IT Operations Analyst

The Infrastructure Linux Engineer will be a critical member of the Global Linux Server Platform team at Ecolab, Inc. This position is in a high-paced and demanding environment which requires clear time management skills, self-directed organizational skills, and attention to detail. Additionally, the ideal candidate is a self-starter, self-disciplined with their work, and often going above and beyond what is needed/requested. Furthermore, as a global company, this role will work alongside many IT associates with a multi-cultural and multi-lingual background with English as a second language.

What You Will Do:

• Provide operational support of the company’s 600+ Linux servers, primarily running in Azure Cloud. Support activities include:
• Provide server admin support related to resolving break/fix type incidents in the team queue
• Install, configure, upgrade, patch and maintain Linux servers, ensuring high availability and scalability.
• Monitor system performance, identify bottlenecks, and optimize resource utilization.
• Write and maintain scripts (Bash, Python, etc) to automate routine tasks.
• Work closely with network engineers, database administrators, and application developers.
• Participate in major IT projects related to the Linux platform.
• Participate in Security, Vulnerability and Patching related initiatives for Linux Platform 
• Provide server admin support related to resolving break/fix type incidents in the team queue
• Install, configure, upgrade, patch and maintain Linux servers, ensuring high availability and scalability.
• Monitor system performance, identify bottlenecks, and optimize resource utilization.
• Write and maintain scripts (Bash, Python, etc) to automate routine tasks.
• Work closely with network engineers, database administrators, and application developers.

Minimum Qualifications:

• 4-5 years of IT experience
• 3 years of UNIX (SLES and RHEL Linux, AIX a plus) Server experience
• Flexibility to work nights and weekends, participating in on-call rotations
• No Immigration Sponsorship available

Required Technical Skills:

• Expertise in SLES, RHEL OS support
• Proficiency in shell scripting and automation.
• Experience with Azure

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience with SUSE Multi Linux Manager
• Experience running and maintaining Ansible playbooks
• GCP and AWS Cloud experience.
• Experience with AIX and Oracle Linux OS support.
• Experience supporting Linux servers running SAP.