Northwell Health

Nonprofit health system in New York and Connecticut

Senior Linux/AIX Engineer - Remote

System AdministrationUpdated on Nov 13

Full-timeNew Hyde Park, NY, USA$98.3k - $170.1kRemote

About the Job

Requirements

A bachelor's degree is required, or an equivalent combination of education and related experience.
A minimum of 5 years of relevant experience is required.
Solid understanding of Linux internals and networking concepts.
Strong AIX and Linux administration experience.
RedHat Enterprise Linux experience, including systems administration.
Experience with RedHat Satellite, content management, patch management, and provisioning of RHEL systems.
Experience with virtualization technologies such as IBM VIOS, VMware, and cloud services.
Experience with Unix shell scripting.
Experience with configuration management tools such as Ansible and Kickstart.
Experience with system performance monitoring, troubleshooting, and tuning.
Experience with backup technologies.
Administration experience with LVM.
A solid foundation in operating systems.
Availability for on-call work on a team rotation outside normal business hours.

Responsibilities

Administer more than 500 UNIX/Linux servers, including physical servers, LPARs, VIOS, and virtual machines, across multiple data centers and cloud environments including Azure, Google, and Oracle.
Develop and maintain automation tools and processes to scale operations for UNIX/Linux platforms.
Plan, coordinate, and perform AIX and RHEL-based operating system upgrades, patching, and lifecycle management.
Perform day-to-day administration tasks including backup, restore, failover, log interpretation, and performance monitoring.
Audit and monitor system health, availability, and performance to support 24/7 uptime of production servers and applications.
Resolve Tier 1 and Tier 2 incidents and service requests.
Participate in capacity and scalability planning to support current and future business demands.
Partner with engineering, infrastructure, security, and project management teams to implement new systems and optimize existing environments.
Research, develop, and implement emerging technologies and best practices to drive continuous improvement.
Conduct disaster recovery testing and restore critical services during planned and unplanned disaster recovery events.
Provide systems and services expertise to improve operational best practices and service resilience.
Collaborate with technical writers to develop and maintain internal standard operating procedures and service handbooks for key systems and services.
Conduct root-cause analysis and execute service restoration procedures using industry-standard diagnostic and monitoring tools.
Identify systemic issues and recommend long-term solutions.
Guide infrastructure system analysis, definition, verification, and validation to ensure evolving systems meet organizational requirements, including weekly review and monitoring of capacity and performance reports.
Attend architectural review board meetings to ensure standards and appropriate technical solutions are implemented.
Manage ticket queues to ensure tasks are completed in a timely manner and service-level agreements are met.
Perform related duties as required.

Desired Qualifications

Advanced industry certifications such as RHSE are a plus.
A strong work ethic and ownership of incidents and requests.
Ability to communicate with technical and non-technical colleagues.

Job Description

Seeking UNIX Systems Engineer to support AIX and Linux based operating system platforms. Strong focus on RedHat Enterprise Linux system administration. Responsible for day-to-day administration of 500 + UNIX/Linux Servers (Physical, LPARS, VIOS and VMs). Servers are in multiple datacenters and multiple clouds Azure, Google, and Oracle. Develop and maintain automation tools and processes to help scale operations for UNIX/Linux based platforms.

Preferred Experience:

Systems Administration & Operations

Plans, coordinates, and performs AIX and RHEL-based operating system upgrades, patching, and lifecycle management
Leverages appropriate technical tools to perform day-to-day administration tasks, including backup, restore, failover, log interpretation, and performance monitoring
Audits and monitors system health, availability, and performance to ensure 24/7 uptime of production servers and applications
Resolves Tier 1 and Tier 2 incidents and service requests, with on-call availability on a team rotation outside normal business hours

Planning & Engineering

Participates in capacity and scalability planning to support current and future business demands
Partners with engineering, infrastructure, security, and project management teams to implement new systems and optimize existing environments
Researches, develops, and implements emerging technologies and best practices to drive continuous improvement

Disaster Recovery & Reliability

Responsible for Disaster Recovery (DR) testing and the restoration of critical services during both planned and unplanned DR events
Provides systems and services expertise to drive operational best practices and service resilience

Documentation & Collaboration

Collaborates with technical writers to develop and maintain internal SOPs and service handbooks for key systems and services
Develops and maintains positive, cooperative relationships across teams and stakeholders, interacting in a professional, transparent, and honest manner

Root-Cause Analysis & Problem Resolution

Conducts root-cause analysis and executes service restoration procedures using industry-standard diagnostic and monitoring tools
Provides operational expertise to identify systemic issues and recommend long-term solutions

Highly Preffered Skills:

Solid understanding of Linux internals and networking concepts. ·
Strong AIX / Linux administration experience. · Advanced industry certifications such as RHSE a plus.
Experience with RedHat Satellite, content management, patch management, and provisioning of RHEL systems.
Experience with virtualization technologies such as IBM VIOS, VMware, and Cloud services.
Experience with Unix shell scripting. . Experience with configuration management tools such as Ansible, Kickstart, etc.
Experience with system performance monitoring, troubleshooting & tuning.
Experience with backup technologies. . Administration experience with LVM.
Proven technical experience and a solid foundation in operating systems.
Strong work ethic and have a natural tendency to take ownership of incidents & requests.
Good team communication skills, with technical and non-technical colleagues

Job Responsibility

Guides the infrastructure system analysis, definition, verification, and validation to ensure the evolving systems meet the requirements for the organization, including weekly review and monitoring of capacity and performance reports. Attends architectural review board meetings to ensure standards and the appropriate technical solutions are implemented. Manages ticket queues to ensure tasks are completed in a timely manner, ensuring Service Level Agreements are met. Performs related duties as required. All responsibilities noted here are considered essential functions of the job under the Americans with Disabilities Act. Duties not mentioned here, but considered related are not essential functions.

Job Qualification

Bachelor's Degree required, or equivalent combination of education and related experience.
Minimum 5 years of relevant experience, required.

*Additional Salary Detail
The salary range and/or hourly rate listed is a good faith determination of potential base compensation that may be offered to a successful applicant for this position at the time of this job advertisement and may be modified in the future.When determining a team member's base salary and/or rate, several factors may be considered as applicable (e.g., location, specialty, service line, years of relevant experience, education, credentials, negotiated contracts, budget and internal equity).

Minimum Salary/Range*: 98,300.0000

Maximum Salary/Range*: 170,100.0000

About the Company

Northwell Health

Nonprofit health system in New York and Connecticut

Northwell Health is a nonprofit health system serving patients across New York City, Long Island, the Hudson Valley and Connecticut through hospitals and outpatient practices. Its network combines hospitals for complex care, community hospitals and specialty centers such as Cohen Children's Medical Center and Zucker Hillside Hospital. The system coordinates hospital, ambulatory and post-acute care, with philanthropy supporting its community mission. Its research institutes and partnerships with Hofstra University connect patient care with medical discovery and training for doctors, nurses and physician assistants. Founded in 1997, Northwell is headquartered in Lake Success, New York.

Company size: 10,001+
Company stage: Not listed
Total funding: Not listed
Headquarters: Lake Success, NY
Founded: 1997

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