Hi Associates,
Greetings!!
Please find the specs of the requirement below; kindly send suitable
profiles to
*srikanth.acha...@keyseries.us srikanth.acha...@keyseries.us*
*Senior Linux Systems Engineer*
*Location: Philadelphia, PA ( Face to Face Interview)*
*Duration: 6 Months *
Major Duties:
· Function as a key member of the team responsible for the day-to-day
system administration and operation of video delivery systems with
concentration on metrics data collection, analysis, reporting, tools and
solutions development (coding/scripting/dashboard development) and
operational support.
· Function as a leader to the team to provide day-to-day, system
administration, and operational support of VOD (Video on Demand) video
delivery systems.
· Be approachable and available for dissemination of Linux and scripting
skills for team members ramping up on Linux platforms.
· Support of thousands of Linux systems, both from external vendors and
internal projects.
· Participate in the design review of new technical features and
architecture changes to the Video on Demand content management and delivery
systems.
· Perform troubleshooting and problem resolution activities with other
support teams (e.g. network support, divisional support, and vendors).
· Produce Root Cause Analysis that focuses on recommendations to lessons
learned and avoid problem recurrence.
· Assemble training materials for divisional support to enable divisional
and customer care support capabilities.
· Perform code development and upgrades, patching, tuning, and
troubleshooting.
· Perform application software and database installation, upgrades, and
troubleshooting.
· Assist with monitoring tools configuration and investigate avenues to
create more robust monitoring
· Produce Root Cause Analysis findings that focus on recommendations to
learn from and avoid problem recurrence.
· Manage capacity, function, performance and stability of VOD environment,
and is at acceptable level.
· Perform occasional Microsoft Windows system administration,
installation, upgrades, patching, tuning, hardening and troubleshooting on
thousands of distributed servers
· Participation in an on-call rotation for after-hours coverage as needed
· Occasional travel required
· Maintain productive relationships with peer organizations and vendors.
· Other duties as assigned.
Required Skills/Experience:
· At least 5 years of Linux/Unix systems administration, performance
tuning, and troubleshooting experience in a large-scale (100+ servers),
customer-facing, high availability environment.
· At least 3 years in-depth experience with IP networking (TCP/IP packet
analysis with tcpdump and Wireshark, DNS, SNMP etc.)
· Administration, maintenance, support and scaling of Application Servers
(Puppet, Tomcat, JBoss, etc.)
· Creation of shell scripts to automate tasks and perform basic data
analysis.
· Coding experience in Python, Perl, Ruby or PHP, the scripting languages
used for dynamic web pages and web development (like classic HTML or
XHTML, JavaScript, Java)
· Experience with databases such as MySQL, CouchDB or MongoDB, and Oracle.
· Experience with messaging, log aggregation, indexing, data mining,
statistical analytics and reporting tools such are Splunk, Logstash, Apache
Kafka.
· Experience managing servers remotely in a distributed environment.
· Demonstrated ability to stay organized while multi-tasking between
several projects, and to adapt to change.
· Clear and effective verbal and written communication skills.
· Team player with professional work ethic and positive attitude.
· Demonstrated ability to produce results with a minimum of day-to-day
direction.
· Demonstrated interest in continuing to grow professionally and learn new
things.
· Must be able to work variable shift hours and rotate on-call duties
· Must be able to work in an entrepreneurial environment requiring broad
experience, adaptability, quick learning and excellent problem solving
skills
Desired Skills/Experience:
· Experience with SeaChange, Cisco, and/or Arris Video Delivery product
lines.
· Tools development in Python, Ruby, Perl, PHP, Java/JavaScript or similar
languages.
· Experience with large scale (multi-tier) caching delivery systems.
· Experience with Nagios monitoring and plugins.
· Experience designing SQL database schemas and optimizing queries.
· Experience operating and troubleshooting web application servers. XML
experience is a plus.
· Experience with VBscript and PowerShell scripts to automate tasks and
perform basic data analysis.
· Basic understanding of security and identity management technologies
(Digital Certificates, LDAP, SSO, etc.)
· Load Balancer, Switch and/or Router configuration, function, setup and
support
· Experience delivering MPEG content over HFC and/or IP Networks
· Experience developing technical documentation to clearly detail
information necessary for the