The Senior Infrastructure Architect – UNIX / Linux Engineeri Job in Van Buren Township 48111, Michigan US
Business Segment
Corporate Initiatives Group
About Us
We are GE. We’re a global infrastructure, finance and media company taking on the world’s toughest challenges. And we are taking the strengths that have made us an industry leader and putting them to work in service of a new era of global business, with a focus on the world and the people we share it with. Through initiatives like ecomagination and healthymagination, we are developing the next generation of products and services to improve the way we use resources, impact our communities and care for each other. Join GE and you’ll discover a career opportunity of incredible diversity – across disciplines and around the globe. No other company invests in the development, training and advancement of its employees the way we do, because we believe it is our innovative thinking that is our strength, and that strength is what enables GE to make a positive impact on tomorrow, today. From jet engines to power generation, financial services to water processing, and medical imaging to turning imaginative ideas into leading products and services. GE is imagination at work
Role Summary/Purpose
The Senior Infrastructure Architect – UNIX / Linux Engineering role will be a member of the GE Global Infrastructure Services (GIS) Compute Engineering team. The candidate will work collaboratively with their team and across GE to create physical and virtual Solaris and Linux based infrastructure solutions. The candidate will leverage deep technical skills and experience with Solaris, Linux and *NIX Virtualization to design intelligent, optimized architectures.
Essential Responsibilities
The Senior Infrastructure Architect – UNIX / Linux Engineering role will be expected to:
Provide technical leadership in Solaris, Linux and *NIX Virtualization initiatives and platforms
Lead advanced projects to introduce and implement new technology, understanding the technology on an expert level, and how to optimally apply it to meet business needs
Provide technical expertise regarding integrating new and existing Unix, Linux and *NIX Virtualization technologies into enterprise IT systems design and architecture
Effectively communicate, consult, and interface with engineering, virtualization, tools, operations, and application teams to design innovative infrastructure solutions
Develop and implement best practices and engineering standards for Solaris / Linux / *NIX Virtualization configuration and optimization
Understand and perform monitoring, capacity planning, and coordinate server growth and migrations
Awareness of current and emerging tools, techniques, and products for Solaris and Linux, the technologies and a deep understanding of how they best integrate into an overall technical architecture
Be comfortable conducting meetings, and creating and presenting professional grade deliverables such as technical architecture documents, technical drawings, and presentations
Develop cost models, business cases, and appropriate cost management for Solaris / Linux / *NIX Virtualization server hardware and software technology implementations and ensuring the proper liquidation and allocation of hardware and related data center costs
Conduct project reviews, feasibility, cost benefit analysis, prioritization, initiation, execution for all project related work related to assigned programs and projects
Work with various GE business units, constituents, and CTOs to insure proper business alignment between business strategy and configurations, integration, and deployments
Provide strategic direction and leadership input in server platform strategy and technology development for incorporation into the overall GE Compute Engineering roadmap and strategic plan
Provide technical leadership and consultation to GE businesses and GIS internal teams
Use Project Management Methodology, and LEAN Six Sigma quality tools and rigor in developing business solutions
Abide by all GE Corporate and local policies and procedures including but not limited to Integrity, Diversity, Proprietary Information, Conflict of Interest, and EHS
Qualifications/Requirements
Basic Qualification:
Bachelor’s degree in Information Systems/Computer Science or a related discipline
Minimum 5 years of hands on experience working with Solaris / Linux / *NIX Virtualization in a large scale, multi-hundred or thousand server, environment
Minimum 5 years of hands on experience with SPARC platforms: Solaris 10, 9, 8
Minimum 3 years of experience in highly available, mission critical, enterprise environments
Minimum 2 years of experience managing and leading large scale, complex infrastructure initiatives in an enterprise environment
Eligibility Requirements:
Must submit your application for employment through COS (Internal Candidates) or gecareers.com (External Candidates) to be considered
Must be 18 years or older
If currently a GE employee, you must have been in your current position for at least 18 months and have at least a satisfactory performance rating
Desired Characteristics
Minimum 3 years of hands on experience with x86 *NIX Operating Systems: 32 and 64-bit version of Red Hat / Oracle Enterprise Linux 4/5, other Linux variants
Minimum 3 years of experience with VMWare, Xen, KVM, or equivalent technologies in a large scale enterprise environment
Prior experience programming shell scripts in Bash, Perl or equivalent**
Prior experience with Oracle software products (database, RAC, eBusiness Suite, Siebel, etc.), Veritas Clustering, and Networked File Systems**
Prior hands on experience with networking, storage, patch management, monitoring and automation
Excellent track record of understanding and interest in current and emerging technologies demonstrated through training, job experience and/or industry activities
Ability to effectively perform cost benefit analysis, determine TCO, prepare and manage projects to budget
Ability to prepare statements of work, requests for proposal, and analyze responses from vendors
Independent worker with proven ability to simultaneously execute multiple projects in a demanding environment
Demonstrate experience working with software / hardware vendors and working with and managing outside resources to provide technology solutions
Strong interpersonal, written/verbal communication, organizational and leadership skills
Ability to interact across all levels of management
Quality and cost driven
Excellent team player - collaborates well with others to solve problems and actively incorporates input from various sources
Demonstrate customer focus - evaluates decisions through the eyes of the customer; builds strong customer relationships and creates processes with customer viewpoint
Excellent analytical skills - strong problem solving skills, communicates in a clear and succinct manner and effectively evaluates information / data to make decisions; anticipates obstacles and develops plans to resolve
Change oriented - actively generates process improvements; supports and drives change, and confronts difficult circumstances in creative ways
Six Sigma Black Belt Certification (GE Internal Candidates Only)
Six Sigma GB Certification (GE Internal Candidates only)
