Sr. Virtualization/Linux Engineer

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Job Description

When youre part of the team at Thermo Fisher Scientific youll do meaningful work that makes a positive impact on a global scale. Join 100000 colleagues who bring our Mission to life each day to enable our customers to make the world healthier cleaner and safer. Youll find the resources here to achieve your career goals and help take science a step beyond by developing solutions for some of the worlds toughest challenges like protecting the environment making sure our food is safe or helping find cures for cancer.

How will you make an impact

As a member of our infrastructure engineering team you will focus on key pillars: Virtualization Cloud and Servers. Your efficient contributions will drive business success and empower our company to enable customers to make the world healthier cleaner and safer.

What will you do

• Virtualization Management:Design implement and lead virtualized environments using VMware ensuring optimal performance scalability and security.
• Linux System Administration:Administer and maintain Linux servers including installation configuration patching and troubleshooting to ensure high availability and performance.
• Automation and Scripting:Develop automation scripts using tools such as Ansible Python and Terraform to streamline operations and reduce manual intervention.
• Infrastructure tooling:Implement and manage monitoring/configuration solutions to ensure the health and performance of virtual and Linux environments using tools like NinjaOne and other monitoring platforms.
• Cloud Integration:Support hybrid cloud environments by integrating on-premise systems with cloud platforms such as AWS and Azure.
• Security and Compliance:Ensure systems are aligned with industry standards and regulatory requirements (e.g. SOX PCI CIS). Implement security standard methodologies and perform regular security audits.
• Disaster Recovery:Develop and maintain disaster recovery plans for environments ensuring regular testing and updates.
• Documentation:Create and maintain comprehensive documentation for system configurations procedures and processes to ensure operational consistency.
• Collaboration:Work closely with multi-functional teams including architecture operations security and application teams to support business needs and drive technology initiatives.
• Mentorship and Training:Provide guidance training and mentorship to junior staff encouraging a culture of continuous learning and development.
• Problem Resolution:Perform root cause analysis and resolve complex technical issues to ensure system stability and minimize downtime.
• Standardization:Drive the standardization of processes and procedures across the environments to ensure consistency and standard processes.
• Vendor Management:Liaise with vendors for support procurement and maintenance of virtualization and Linux infrastructure components.
  

How will you get here

Education

• 4-year degree with a major in Computer Science/ Engineering (or equivalent) from an accredited university or relevant work experience.
  

Experience

• 5 years experience in VMware Platform Administration
• 5 years experience with Linux Administration
• 3 years experience with AWS Cloud infrastructure management
• 3 years experience in L3 Infrastructure Operational Support
  

Knowledge Skills Abilities

• VMware 7 and 8 Administration
• VMware SRM
• HPE Greenlake Dell VxRail Cisco UCS (Some or All)
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux
• Ansible
• Terraform
• Python
• Bash
• Experience in working with geographically distributed teams
• A demeanor of continuous improvement
• Ability to work in a team structure make decisions tackle problems analyze plan coordinate and prioritize work
• Excellent oral and written communication skills to present technical information to both business and technology teams with clarity and precision

At Thermo Fisher Scientific each one of our 100000 extraordinary minds has a unique story to tell. Join us and contribute to our singular missionenabling our customers to make the world healthier cleaner and safer.

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