As a Senior Systems Engineer, the person develops and maintains stable, reliable, and secure Linux systems. The person mentors a team of junior Linux admins and NOC personnel to troubleshoot and optimize Vertafore’s Linux environment. In this role, the person is expected to have a strong knowledge of Oracle or RedHat Enterprise Linux, its engineering and administration. He/She has excellent problem-solving skills and Linux troubleshooting skills. The person should have passion to continuously improve services, enhance security and optimize the service performance. Core Requirements and Responsibilities: Essential job functions included but are not limited to the following: ·        Provide day to day support to RHEL/oracle Linux servers through various ticketing tools like service now and monitoring tools like Dynatrace/SolarWinds/CloudWatch. ·        Managed Security, Backup, Disaster Recovery, Performance Monitoring and Fine-tuning on Linux (RHEL) systems. ·        Primarily responsible for installation, configuration, support, and lifecycle management of all Linux systems/Oracle Linux, across Vertafore’s data centers, cloud and office locations ·        Own, define and drive projects to support business requirements and to enhance the Linux environment performance, availability, and security. ·        Ability to manage LVM, Multipathing, NFS on Linux. ·        Interpret security advisories and design, implement and test control measures. ·        Ability to communicate complex technical concepts to individuals of various technical ability. ·        Writes and maintains complete and concise technical documentation. ·        Serve as the escalation point for Linux incidents. ·        Experience with shell scripting and configuration management tools such as Ansible or Chef to perform server hardening. ·        Knowledge of networking protocols, firewall management, and security practices in a Linux environment.       Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities: ·        Strong experience in managing and supporting Redhat or Oracle Enterprise Linux for hybrid data centers is a MUST. ·        Experience With Configuration management tools like Chef and Ansible. ·        Experience with Windows and AWS is also required. Must be comfortable managing instance on AWS (preferred) ·        Knowledge on Datacenter infrastructure, VMware virtualization, SAN Storage infrastructure. ·        Able to handle pressure during outages and systematically resolve issues. ·        Experience being tasked outside their training, willing to take on and learn new technologies. ·        Experience as an escalation engineer in a customer centric role. ·        Experience communicating at various levels including non-technical staff, leadership, management, and external customers.