Senior Systems Engineer – Linux (Remote)

Senior Systems Engineer Linux (Remote) We are looking for a Senior Systems Engineer for a large, global B2B high-tech company. In this role, you will contribute to Configuration Management and Infrastructure as Code for the client's global private cloud. You will develop tools in Python, Bash, and JavaScript to replace manual work and improve the customer maintenance experience. This is a 12-month contract (Extension possible), 40 hours per week, remote role in the US. This is a W2 employee of Stage 4 Solutions. Health benefits and 401K are offered. Responsibilities Contribute to Configuration Management and Infrastructure as Code for ServiceNow's global private cloud.Develop tools in Python, bash, and JavaScript to replace manual work and improve customer maintenance experience.Drive enhancements and bug fixes for large-scale automation projects such as patching, provisioning, and kickstart domains.Design and implement procedures to accomplish maintenance where automation and tooling cannot; drive resolution of root causes with internal team members.Prepare new ServiceNow products and services for production readiness with design review, feedback to engineering teams, training, and testing.Use broad knowledge and experience of systems administration and networking principles to proactively prevent and address incidents while constantly improving documentation.Participate in escalations and Root Cause Analysis of issues in both US Federal and global Commercial infrastructures.Troubleshoot database backup and restore failures as well as perform database migrations.Support operation of a wide variety of infrastructure services including Machine Learning and Prediction, Cloudera Big Data clusters, Kafka and RabbitMQ messaging, database encryption, email infrastructure at scale, DNS, Puppet, Elasticsearch, F5 BigIP, and more. Requirements Strong Linux expertise is a must.Expert-level skills and background in systems administration and engineering.Understanding of the components of a cloud infrastructure, including hardware platforms, OS, applications, databases, networks, web and application servers.Prior experience in Site Reliability Engineering/DevOps and managing large-scale server infrastructure in a cloud computing or MSP setting is highly desirable.Experience with performance and availability monitoring, analysis, and configuration management platforms (e.g., Nagios/Icinga, Cacti, Ansible, Puppet, cfengine, chef, Splunk, Logstash).Working-level knowledge of one: Perl, Python, JavaScript.Familiarity with MySQL, Oracle, MariaDB, PostgreSQL or similar technologies; proficiency preferred.Expert-level skills and experience with service troubleshooting in a production environment covering web front-end, Systems, databases, and Networks.Familiarity with Networking Technologies such as routing, switching and load balancing. F5 and NGINX experience is ideal.Understanding of ITIL v3 framework and how it applies to incidents, problems and changes.Good communication skills and ability to work well in a collaborative team environment Please submit your resume to our network at http://www.stage4solutions.com/careers/ (apply to the Senior Systems Engineer Linux (Remote) role). Please feel free to forward this job post to others you think may be interested. Stage 4 Solutions is an equal-opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to providing employees with an inclusive environment that is free of discrimination and harassment. All employment decisions are based on the job requirements and candidates qualifications, without regard to race, color, religion/belief, national origin, gender identity, age, disability, marital status, genetic information, or other applicable legally protected characteristics. Compensation: $70/hr - $76.67/hr.