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Responsibilities:

• Design, implement and maintain our complex technology infrastructure and environment, ensuring systems are operational and robust  
• Diagnose and resolve the most complex, highly-technical and business-critical server and system-wide issues
• Help create, update, maintain and administer a stable Linux environment
• Assist with strategic capacity planning, and review and approve technical documentation
• Drive the evaluation, selection and deployment of a variety of new technologies and tools
• Help optimize system performance, working with applications, network, storage, database and server technology
• Install and manage virtual machines using various virtualization technologies
• Provide assistance with automation of software installation processes

Skills and Qualities:

• Exceptional problem-solving ability
• Smart, intellectually-curious, fast-learner, and quick study
• Demonstrated ability to work and lead in high-performance, small-team environments
• Calm and poised, and comfortable in a dynamic, fast-changing environment
• Able to take ideas and goals and ensure successful implementation with impeccable attention to detail
• Able to and interested in delivering optimal, business-prioritized solutions

Requirements:

• Knowledge of hardware, load balancing, performance monitoring and DNS
• General knowledge of backups, system design, and web servers
• Strong knowledge of authentication/directory services, DB, HA, networking, security, storage, system optimization and patching
• Network offload technologies and supporting NFS server environment
• Packaging support and building packages from scratch
• Maintaining configuration management tools such as Puppet, Ansible, or Salt
• Understanding of Nagios- or Icinga-based monitoring technologies
• Excellent analytical and design skills at multi-product/multi-environment level