Linux AWS Systems Engineer
Bronx, NY

Job Description

Linux AWS Systems Engineer

Location: New Jersey/ Los Angeles

Duration: 11 months with possible contract to hire

Description:

* The Managed Services Infrastructure team is building a next-gen Infrastructure as a Service so that we can provide faster, more reliable solutions at greater scale. In our journey we are looking for a talented and passionate Infrastructure Engineer with a strong background in AWS operations & Linux system administration. This individual will have a good understanding of python. A basic knowledge of Networking & Online video will help them hit the ground running. The Managed Services Infrastructure team is developing a next-gen Infrastructure as Service (IaaS) which will leverage different Platform solutions. Through rigor and automation we strive for better engineering allowing us to build a robust, high-quality service that can cater to any of our customers demands at scale.

Candidate Will Do:

* Engineer and administer Linux systems in both hardware and cloud environments.
* Work with both internal and external customers on related projects.
* Provide support relating to customer incidents, and security issues.
* Diagnose performance issues by analyzing data with commercial and in-house tools.
* Write, review and maintain related code and documentation
* Be part of the on-call rotation.
* Work as part of the team to solve unique customer business integrations.
* Play a key role in the QA and deployment effort of new applications or streaming content.

Qualifications:

* Expert level experience in Linux system engineering and administration
* Expert level knowledge of AWS Operations (EC2, Lambda, S3, CloudWatch, Security Groups etc...)
* Experience with CI/CD process and tools, e.g: git, travis, salt, jenkins, AWS CodeDeploy, AWS CodePipeline
* Proficiency in infrastructure as a code & automation using Python, Unix Shell and other scripting languages.
* Candidates should possess a minimum of 5 years' relevant experience
* Demonstrate excellent organizational skills. Excellent reporting/presenting both upwards and across teams.
* Excellent decision-making, team organization and administration.

Nice to Have:

* Experience engineering solutions in AWS, Azure, Google Cloud, Openstack, Docker & Kubernetes.
* Extensive experience with Python, GoLang and Terraform.
* Experience in configuring and managing SaltStack.
* Deep understanding in Over The Top (OTT) video encoding.
* Network engineering / administration experience.