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> From: Steve Riess <sri...@nu-waysearch.com> > Date: October 27, 2010 12:39:01 PM CDT > To: <chic...@python.org> > Subject: [Chicago] open Python contract > Reply-To: The Chicago Python Users Group <chic...@python.org> > > > I’m actively recruiting for this position, and thought I would post here and > see if anyone might be interested. > > > Enterprise Systems Management Engineer > Python > 6-12 month contract > Schaumburg > > Summary: > The online business Enterprise Systems Management (ESM) Engineer is > responsible for developing, implementing, testing, documenting, deploying, > and maintaining the components of the Enterprise Systems Management > infrastructure. > The ESM infrastructure is used by the online business Operations, Engineering > and Software Development teams, for the day-to-day operation of the online > business’ web sites. > The components include applications and utilities for systems, network and > application monitoring; problem management; configuration management and > change control; log analysis; security and event management. > In addition to participating in the ongoing development and upgrade of the > technical systems monitoring and management capabilities, the ESM Engineer > will also assist in enhancing the overall organizational management > capabilities by facilitating ongoing knowledge transfer and information > sharing activities. > > Responsibilities: > Responsible for the product lifecycle management of the ESM infrastructure > and tools as well as the integration of management tools and the correlation > of events from various technology disciplines including systems, networks, > database and application development. > Build-out the new systems management toolset enabling system, network and > application monitoring and management; capacity and performance management; > configuration management and problem management. > Leveraging a combination of open-source, proprietary software and custom > development, to deliver new and enhanced monitoring capabilities. > Partner with the Operations, Infrastructure Engineering, Application Support, > DBAs, and Software Engineering teams to develop, implement and maintain the > Systems Management strategy, tools and operations. > Work with teams from other technology disciplines to assist in the > development of a support model to ensure alerts are properly escalated and > consistently forwarded to the correct support groups. > Develop and maintain the associated systems management processes and > procedures, including: collecting, analyzing and disseminating operational > metrics; establishing and maintaining SOPs; performing event correlation. > Provide technical assistance for ESM systems management tools. > Participate in ESM 24x7 on-call rotation for support and problem resolution. > Assist in the support the overall monitoring and management environments > (server, network, storage, database and application infrastructure) ensuring > accuracy, availability and responsiveness. > Design and develop monitoring thresholds and custom alerts and response > scripts. > Develop, maintain and report relevant monitoring metrics capturing customer > relevant issues. > Establish and follow a structured methodology for implementing system > changes, configuration modifications and application upgrades. > > Required Skills: > Extensive experience developing applications in Python. > > Desired Skills: > Experience developing monitoring applications leveraging scripting languages > (Bash, Korn, etc.) or higher level programming language. > Some software development experience in Perl, Java and/or C/C++. > Extensive experience implementing and maintaining both open source and > proprietary network monitoring tools such as Net-SNMP, OpenNMS, Zabbix, HPOV, > BMC, etc. > Experience with SNMP, including MIB development and implementation is > required. > Significant experience developing methods and procedures. > Strong documentation skills. > Experience implementing, developing and configuring tools that monitor > database platforms, UNIX servers, IP networks and mission-critical systems. > 3-5 years experience in UNIX / Linux administration and installation of > systems and applications software. > Various levels of experience with the technologies typically associated with > modern large scale internet sites, including: web servers, application > servers, Java, NAS/SAN, relational databases, etc. > Knowledge and experience in the administration and operations of large scale > distributed computing environments. > Experience with standard system Operations methods and procedures. > Prior hosting experience a plus > Familiarity with network architecture, protocols and services, including: > switches, load balancers, firewalls, routing, TCP, UDP, HTTP/S, DNS, SSL, > SNMP, SMTP, VPN, etc. > System implementation and automation experience with multiple technologies > required. > > Would you be interested in exploring this opportunity ? > > > Steve Riess; Sr Recruiter > Nu-Way Search, Inc > sri...@virtuallyhired.com > 847.726.8444 x2201 office > 847.867.7530 mobile after 5 PM > > _______________________________________________ > Chicago mailing list > chic...@python.org > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/chicago
