Job Title: Senior Linux
Location: Alabang, Muntinlupa-Shifting(Hybrid 3 days RTO, 2 days remote)
Mode of Hiring: Full-time Contract
JOB DESCRIPTION:
PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Maintain under operational conditions the current EssilorLuxottica retail systems in the Asia Pacific and associated hardware solutions in respect of the Support processes.
- Build, deploy and administer/manage new systems, predominantly Linux-based
- Pro-active in ensuring stability, response time, operational consistency and life cycle over the platforms.
- Contribute to continuous-improvement cycle for all functional/operational matters relating to all Linux platforms.
SECONDARY RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Contribute to search and qualification to new solutions
- Provide monthly reports on activity, quality and performance of the platforms
- Ensure appropriate documentation, including procedures for lower levels of support
PRIMARY TECHNICAL ABILITIES:
- Deep technical subject matter expertise and practical experience in Linux technologies: Minimum RHCE certified
- Experience working with high-density HPE Enterprise Hardware (E.g HPE MoonShot and Proliant Servers)
- Extensive experience working with Linux automation in large scale in IaC format. (E.g., Ansible, Azure/AWS APIs, Terraform)
- Experience in managing Microsoft Azure based cloud platform.
- Extensive experience with Linux deployment in large scale
- Extensive knowledge in at least one of the major UNIX/Linux scripting languages (Shell/Perl/Python).
- Experience creating Linux binary packages from source (RPM/DPKG)
- Enterprise Linux administration skills, preferably based on RedHat Enterprise Linux, CentOS and Debian/Ubuntu LTS.
- Experience with Linux virtualization, especially QEMU (Linux KVM)
- Extensive experience in automation of Linux system monitoring (E.g. Zabbix/Nagios/Prometheus/Icinga/Cacti)
- Extensive experience with automated Linux OS and application installation. (e.g. Kickstart)
- Exposure to FreeBSD preferrable.
- Exposure to Enterprise SIEM (E.g., Splunk) preferrable.
- Exposure with embedded Linux preferrable.
- Working knowledge with Microsoft Active Directory.
- Working knowledge with Azure AD and SAML based Single Sign-On solutions.
- Working knowledge with VMWare.
- Working knowledge with Microsoft Windows Server and desktop operating systems.
- Exposure with IT security concepts.
- Detailed understanding of TCP/IP networking concepts
- High level understanding of Web Services / SOA architecture, SaaS and PaaS in Microsoft Azure desirable.
SECONDARY TECHNICAL ABILITIES:
- Experience of Thin/Zero Client architecture
- Experience with Microsoft Azure cloud architecture
- Experience with Linux Kernel internals
- Other UNIX/UNIX-like OS experience
- Experience of supporting UNIX/Linux systems running SAP
- Knowledge working within ITIL framework.
BEHAVIOR ABILITIES:
- Minimum 5 years of Senior Enterprise Linux experience
- Excellent communication skills, verbal and written. English speaking mandatory
- Strong technical documentation and coaching skills.
- Follows through Enterprise IT change management.
- Attention to detail.
- Self-motivated, eager to learn in the IT profession
- Experience in International scope
- Team player must be able to work with people within and outside of the IT department.
- Customer service oriented
- Ability to analyze and synthesize situations and understand the business constraints
- Willing to do some traveling
