Role : Senior System Engineer

Location : Glendale,CA

Duration : 12 Months

Rate : $50/hr On C2C (Max)

Required Skills- Basic Qualifications: Technical Requirements

• Understand how to install and configure operating systems, specifically with expertise in Windows 2003, 2008, and RHEL.

• Experience supporting large Business Intelligence environments (experience with relevant technologies is a must – Hadoop, Vertica, Cassandra, etc)

• Experience with Google App Engine is a plus.

• Experience with containerization is a plus (E.G. Docker).

• Recognized as a subject matter expert on at least one OS and proficient in multiple operating systems, including OS performance monitoring, setup, configuration, tuning, and troubleshooting.

• Proficient in web or server technologies: Tomcat, IIS, Apache (IHS), WAS, WCS, MySQL, Oracle, MSSQL, etc., including being able to perform basic setup, configuration, and troubleshooting.

• Recognized as a subject matter expert on at least one web server and application server technology, including setup, configuration, performance monitoring, tuning, clustering, and debugging (e.g. JConsole).

• Expert on HTTP, TCP/IP, SNMP and DNS.

• Able to implement existing base standards for new systems and/or applications with mentoring for all of the following:

• Site monitoring and instrumentation

• Application monitoring and instrumentation

• System monitoring and instrumentation

• Resiliency and performance

• Able to diagnose simple to complex system problems.

• Understand internet technologies and network protocols, including HTTP, basic load balancing configurations, security zones, VIPs, etc.

• Perform peer review for new firewall, VIP and SAN requests.

• Able to interpret and build F5 iRules.

• Understands and correctly maps tiers of SAN storage to business needs.

• Understand application design and dependencies for the sites the team supports.

• Has expertise on one or more load balancer platforms (setting up pools, VIPs, layer 7 routing, debugging).

• Able to author tools and scripts to be used by others to automate repeatable production tasks in standard languages like bash, csh, batch or VBscript.

• Advanced skills in at least one programming language such as Python, Ruby, Java or C# and able to build unit test suites for all software being developed.

• Able to author test plans for use by peers and junior SE’s.

• Able to perform and provide in depth analysis on load test runs against a moderately complex system.

• Demonstrates exceptional troubleshooting methodology, including the ability to author and instruct new methodologies to the SE team.

• Demonstrate ability to independently triage moderately complex incidents.

• Independently resolve moderately to highly complex system and application incidents.

• Able to identify and propose system and application fixes for performance bottlenecks.

• Able to evaluate new application requirements for capacity and run-time best practices.

• Able to evaluate new system and/or infrastructure solutions for technical feasibility against known requirements and standards.

• Effective at dealing with change: Able to transition in role or handle a significant modification to workflow or technology with minimal ramp-up time and with very little guidance.

Communication and Leadership Requirements

• Excellent verbal and written communication to all levels in the organization.

• Serves as primary point of contact with Manager.

• Ability to lead functional teams in systems integration and design including writing operational specs, architectural diagrams, test plans and requirements management.

• Communication of ideas and solutions in a clear and organized manner.

• Clear and effective presentations to groups of people.

• Effective project management and planning on large-scale projects (familiarity with agile/scrum and water-fall project management a plus).

• Construction of concise and complete technical documentation.

description/Comment:This position is for an experienced systems engineer eager to play an integral role on the Systems Engineering team for the Walt Disney Company. Primary responsibilities include designing, building, and supporting web application systems for a large scale enterprise production environment that hosts a variety of online properties for The Walt Disney Company.

Responsibilities:This position is for an experienced systems engineer eager to play an integral role on the Systems Engineering team for the Walt Disney Company. Primary responsibilities include designing, building, and supporting web application systems for a large scale enterprise production environment that hosts a variety of online properties for The Walt Disney Company.

The Senior Systems Engineer is expected to have expert level systems administration skills on both the Linux and Windows server platforms, and must have extensive experience with Apache, IIS, and Tomcat. This position will focus on systems and application stability, security, performance, and capacity management, as well as documentation. The role requires participating in an on-call support rotation.
This position works closely with various business Engineering and Production teams to gather requirements, troubleshoot issues, and provide stellar customer support. The role requires someone who is creative, proactive, constructive, and highly motivated. The Senior SE must be prepared to work in an extremely collaborative and high-energy environment.

Basic Qualifications:Technical Requirements
• Understand how to install and configure operating systems, specifically with expertise in Windows 2003, 2008, and RHEL.
• Experience supporting large Business Intelligence environments (experience with relevant technologies is a must – Hadoop, Vertica, Cassandra, etc)
• Experience with Google App Engine is a plus.
• Experience with containerization is a plus (E.G. Docker).
• Recognized as a subject matter expert on at least one OS and proficient in multiple operating systems, including OS performance monitoring, setup, configuration, tuning, and troubleshooting.
• Proficient in web or server technologies: Tomcat, IIS, Apache (IHS), WAS, WCS, MySQL, Oracle, MSSQL, etc., including being able to perform basic setup, configuration, and troubleshooting.
• Recognized as a subject matter expert on at least one web server and application server technology, including setup, configuration, performance monitoring, tuning, clustering, and debugging (e.g. JConsole).
• Expert on HTTP, TCP/IP, SNMP and DNS.
• Able to implement existing base standards for new systems and/or applications with mentoring for all of the following:
• Site monitoring and instrumentation
• Application monitoring and instrumentation
• System monitoring and instrumentation
• Resiliency and performance
• Able to diagnose simple to complex system problems.
• Understand internet technologies and network protocols, including HTTP, basic load balancing configurations, security zones, VIPs, etc.
• Perform peer review for new firewall, VIP and SAN requests.
• Able to interpret and build F5 iRules.
• Understands and correctly maps tiers of SAN storage to business needs.
• Understand application design and dependencies for the sites the team supports.
• Has expertise on one or more load balancer platforms (setting up pools, VIPs, layer 7 routing, debugging).
• Able to author tools and scripts to be used by others to automate repeatable production tasks in standard languages like bash, csh, batch or VBscript.
• Advanced skills in at least one programming language such as Python, Ruby, Java or C# and able to build unit test suites for all software being developed.
• Able to author test plans for use by peers and junior SE’s.
• Able to perform and provide in depth analysis on load test runs against a moderately complex system.
• Demonstrates exceptional troubleshooting methodology, including the ability to author and instruct new methodologies to the SE team.
• Demonstrate ability to independently triage moderately complex incidents.
• Independently resolve moderately to highly complex system and application incidents.
• Able to identify and propose system and application fixes for performance bottlenecks.
• Able to evaluate new application requirements for capacity and run-time best practices.
• Able to evaluate new system and/or infrastructure solutions for technical feasibility against known requirements and standards.
• Effective at dealing with change: Able to transition in role or handle a significant modification to workflow or technology with minimal ramp-up time and with very little guidance.
Communication and Leadership Requirements
• Excellent verbal and written communication to all levels in the organization.
• Serves as primary point of contact with Manager.
• Ability to lead functional teams in systems integration and design including writing operational specs, architectural diagrams, test plans and requirements management.
• Communication of ideas and solutions in a clear and organized manner.
• Clear and effective presentations to groups of people.
• Effective project management and planning on large-scale projects (familiarity with agile/scrum and water-fall project management a plus).
• Construction of concise and complete technical documentation.

Additional Information:Big data. Hadoop, Vertex. Anything supporting them.

Experience google app engine would helpful.
Tomcat, web type stuff. Web Server and other java containers.
Chef would be nice, but not necessary. Some configuration management, but we have people who do that.
Docker is great, but not necessary.