning, optimisation and securing the Linux environment
*Testing updates and upgrades of the Linux system- and related software
*Testing, validating, engineering new products using a project way of working
*Follow-up vendors on escalated issues, new technologies and roadmaps
*Technical project lead and project management of small & medium technical internal Unix projects
*Acting as Unix technical point of contact within cross area internal projects and within company projects
*Document new designs, strategies and (to be) implemented solutions
*Solving fundamental design & dimensioning problems
*Handover the Linux related project knowledge to the other team members as well to the Unix and Linux Operations teams during the project life cycle

Support tasks:
*Engineering support towards our internal customers (network engineers and product application engineers/developers) of our Unix/Linux environments
*Solving complex Linux operational problems
*Assisting and coaching the Linux/Unix design administrators in their operational role

Skills and Experience:
*At least 3-5 years experience in an enterprise environment, more specific in high-end Unix and Linux production environments
*Experience in the definition, planning, testing and implementation of new services and technologies
*Good knowledge of English is mandatory
*Good troubleshooting and analytical skills
*General planning and project management skills and experience.
*Technically proactive, strong communication & negotiation skills, mediator.

Technical Skills
*Several years of experience in supporting, maintaining and engineering Red Hat Enterprise Linux v5 and higher
*Operational experience with VMware ESX and KVM virtualization technologies
*Operational experience with Storage Area Network (SAN) is a distinct advantage
*Knowledge of Veritas Volume Manager & Veritas File System, and experience with clustering software like Veritas Cluster Server is highly desirable.
*Knowledge of common networking & security protocols, DNS, SSL/TLS, ...
*Cross Linux/Unix experience (on HP/UX & Solaris specifically)
*Programming experience to automate activities (python, Ansible, Shell Scripting, git)