Tech Specialist – Enterprise Server Platforms
Team Overview
CME Group’s Enterprise Server Platforms (ESP) team is looking for a Systems Engineer to improve the design and support of our Linux and Windows server infrastructure, with an emphasis on virtualization expertise. The environment is large and challenging to grasp, and will require someone with strong technical skills who can plan and execute well, in close collaboration with peers.
Key Responsibilities
- Support Windows and Linux (RHEL) – troubleshooting all aspects of the platform as needed (hardware and software)
- Support and enhance RHEV, OpenStack and VMware virtualization platforms, integrating shared standards where appropriate
- Architect enhancements and new solutions; identify process weaknesses and address them
- Automation of common tasks
- Produce thorough technical documentation for new and existing solutions
- Low-level performance tuning and optimization of all aspects of the platform – compute, storage, networking, scheduler
- High-availability configurations, access control, authentication
- Manage and communicate risk to end users and support personnel during maintenance work
- Manage relationships between ESP and internal customers to ensure their needs are being met
- Keep abreast of new technologies and best practices. Understand and communicate how they may benefit CME Group
- Work with vendors to improve ESP owned solutions and services
- Work closely with Development teams on lab benchmarks to determine the most appropriate technology solutions
- Monitor system capacity and provide insight on capacity planning initiatives
- Configuration management tasks including; maintaining hardware inventory, software, hardware migrations, software packaging, OS builds and migrations, tool installation and removal of end-of-life hardware
- Provide technical expertise and perform tasks for all related infrastructure projects, including: business continuity and disaster recovery
- Configuration, testing, implementation, and troubleshooting of standard platform services: web, file transfer, LDAP, DNS, NFS, time, logging, system metrics
- Enforce and manage company policies and procedures including enforcing and maintaining corporate security policies and procedures
- Periodic on-call support as part of our follow the sun support model
Essential Criteria
- In-depth operating system knowledge in Linux/Unix
- Significant experience with KVM, RHEV, OpenStack and/or vCenter/vSphere 5.x
- Strong understanding of OS and OS-Hardware interaction (firmware, hardware, kernels)
- Strong scripting abilities
- Solid understanding of and experience with networking technology, including TCP/IP stack.
- Solid understanding of and experience with clustering and fault tolerant designs
- Experience with performance tuning Linux/KVM
- Experience with SAN and NAS solutions, in particular when used with virtualization solutions
- Good understanding of modern x86 server architecture
Desirable Criteria
- Operating Systems knowledge in Windows
- Hands-on experience with virtualization in large scale deployments in multiple data center environments
- Experience with distributed storage solutions and file systems would be a plus (e.g. Gluster, ceph, Lustre)
- Experience with Linux Containers, cgroups, J2EE solutions, Oracle/MySQL, MongoDB, messaging middleware would be a plus
What the press say
IDG’s Computerworld has selected CME Group as 2013 Best Place to Work in Information Technology honoree for the 9th year in a row
What our employees say
I joined CME in October 2012 after spending more than 13 years with my previous employer which was a multinational managed services provider. I was responsible for the implementation and support of Unix and SAN infrastructures in a diverse and demanding environment. To say changing jobs was a big decision is a huge understatement, after 13 years in the one place you become part of the furniture. Thankfully I needn’t have worried. From day one CME has infected me with its relentless desire to strive forward and continually improve.
I joined CME in the role of Lead Technical Operations Engineer in the Technology Operations Command Centre. TOCC provides first and second level support of CME’s mission critical environments across the PROD, CERT, New Release and DR environments. During the interview stage I was sold on the family friendly working environment, in addition to the fact I would be dealing with cutting edge technologies. The scale of the operation was also extremely appealing.
CME empower their staff to make suggestions for improvement and they realise their number one asset is their people. I for one am glad to be a part of this and look forward to growing and improving with our company”
Here at CME we can offer you;
- A culture which encourages and rewards entrepreneurship, innovation, teamwork and delivery
- Work/Life Balance
- A dynamic and innovative Agile Environment with an onsite Agile Coach
- Leading edge technology stacks
- A comprehensive training and personal development plan for each individual to help enrich talent
- A fun place to work
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