Technical Lead - Systems Engineer

JOB DESCRIPTION

As a lead Systems Engineer, the person develops and maintain stable, reliable and secure linux systems. The person mentors a team of junior Linux admins and NOC personnel to troubleshoot and optimize Vertafore s Linux environment.

In this role, the person is expected to have strong knowledge of Oracle or Redhat Enterprise Linux, its engineering and administration. He/She has excellent problem-solving skills and Linux troubleshooting skills. The person should have passion to continuously improve services, enhance security and optimize the service performance.

Core Requirements and Responsibilities:

Essential job functions included but are not limited to the following:

Primarily responsible for installation, configuration, support and lifecycle management of all Linux systems, across Vertafore s data centers, cloud and office locations

Provide expertise, and direction on Linux engineering and architecture requirements

Own, define and drive projects to support business requirements and to enhance the Linux environment performance, availability and security

Applies Quality Control and Quality Assurance principles

Interpret security advisories and design, implement and test control measures

Ability to communicate complex technical concepts to individuals of various technical ability

Writes and maintains complete and concise technical documentation

Serve as the escalation point for Linux incidents