Responsibilities
Under the general direction of the DGIT Manager for Infrastructure, the Linux Systems Engineer is responsible for proficient delivery of datacenter services to the UCLA Health Sciences schools.
In this role, you will be responsible for the effective provisioning, configuration, support, and maintenance of hardware, software and related infrastructure and applications in delivering full lifecycle management.
You will focus primarily on Linux related servers and services, but are expected to participate in general Windows systems administration, enterprise storage provisioning, security and patch management and other activities as required.
As part of this position, you will be expected to participate in 24×7 rotational support to rapidly troubleshoot service delivery issues.
Qualifications
5+ years experience supporting large enterprise infrastructures with a focus on virtualization, LDAP, DNS, DHCP, server administration, storage administration, backup administration, software deployment, etc.
Strong experience managing Linux using DevOPS services and concepts e.g., Chef, Puppet, or equivalent
Extensive experience providing hands-on support for large-scale, public-facing environments running on Linux platforms, preferably RHEL/CentOS and Ubuntu
Knowledge of systems infrastructure that power todays modern and highly available database applications, with deep expertise in one or more areas: compute, storage, high availability, cloud security, and/or application performance
Scripting experience is required (BASH, Python, and/or PERL)
Experience with database deployment and operation (MySQL, PostgreSQL, and/or SQL)
Experience with web application stack deployment, configuration and operation (Apache/LAMP, Tomcat, and/or NGINX)
Experience with monitoring and notification tools like LogicMonitor, Nagios, ELK, and/or TICK
Experience with NFS, ZFS, XFS and Ext3/4 file systems
Familiarity with container technologies like Docker, k8s, ECS, Swarm or Kubernetes
Solid experience in the administration and performance tuning one of the following application stacks: Tomcat, JBoss, Apache, and/or NGINX
UCLA is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer.
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or protected Veteran status.