Senior Systems Engineer

Description:

Job Title: Senior Systems Engineer
Location: Remote
Salary: Competitive.
Job type: Full Time, Permanent.
An extraordinarily talented group of individuals work together every day to drive TNS' success, from both professional and personal perspectives. Come join the excellence!
Overview:
This position provides white glove support to our premium service client base in the Financial Market Line of business.
You will be working with a team of Engineers responsible for assisting customers with gathering server and OS (primarily linux) requirements, building servers and deploying them to datacenters across the world. In addition, this position will support both server hardware and Linux OSs in the field and be proactive about alerting the customer to potential server performance issues and recommending / implementing solutions.
Responsibilities:
Primary Duties and Responsibilities:
* Engage with clients regarding new server/service implementations, as well as plan and execute the delivery of these requests
* Act as primary contact for client representatives for support-related incidents and scheduled check-in meetings
* Perform support and maintenance on an as-needed basis outside of normal office hours
* Build and deploy new systems for customers
* Continuously improve the tools and processes related to creation, deployment and support/monitoring of customer servers
* Document all client requests, with step-by-step instructions for the implemented solution
Qualifications:
* 10+ years' experience managing Unix-like systems (Red Hat, CentOS preferred)
* Demonstrated skills in decision making/judgement and initiative
* Excellent technical writing skills required
* Capable of working both independently and within a team
* Experience with common Linux programming/scripting languages. Python strongly preferred.
* Good experience with various servers and manufacturers (Dell, HP, Supermicro)
* Understanding of filesystems, volume managers, raid concepts. (ZFS, LVM, MD, XFS, EXT4)
* Experience with forensic applications (e.g. Sysdig, Auditd, Wireshark, ELK stack), and deep analysis into performance-related issues
* Advanced understanding of network concepts, particularly VLANS, multicast, and static routing
* Experience with an automation engine, such as Ansible, Puppet, or Chef
Optional Desired Qualifications:
* Ansible experience strongly preferred
* Ubuntu, KVM, OpenStack, Docker, Kubernetes experience preferred
* Exposure to other facets of IT (Information Technology) helpful
* Familiarity with audited environments preferred
Education and Certifications:
* Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience required
* ITIL certification preferred
If you are passionate about technology, love personal growth and opportunity, come see what TNS is all about!
TNS is an equal opportunity employer. TNS evaluates qualified applicants without regard to race, colour, religion, gender, national origin, age, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, protected veteran status, disability/handicap status or any other legally protected characteristic.
Please click on the APPLY button to send your CV for this role.
Candidates with the relevant experience or job title of; Systems Engineer Lead, Senior Linux Systems Engineer, Senior Infrastructure Engineer, SIP, AWS Systems Engineer, Senior IT Infrastructure Systems Engineer, Senior Technical Developer, Senior Systems Developer, also may be considered for this role