Linux Monitoring Tools Engineer – India
Are you passionate about solving challenging problems, making a real impact and building something big? Join the Virtela team today.
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Are you passionate about solving challenging problems, making a real impact and building something big? Are you someone who is looking to make a significant positive impact in your role as a UNIX Systems Engineer?
Virtela just might have a position for you! We’re looking for a razor sharp engineer to help transform how to support enterprise networking and security. If you’re a systems infrastructure fanatic who tirelessly fine-tunes their craft and seeks to improve your ideas based on what applications and end-users really want and need – it’s time to apply!
Required Skills
- 3+ years managing Linux based monitoring solutions along with Security monitoring experience
- Expert level experience with Zabbix and Nagios
- Expert level programming with Bash as well as Perl or Python
- Strong CentOS and/or Ubuntu experience
- Strong MySQL experience or any databases
Preferred Skills
- Networking background is a plus
- Puppet experience is a plus
Experience Required
- Hands on experience supporting Enterprise applications.
- Strong skills for automation of repeatable work
- Knowledge of Internet services, systems monitoring and management, and open source tools with emphasis on Syslog, SMTP, HTTP, LDAP, Radius, SQL, DNS, Nagios, and Zabbix.
- Strong documentation skills
- Understanding of Systems design and the OSI model
- Ability to perform 24x7x365 on-call duty with other systems team members
Key Responsibilities
- Management of Virtela’s Zabbix and Nagios monitoring solutions
- Authoring scripts to monitor resource utilization, availability, and functionality of custom applications
- Automating monitoring of new servers and devices
- Scaling and distributing monitoring solution geographically
- Scanning and monitoring for security vulnerabilities. Working with application and device owners to ensure resolution of identified problems.
- Ensuring a minimal amount of false positive alerts
- Configuring and managing alert escalations, including SMS and notifications to management
- Working with developers and operations personnel to ensure adequate monitoring and proper alerting is in place
- Acting as a key member (support/consult/lead) on various application’s BSS/OSS projects
- Systems planning, configuring systems, installing software, providing guidance in technical meetings, defining standards, assisting with research and design for architectural issues, assisting/providing status updates, attending project meetings and implementation support of new applications
