Job Title : OSS Infrastructure Specialist
Type : Contract; 6 months. This role is also available on a Permanent, Full time basis.
Location : Oakville, ON
Start Date : Immediate
Overview :
Our client is seeking a highly skilled, motivated and dynamic individual to join their Infrastructure team. The OSS Infrastructure Specialist supports & administers applications, software tools, & operating systems infrastructure and provides operational support the organization platform.
Platform :
- Much of the existing development environment is Microsoft-oriented (.NET 3.5 / 4.0, C#, MSMQ, SQL Server, WCF), but includes a rapidly-increasing mix of other technologies (Linux, Java EE, Glassfish, Android) as the organizations network is extended into other medical devices and platform offerings. The role will work with a product in a fast track to market, including mechanical handling, sensors, machine vision, VOIP, web portals, user interactions, inventory systems, and database reporting. Software must be designed and implemented to operate in a highly distributed, dependable, and secure networked environment.
Role :
Deployment of operating systems, applications & tools for operational support of the Platform, including setup of hypervisor environments, deployment of Linux, setup of middleware applications, databases and other systems software.Selection, deployment, configuration & administration of software for configuration management, address management, name management, event, incident & problem management in support of ITIL processes.Selection, deployment, configuration & administration of systems software for authentication, naming, addressing, configuration, boot image management, etc.Deployment, configuration & administration of databases used by operational support tools.Development of scripts and tools required for administration automation.Selection, deployment, configuration & administration of software systems for automation of high scale environments.2nd tier OSS infrastructure technical supportIncident, root cause analysis, & repair of OSS infrastructure problemsSkills :
University Degree in Computer Science or related discipline from an accredited educational institution is preferred (or equivalent, direct and related working experience will be considered)Minimum 5 years of relevant and recent hands on work experienceStrong English language communications skills, both written and verbal5 or more year’s administration experience with open source web based application infrastructure, including Java application engines (Glassfish, Apache, and Tomcat).5 or more years experience with open source operational support software (e.g. Freeradius, DCHP, DNS, LDAP, Kerberos, NTP, etc)5 or more years experience with large scale virtualization environments using Xen & Hyper-V, Linux (Ubuntu Server), system administration automation (e.g. cfengine) and system administration scripting (Perl and / or python)5 or more years experience with open source database infrastructure (MySQL, PostgreSQL), setup, configuration & tuningExperience with software usable in support ITIL processes such as configuration management (e.g. cfengine), incident & problem management (e.g. OTRS, OpenNMS), and other ITIL processes.Experience with large scale high availability highly virtualized computing environmentsExperience with Voice over IP & Video over IP software infrastructure (freeswitch, asterix) desirableKnowledge of enterprise service bus technology (OpenESB, ServiceMix, MuleESB)Excellent technical skills, ability to debug, think logically and work problems under pressureGood documentation skills, ability to write technical EnglishAbility to work productively and complete assigned work with minimal supervision.Experience with ITIL v3 environments & processes