Unix Linux System Engineer Jobs in Mickleton, NJ

Company Description
GSSR Inc. is a pioneer in Information Technology Services & Solutions. We are partnered with Fortune 500 clients, we are known for our high-touch, client-centric methodology, offering our clients high end matched quality, responsiveness and adaptability.
Job Description
Job Title: Cloud Systems Engineer IV
Duration: 6 Months Contract
Location: king of Prussia, PA
Job Description:
Client's Cloud Product Engineering team is looking for passionate and talented people to join our growing team. We work in a relaxed atmosphere with a flexible schedule. We maintain a culture of technical excellence, but we have fun together, too. This is a product development position. If you are interested in building complex Cloud Products and Services, then this is a position you will definitely enjoy. This is an exciting position with a group that has a startup mentality.
Qualifications
Responsibilities:
• Produce quality documentation of use cases, business and technical solutions and concepts
• Present to and solicit feedback from various engineering, development and operations teams
• Work with product teams to understand requirements for new products and engineer solutions to provide.
• Work with existing engineering and operations teams to understand existing infrastructure and offering, and take advantage of current best practices
• Lead the development of offering proofs-of-concept and effectively transition those concepts to the lines of business for engineering, deployment and commercialization
• Conduct extensive research into emerging and existing technologies related to above strategic initiatives
Requirements
This role will be part of a small team of technology experts, each with differing areas of expertise. While the emphasis of this role will be focused on developing the long-term vision and POC's for future of Client's offerings, to be successful, the candidate will have significant background and technical knowledge in more than one of the following areas (or similar):
• We work with seven key technologies: Networking, Windows, Linux, Virtualization, OpenStack, Containers, and Storage. You should be strong in at least 4 of these technologies to apply
• Virtualization: Experience designing and managing large distributed virtual environments (VMware & KVM)
• Networking: Experience configuring and troubleshooting network devices (switches, routers, firewalls)
• Networking: Solid understanding of routing and switching
• Storage: Experience configuring storage (SAN and IP-based)
• Storage: Backups and data protection
• Linux/Unix: Experience managing Linux and or Unix servers, comfortable with a command line and vi.
• Linux/Unix: Shell scripting or more advanced programming
• Windows: Experience managing Windows and Active Directory Infrastructure
• Windows: PowerShell or other automation tools
Preferred Skills:
• Must have experience with OpenStack highly desired (Neutron, Nova, Cinder, RabbitMQ, and etc)
• Network virtualization
• MySQL Administration
• Cisco Nexus switches and Juniper routers and firewalls
• Prior experience creating cloud environments
• Service provider experience highly desired.
• Must have (AWS, OpenStack, Puppet, Chef, Python, PowerShell, Ruby, etc).
• Additionally, the successful candidate must possess the following:
• Excellent interpersonal communications, both verbal and written
• The ability to work as part of a global, virtual team
• A strong sense of self-motivation and work ethic
• A positive, persistent approach to their work
• An ability to reduce complex ideas and problems into lucid concepts and solutions
• A passion for new technology and innovation
Education & Experience:
• College degree BA or BS in relevant field (Computer Science, Management Information Systems, or Business) or equivalent work experience.
• 3-5 years' experience working with enterprise IT or service provider environments
• Relevant ongoing education through certifications, formal or self-study
Working Conditions:
TYPICAL PHYSICAL DEMANDS:
• Requires frequent sitting, standing, bending, stooping and occasional lifting up to 50 pounds.
• Requires normal range of hearing and manual dexterity sufficient to operate keyboard, telephone, photocopier, calculator and other office equipment as needed.
• Requires ability to work under stressful conditions and to work irregular hours.
TYPICAL WORKING CONDITIONS:
• Typical 40-hour workweek. There may be occasional need for additional working hours.
Thanks & Regards
Vignesh
Manager Recruitment's & Marketing
Additional Information
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