Linux Engg

Job Vacancy Title: Senior Linux/UNIX Engineer


We offer:

• To work with some of the best professionals in the business - for a firm that values individual intellect as much as teamwork
• State-of-the-art offices in the City Centre that are designed to maximize collaboration
• Flexible working arrangements (core hours and opportunity to work from home)
• Enriching challenges that provide opportunity for constant learning and advancement
• An environment which is leveraging technology to its highest potential

You will: (responsibilities)

• Join a team of skilled and experienced technologists tasked with maintaining and enhancing our large scale, globally deployed RedHat Linux-based platform. 
• Take ownership of components on a global level, working with operational counterparts and customers to prioritize and execute on enhancements, extensions and remediation in these critical components of our infrastructure.
• Use declarative configuration-as-code principles and extensive automation across a mixture of strategic engineering and design projects.
• Add features, manage, and tune configuration, and perform deep-level troubleshooting of the existing Linux platform management systems and Linux O/S configuration and builds.
• Be involved in the architectural design and implementation of new solutions to support the fast-paced, dynamic needs of the business.
• Lead the development of new ideas and policies at an inter-departmental level.

You have: (must-have skills)

• Expert knowledge of Linux, including familiarity with UNIX system calls, and low-level O/S and network protocols.
• Experience of using any modern config management system (examples such as Salt Stack, Puppet, or Chef) to automate management of a large-scale Linux deployment.
• Ability to write robust, maintainable code in Python and/or Perl.
• Effective troubleshooting skills across hardware, O/S, network, and storage.
• Ability to convey complex technical topics to a non-technical audience, identify and communicate the business risks or benefits of the projects you are working on, and form strategic relationships with key stakeholders.

You might also have: (nice to have skills)

• Experience working in a large, multi-national enterprise in any industry vertical, showing experience of communicating and collaborating in globally distributed teams.
• Enthusiasm for modern development tools and practices including Git, Jenkins, automated testing, and continuous integration.
• Experience of designing, implementing and supporting large scale production IaaS platforms, working with virtualisation and other private cloud technologies
• Knowledge of building and managing containerised software in a secure manner.
• As a reference point, contributors to open source projects would be an ideal fit.
• Knowledge of other programming languages, such as C or C++
• Experience leading a team of engineers

S​YNECHRON’S DIVERSITY & INCLUSION STATEMENT
 

Diversity & Inclusion are fundamental to our culture, and Synechron is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and is an affirmative action employer. Our Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) initiative ‘Same Difference’ is committed to fostering an inclusive culture – promoting equality, diversity and an environment that is respectful to all. We strongly believe that a diverse workforce helps build stronger, successful businesses as a global company. We encourage applicants from across diverse backgrounds, race, ethnicities, religion, age, marital status, gender, sexual orientations, or disabilities to apply. We empower our global workforce by offering flexible workplace arrangements, mentoring, internal mobility, learning and development programs, and more.

All employment decisions at Synechron are based on business needs, job requirements and individual qualifications, without regard to the applicant’s gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, ethnicity, disabled or veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

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