Service Engineer AT Sunnyvale, CA

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Apr 26, 2012, 6:08:43 PM4/26/12

Hi,

Below is the job description please go through that and kindly send your consultant updated resume & contact details

We have 30 openings for Service Engineers with our direct client. The client WILL ONLY consider candidates that are able to interview FACE-TO-FACE. NO EXCEPTIONS.

The details are below. Please contact me with any questions.

Position: Service Engineer

Location: Sunnyvale, CA

Duration: 12 month contract + possible extension

Status: Will accept H-1 Visa, OPT, EAD, Green Card and US Citizen

# of Openings: 30

Interview Process:

1. Candidate will first speak with me and will need to answer 6-8 prescreen questions over the phone.

2. If candidate passes the prescreen then a 30 minute technical phone evaluation will be scheduled with one of ProKarma’s lead consultants.

3. If candidate clears the technical evaluation then resume will be presented to client.

4. Client will schedule a face-to-face interview (could last up to 2 hours).

5. If face-to-face interview goes well, then an offer will be made.

Job Description

The ideal candidate is a technical generalist with skills ranging from production systems/network management and perhaps even software development. This position requires an aggressive learner, a tenacious self starter and an effective organizer, with experience in systems administration, with development experience and performance tuning being a plus. This versatile position requires familiarity with all the support concepts of busy web sites: Systems and database administration; Networking; Process troubleshooting; QA and rollout automation.

Responsibilities

· Function as a technical generalist responsible for the overall health and performance of the assigned Yahoo! Property

· Work independently on assigned projects, being willing and able to ask for help when needed and escalate problems as they arise.

· Develop tools to automate the deployment, administration, and monitoring of a large-scale Linux environment

· Gain deep application-level knowledge of the systems as well as contributing to their overall design

· Work with development teams to harden, enhance, document, and generally improve the operability and maintainability of our systems

· Identify and triage outages, monitor and remediate systems and network performance

· Assist in the configuration/build-out of new deployments to facilitate our constant growth

· Function as a key member of a cross-functional team to address new product deployment, system performance, capacity planning and SLA compliance.

· Available to Participate in a 12x7 (daylight hours) on-call pager rotation

Minimum Job Qualifications
BS in Computer Science, BSEE or similar experience
2+ years experience doing project oriented systems administration
Extensive system administration background
Strong troubleshooting and problem solving skills, including application and network-level troubleshooting ability
Knowledge of Unix/Linux, Apache, performance tuning concepts, and web applications
Experience using scripting languages to perform complex automation in a large-scale environment
Excellent written and verbal communication skills
Experience working with development teams

Preferred Job Qualifications
5+ years experience with Linux (RHEL a plus)
5+ years experience administering large-scale UNIX installations (ISP background a plus)
Experience with network designs, protocols, and troubleshooting.
Strong programming skills in one or more of: C, Perl, Python, Ruby, Java
Experience with SQL and commonly deployed database systems
Experience with high volume websites and deploying services to international audiences