[Jobposts] Senior Systems Engineer

Wed Sep 12 21:13:14 UTC 2007

Company: The Cobalt Group
Location: Seattle, WA
Title: Senior Systems Engineer
Person posting ad: Cassie Denny (Internal HR recruiter)
Contact Information: cdenny at cobaltgroup.com
<mailto:cdenny at cobaltgroup.com> 

Job Description 

Founded in 1995, The Cobalt Group is North America's leading provider of
automotive marketing services, offering automotive dealers and
manufacturers the industry's best online retailing, CRM, fixed
operations and search engine marketing solutions. For more than a
decade, Cobalt's exclusive mission has been to help automobile dealers
and manufacturers increase their retailing effectiveness and profits.
Cobalt provides marketing services to more than half the automotive
dealerships in the United States, Canada and Mexico and is endorsed by
more than two-thirds of the world's major automotive manufacturers.
Cobalt is endorsed by the American International Automobile Dealers
Association (AIADA). 

The Cobalt Group is seeking a Systems Engineer. This position is
responsible for troubleshooting, maintaining and monitoring of our
physical system implementations which support our 24/7 e-commerce
environment. Requires 4+ years as a System Administrator including
in-depth experience with the following: IBM xSeries hardware, Sun
Enterprise Servers, Sun Solaris, RedHat AS Linux distributions, SAN and
NAS technologies. Highly desired skills include experience in networking
protocols (TCP/IP), Network Appliance NAS and Netcache, Hitachi SAN, F5
BigIP, BEA Weblogic and Oracle RDBMS. Requires a BA or BS in an
Engineering discipline or equivalent experience and experience in a
high-availability web based IT environment. 

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OS level maintenance & support 

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Hardware maintenance & support 

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Systems administration 

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IBM xSeries and Sun SPARC hardware 

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RedHat Linux and Sun Solaris operating systems 

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Windows Server Support 

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24x7x365 On Call Support

Essential Functions 

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Ability to identify, troubleshoot and resolve hardware and OS related
issues. 

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Ability to anticipate potential problems, make recommendations and
implement solutions with regards to high-availability and change
management 

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Perform daily operational activities around monitoring and maintenance
of multi-tiered production systems as well as provide visibility of
these activities through administrative tools such as change management,
ticketing systems, etc. 

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Provide 24x7x365 rotational support of systems and services

Required Skills

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Identify areas of growth and scalability concerns and recommend courses
of action 

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Work with development and customer service organizations when addressing
reliability and availability related issues in our production
infrastructure 

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Documentation of procedures and system configurations 

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Other as needed duties, directed by the Team Lead/Manager

Previous Skills or Experience Desired 

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One year experience in an operational role with an on-line 24/7
e-commerce business. 

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Two years as System Administrator supporting 100+ servers 

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One year experience administering Windows 2003 servers. 

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Ability to perform repetitive arm, wrist and hand movements necessary to
operate a computer and computer keyboard. 

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Ability to lift and move up to 50 lbs. 

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Able to work in moderately cool environments (server rooms maintained at
65 degrees F.) 

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Must have access to vehicle for travel and transportation of servers &
equipment to our collocation facilities.

The Cobalt work environment is fast-paced, energized, informal and fun,
but with a serious focus on quality, customer service, innovation, and
an ongoing commitment to excellence. Benefits include medical, dental,
and vision for employee and dependents (including domestic partners),
life insurance, paid vacation time, personal days, sick leave and
holidays, 401K with match, employee referral bonuses, stock option plan,
subsidized parking fees and bus pass, onsite gym, and more.

Thanks!

Cassie Denny
Senior Recruiter
Cobalt Group
2200 First Ave South
Suite 400
Seattle, WA 98134
P 206.269.6363