Senior Linux Systems Engineer (with Automation skills)/ Charter Communication

Charter Communications Visa

Ideal candidate will lead in the planning, design, development, implementation, and execution Linux systems engineering for the Charter Datacenter. Drives identification and adoption of best-in-class development. Designs, develops and implements platform enhancements and makes recommendations for improvements.

Qualifications, Duties And Responsibilities

Required:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering or related field, and / or equivalent work experience
• Minimum eight years of experience in UNIX/Linux engineering/administration
• Solid (RPM and Debian) Linux engineering, troubleshooting, testing and hardening experience
• Experience using new RPM tools like ip, dnf, nmcli...
• Experience using apt, ubiquity, debian installer, ufw
• Familiar writing, reading and understanding yaml, and json files
• Automation/Scripting skills: perl, bash and python
• Hands-on experience designing, implementing and optimizing Linux file-systems
• Experience with vcenter, vmware ovftool, and hashicorp vault and packer tools
• Knowledge of CIS Workbench hardening, Linux Test Project and eliciting test cases; experience with Linux troubleshooting, hardening, and performance tuning
• Gitlab experience creating workflows, CI/CD pipelines, setting variables

Desired:

• Familiar with Test Driven Development (TDD)
• Experience with LDAP mandatory
• Experience with API-driven configuration
• Write and review pull/merge requests in Git
• Hands-on experience with creating Linux system images and publishing to a repository system such as Artifactory, etc.
• Red Hat Certified System Administrator certification

Additional Job Qualifications:

• Ability to read, write and speak the English language to communicate with employees, customers, suppliers, in person, on the phone, and by written communications in a clear, straight-forward, and professional manner
• Can clearly and professionally communicate with peers and solution vendors, both in person and through approved electronic communication means.
• Ability to schedule and coordinate multiple projects, communicate project requirements and objectives.
• Ability to meet deliverable objectives with minimal supervision.
• Understanding of Telco or related service provider services and technologies.