Senior Cloud Engineer, Linux SME (Remote)

Company Description

At NBCUniversal, we believe in the talent of our people. It’s our passion and commitment to excellence that drives NBCU’s vast portfolio of brands to succeed. From broadcast and cable networks, news and sports platforms, to film, world-renowned theme parks and a diverse suite of digital properties, we take pride in all that we do and all that we represent. It’s what makes us uniquely NBCU. Here you can create the extraordinary. Join us.

Job Description

ABOUT THE ROLE:

NBC Universal seek a talented cloud engineer to join our growing team supporting Corporate Business Solutions. The ideal candidate possess specialist experience in Linux operating system design, build and administration. Especially in the areas of advanced cluster management (Pacemaker) and SAP Hana systems replication services.

This is an important role within our organization. The candidate will be the primary SME providing design, build and operational guidance for the support of Linux based solutions. Various Linux distros are the primary operating system used for our application services

The role sits within our cloud engineering squads. A passion for operating systems is a key requirement for this role

REQUIREMENTS:

• Minimum of 5 years experience with administration of Linux operating systems,
• Core experience with SUSE and SLES for SAP version 12 and higher
• Knowledge required of RedHat or Oracle Enterprise Linux
• 5 years experience with advanced cluster management (Pacemaker) and SAP Hana systems replication (HSR) services.
• Demonstratable experience with build and operation of large scale complex enterprise solutions (e.g. SAP or Oracle EBS) preferably in public cloud environments
• Minimum of AWS Professional Cloud Certification
• Ability to work in a across a variety of environments and platforms, have excellent follow-up skills and an ability to provide detailed documentation
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills are essential
• Ability to complete Tasks and or Projects within Time and Budget
• Ability to work independently as well as interactively with other team members is essential

Qualifications

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:

• Minimum of a 4 year IT related degree and 4 years of production systems administration/support, or equivalent work experience
• Ability to use a wide variety of open source technologies and tools
• Ability to code and script
• Experience with systems and IT operations
• Strong grasp of automation tools
• Comfort with collaboration, open communication and reaching across functional borders
• Working knowledge and experience with at least some of the following:
  • Linux system design and administration (installation, configuration, troubleshooting, maintenance, patching, log analysis, performance tuning, etc.)
  • AWS Cloud platform design and administration (compute, storage, DB, migration, network & content delivery services, etc.)
  • Scripting (Shell, Python, etc.)
  • Caching (Varnish, Memcached, etc.)
  • Web server platforms (Apache, Nginx, etc.)
  • Storage platforms (MySQL, ElasticSearch, etc.)
  • Log tools (Syslog, Logstash, Kibana, etc.)
  • Automation tools (Ansible, Jenkins, etc.)
  • Monitoring tools (Nagios, MRTG, etc.)
  • Security tools (SELinux, IPTables, OSSEC, etc.)

This position is eligible for company sponsored benefits, including medical, dental and vision insurance, 401(k), paid leave, tuition reimbursement, and a variety of other discounts and perks. Learn more about the benefits offered by NBCUniversal by visiting the Benefits page of the Careers website. Salary range: $110,000 - $155,000.

Additional Information

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