Linux Engineer

Responsibilities • Implement and maintain resilient, highly available data engineering, monitoring, and analytics application clusters to support production environments • Set up and operate server infrastructure and software (Linux, Elasticsearch, Logstash, Grafana, Kibana, Kafka, Nginx) following bank and industry security standards • Perform continuous platform improvements including capacity planning, observability, monitoring, reliability, and resiliency enhancements • Design and develop data engineering pipelines to support data processing and analytics needs • Automate repetitive tasks and optimize processes to improve efficiency and quality, performing thorough testing to validate changes • Create and maintain comprehensive software documentation for platform components and processes • Perform system maintenance, including patching and upgrades, to ensure platform stability and security Required competencies and certifications • Minimum 4 years of IT work experience • Hands-on experience in system administration or system software support • Experience operating and supporting Linux, Elasticsearch, Logstash, Grafana, Kibana, Kafka, and Nginx software • Proficient in Unix/Linux/Shell/Python scripting for automation and system management • Self-driven, committed, and reliable team player with a passion for learning new technologies Preferred competencies and qualifications • Knowledge of Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) practices including monitoring, observability, performance management, automation, and resiliency • Experience with Object Oriented Programming, web application development, NodeJS, Spring Boot, and Kafka • Familiarity with automation tools such as Ansible, Chef, Puppet, and DevOps pipelines • Experience in data ingestion processes including extraction, cleansing, parsing, and data analytics