Apply for this Position Senior Internet Operations Engineer Location:
McLean, VA Description
The Senior Internet Operations Engineer plays a key role on the Technology team supporting and enhancing our Internet-based applications. The Senior Internet Operations Engineer performs a wide-range of tasks, including infrastructure support, network engineering, application and server configuration and monitoring, and database administration. This position is expected to work overtime and holidays on a rotational and on-call basis to assist with scheduled maintenance and respond to production emergencies.
Position Duties:
Production Systems Support and Administration:
Maintain production systems according to company SLAs
Network issue identification and resolution
Hardware and operating system issue identification and resolution
SAN issue identification and resolution
Operating system / server software configuration, testing and deployment (upgrades, hot fixes, and other updates)
Environment change control
Application / release builds / configuration
Application hot fix / release planning and deployment
Build / re-build servers as necessary
Author and maintain operations documentation
Production server backup and recovery
Daily log file and alert monitoring
Data center installation, maintenance and configuration (on-site)
Production Systems Architecture, Engineering and Enhancement:
Develop (improve) and implement efficient backup strategies
Develop (improve) and implement operations / deployment standards
Volume / load growth planning
Hardware / software procurement
Research and recommend operations and application-related technologies
Research, design and implementation of Internet Operations / Technology initiatives such as:
Intrusion detection systems
Security best practices / audits
Disaster recovery scenarios
Fault management systems
Application performance / load testing
"Next generation" application infrastructure
Candidate Requirements:
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or equivalent
7 to 10 years of relevant experience
Excellent problem solving and written and oral communication skills.
Candidates with demonstrated large-scale web site design and administration experience are preferred.
Demonstrable knowledge depth in one or more relevant disciplines: Microsoft Windows; IIS; .NET Framework; Active Directory; large-scale web hosting design, implementation and operation; and SANs.
Due to the sensitive nature of this position, the Company requires candidates to pass a criminal and background check as well as a drug screen
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