Linux Grid Engineer

Client: $160 billion asset management firm in financial district of Boston.

Currently looking for a candidate to come in on a contract to hire basis to work on the implementation of Linux in a Grid Computing environment.

This senior level technical expert will be focused on the design and
operational maturation of an enterprise LINUX environment. This
individual will be the focal point for facilitating LINUX based
application requests and integration with existing infrastructure
services including Solaris (NIS / NFS) and Windows (AD) in accordance
with corporate standards.

Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

-LINUX/UNIX subject matter expert developing LINUX based solutions and
standards for our client?s UNIX environment.
-Documenting technical standards and operational best practices.
Guidance of team members and customers in adoption of best practices.
-Provide technical leadership for troubleshooting, problem resolution,
and root cause analysis of integration and performance problems.
-Engineering solutions to establish reference infrastructure and
documentation for the implementation of new applications and services
on LINUX.
-Install, configure and customize LINUX/UNIX operating system to
optimize performance and manageability.
-Develop necessary project plans, including installation & testing,
for hardware and software upgrades.
-Vendor relationship management
-Develops highly complex scripts for operation and production
processes. -Install and makes changes to these tools to enhance the
environment when required.


Experience:

-Must have 4-5+ years of LINUX (preferably Red Hat) & Solaris
administration/engineering experience in an enterprise environment.
-Must have experience with the configuration and support of management
tools such as Kickstart, Yum, Satellite Server, and Jumpstart
-Must have volume management experience (VxVM, VxFS, LVM or ODS) as
well as knowledge of SAN and NAS technologies.
-Experience with clustering and design/build of HA solutions.
-Experience scripting with Shell/Perl including development of
management tools/scripts
-Extensive knowledge of standard tools/protocols including NIS, NFS,
SSH, LDAP, DNS etc.
-Strong verbal and written communication skills.
-Team player with a commitment to success, and able to thrive in a
fast-paced, rapidly-changing systems environment.
-Experience within the financial services industry is preferred, but
not required.
-Experience with OpenSource applications such as MySQL and Apache a
plus
-Bachelors or equivalent experience is required

Please contact Albert Barsoumian with qualified resumes via email at albert@collabstaff.com or via phone at 508-872-7402.