Linux Engineer

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Weve amassed some of the best and brightest minds in cyber security who are passionate about protecting the digital world. Our team blends advanced technology alongside deep expertise to tackle the toughest cyber threats out there. Put simply our mission is to stay ahead of the curve and create a safer digital landscape for our partners and we think adding aLinux Engineer will up our cyber game.

The Linux Engineer is responsible for supporting troubleshooting configuring patching and other software updates to Silverskys Linux server and VMWare environment. They are responsible for availability redundancy and recoverability of critical internal services and applications as well as customer facing services and applications. The Linux Engineer maintains and is responsible for server lifecycle management and ensuring hardware and software versions are compliant with Silverskys End-of-Life policy. They respond to critical system alerts and escalated customer tickets to maintain our Service and Operational Level Agreements.

What youll be doing:

• Performing software installations and upgrades to Linux systems and maintain them in accordance with established policies procedures and service level agreements.
• Monitoring and tuning Linux systems to achieve optimum level of uptime and performance.
• Working with product development by evaluating implementing and managing appropriate software and hardware solutions.
• Analyzing and troubleshooting system and application performance on Linux based systems.
• Planning and scheduling server outages to perform hardware and software upgrades within a given window.
• Designing and building systems to support internal applications.
• Participating in 24x7x365 on call rotation.

What does it take to succeed in this role

• 2 years of experience in enterprise Linux system administration. This includes building from scratch configuring for production level operations and troubleshooting common Linux - connectivity issues hardware diagnostic filesystem issues system boot issues and service operability.
• 2 years of experience in configuration and system build automation.
• 2 years of experience implementing monitoring. Identifying server-side resources services and other objects that require monitoring to support server operations.
• Strong communication skills.
• Degree in Computer Science; may be substituted by numerous technical certifications or significant years of related experience.

In addition to the technical expertise we expect respect opinions and thoughtful input.

We are hiring only from the Philippines due to location-based requirements.

How we work.

Our 3 values define how we operate internally as well as externally:

Vision - We embrace a forward-thinking mindset. Our team has a clear and inspiring picture of the future that helps drive our decisions towards creating and delivering world-class security services.

Velocity - We have a bias for action. We move swiftly and with purpose toward our goals and objectives and can easily adapt (and adjust) along the way.

Vigilance We foster a culture of proactive awareness for our company and our customers who trust us to be an extension of their team. We are always looking for areas where we can innovate improve fix transform and revolutionize which ensures the protection safety and success of everyone at SilverSky.

If this sounds interesting and you are passionate about redefining how the world thinks about cyber security we want to hear from you. Apply now if you are interested in learning more about how we can change the rules of engagement together.

About SilverSky

We are a global cyber security company with more than 20 years of professional experience in the industry. Our 300 employees are on a mission to protect our customers with comprehensive adaptive security services that maximize technology and automate responses while empowering security analysts to hunt for threats react and respond immediately. Its the human enhanced response that differentiates SilverSky and allows us to create the most comprehensive managed detection and response (MxDR) solution in the industry by delivering on our Vision Velocity Vigilance philosophy. Follow us on LinkedIn and X.