Webserver System Engineer

PRIMARY PURPOSE

• Have a strong understanding of Web Systems, *nix and Web Development. 

• The ideal candidate will have past experience working as an Apache / Web Systems Engineer and enjoys keeping technical skills reasonably current, to the point that he/she can still contribute to architecture discussions. 

• The candidate regularly would take part in deep-dive troubleshooting exercises and drive technical post-mortem discussions to identify the root cause of complex issues.

Have strong content-based webserver engineering experience.

• The successful candidate will collaborate to create technology roadmaps with the team for accelerated content-based application delivery. 

• This will include helping innovate and invent new value-add services layered on top of our existing services.

SKILLS & REQUIREMENTS

Experience with administration, custom configuration and support of Apache HTTP server and other Webservers 

Experience with installing, troubleshooting, maintaining, securing, upgrading and patching of Webservers

Web Designing background or familiarity with html, xml, json, js, css, xslt etc

Experience with Apache Development & working with modules such as Mod Proxy, Mod Transforms, Mod Rewrites etc

Experience with custom webserver configuration such as modules, mime types, character encoding, expire headers, locations and proxy pass configuration

Scripting experience in Unix / Linux (shell or python)

Knowledge of Regex & content compression techniques.

Propose and implement enhancements to improve the features, security, performance and reliability of the Webserver environments

Maintain documentation and validation processes to ensure adherence to company policies

Excellent verbal communication skills to interface with Business

Understanding system performance and sizing

Collaborative and team focus

Eagerness to learn enough about whatever tools & tricks are needed to get the job done

Ability to occasionally work off-hours / weekends

Minimum Qualifications/Must Have:

8+ years of Technical Experience in Apache Webservers

Experience with UX technologies & web content development

Experience with Unix / Linux scripting