Senior Linux System Engineer - EZCORP : Job Details

At EZCORP, we are a growing team focused on creating digital assets to delight our customers and change the pawn industry as we know it today

We believe that our platform enabled lending and e-commerce solutions will revolutionize our ability to attract, engage and service our customers across the United States, Mexico and Latin America.

Join us now for an opportunity to be a part of a team that wants to provide access to short-term cash for every person – everywhere!

The Company:

Founded in Austin in 1989, EZCORP has grown into a leading provider of pawn loans in the United States, Mexico and Latin America. We are dedicated to satisfying the short-term cash needs of consumers who are both cash and credit constrained and providing an industry-leading customer experience.

At EZCORP we are a growing team focused on creating and changing the pawn industry as we know it today. We believe that our platform enabled lending and e-commerce solutions will revolutionize our ability to attract, engage and service our customers across the United States, Mexico and Latin America.

Join us now for an opportunity to be a part of a team that wants to provide access to short-term cash for every person – everywhere!

The Senior Linux System Engineer administers all Linux O/S based Azure virtual machines and is the Administrator of Oracle WebLogic Java Application WebLogic Server in Production and non-Production environments. The role requires the ability to provide technical guidance to the team and perform activities required to build, support and automate a large, complex cloud-based computing environment. This role utilizes best practices for the management, architecture, configuration, DR, administration and automation of the enterprise cloud environment.

What you will be doing:

• Work to grow and support cloud efforts
• Uses learned knowledge to create new infrastructure and environments
• Provides senior level expertise to the team
• Administratively operate and maintain Linux based servers and Oracle WebLogic Java Application servers installed on Azure Linux Virtual machines in the Microsoft Azure cloud.
• Evaluate, implement & oversee operating system's & application servers': updates, patches and upgrade processes and strategies.
• Assists in the design, implementation and maintenance of complex solutions
• Coordinates activities with other technical teams and personnel as appropriate
• Develops and analyzes highly complex system standards, thresholds and recommendations to maximize system performance
• Maintains all server-side cloud and Security documentation to ensure compliance with the government's cyber security policy
• Develops strategies to manage the frequency of installations of the support package releases and patch
• Monitors cloud infrastructure and cloud VM system maintenance and provides technical recommendations for enhancement
• Research current systems technologies and serve as subject matter expert on cloud integration processes and procedures
• Provides technical know-how to internal and external personnel on highly complex cloud system administration and installation processes
• Shares knowledge and provides guidance to less experienced personnel
• Coordinates with stakeholders to formulate complex technical solutions
• Informs stakeholders of appropriate developments in technical support products
• Responsible for creating and maintaining the baseline VM images
• Provides immediate response to break-fix of Cloud Infrastructure and Cloud VM assets

What we are looking for:

• 5+ years of experience
• Bachelor's degree or comparable work experience
• In-depth knowledge of Linux based operating systems and services from the command line.
• Experience in supporting centralized management and automation systems using Ansible playbooks and ad-hoc commands.
• Oracle Weblogic Java Application administration experience or IBM's WebSphere.
• Supports the rapid improvement of reliability and consistent performance of IT Infrastructure by capturing the as-is state and prioritizing opportunities to improve
• Familiarity with industry best practices for Linux server security; ability to implement organizational security standards on the Linux platform
• Experience with automated software update mechanisms such as yum, up2date and apt-get
• In-depth system administration experience and knowledge, including operating systems, hardware and networking
• Thorough understanding and workings of incident handling protocols, personally identifiable information, Server network procedures and information handling
• Thorough understanding and workings of cloud Server models: IaaS, PaaS, DaaS, SaaS
• Experience with Cloud applications Azure and AWS (mainly Azure)
• Experience migrating existing applications to cloud
• Good consultative, communication, analytical and judgement skills
• Experience with implementing and maintaining highly available mission critical environments, disaster recovery testing and creating technical documentation
• Demonstrated strong verbal and written communication and interpersonal skills; attention to detail and accuracy; and time management and organizational skills

No agencies please as we do not accept unsolicited candidate resumes from agencies. All unsolicited resumes or candidate information from agencies are considered free of fees and/or commissions and will be added to our applicant pool. We ask that all agencies respect this policy.

EZCORP is an Equal Opportunity Employer