Linux Engineer

job summary:We are always looking for intelligent, innovative and hard-working individuals. Our success is based on our talented team of industry and technology professionals, which we believe is the strongest in the industry, and we pride ourselves on hiring the best and brightest. location: Chicago, Illinoisjob type: Permanentsalary: $115,000 - 125,000 per yearwork hours: 8am to 4pmeducation: Bachelors responsibilities:

• Use the latest in systems management techniques to develop, test, and deploy configuration changes globally.
• Reduce administrative overhead wherever possible, an "automate everything" attitude.
• Identify key performance and capacity metrics and build scalable monitoring systems.
• Work closely with development teams on capacity scaling and performance tuning.
• Ensure Linux systems are adequately hardened and meet our security requirements.
• Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:
• Five years of experience managing a large 24x7 enterprise environment (hundreds of servers, multiple sites).
• Deep understanding of the Linux Kernel (scheduling, networking, I/O, monitoring).
• Solid background in configuration management (puppet/salt/ansible).
• strong understanding of software engineering (design, testing, version control) and experience in two of: Python/Ruby/C/C.
• Highly methodical and analytical approach to problem solving and evaluating technologies.
• Dedication to quality and attention to detail.

• Experience level: Experienced
• Minimum 6 years of experience
• Education: Bachelors