Technology Engineer

A pioneer in the cable industry, Time Warner Cable owns and manages the most advanced, best-clustered cable television operations in the country, with more than 90% of its 10.9 million customers in systems serving 100,000 people or more. Through technological innovation, a fully upgraded fiber-based network and a commitment to increasing choice and value for our customers, Time Warner Cable brings the digital age into America's communities, transforming the way Americans receive information and entertainment.



The Time Warner Cable Corporate office currently seeks a Technology Engineer for our ATG- Systems Engineering Department. Below please find a brief description of the essential duties and responsibilities required to function successfully in this position.



Essential Job Functions:
This position is for a technology engineer within TWC?s Systems Engineering Systems Infrastructure group. This group is responsible for the design and engineering of Storage Area Networks, Automated Server Installations, Server Backups, and other Infrastructure elements; A successful applicant must be able to demonstrate ability to ensure that technical solutions are architected, implemented, and operated in a reliable and cost-effective manner; Consistent with a 24 X 7 Operations environment, this position needs to be available via cell phone to respond to escalated issues; Experience with systems and services designed to support multi-million customers is highly desired; The successful candidate must be willing to work in an entrepreneurial environment requiring broad experience, adaptability, and excellent problem solving skills; Ongoing engineering of assigned technology to ensure that the service is meeting capacity and availability requirements; Candidates will be responsible for the designing and updating to the software application, hardware, or architecture as necessary to ensure that the technical solution is reliable and sufficiently scaled to meet increased subscriber usage and growth; Candidate must be able to take active ownership of TWC ISP products, identifying areas of concern and driving solutions from concept to final implementation; Successful candidates will be responsible for the development of all documentation required to implement their designs, including testing, deployment, and operations; This documentation will cover both the processes required, as well as what is required to maintain the system once operational; Candidates will be required to ensure that proposed technical solutions include the input from the cross-functional team prior to use in an Operations ?production? environment.



Job Requirements:
This position requires technical expertise in the following areas: Understanding of Solaris and Linux operating systems and their tuning and configuration, including their automated installation and extended configuration; Understanding of Storage Area Network principles; Understanding of the architecture of large server backup systems; Familiarity with the tasks involved in the day-to-day operation, maintenance and troubleshooting of large-ISP class services; Successful candidates must have excellent oral and written communication skills and strong collaboration skills; The candidate must be a team player, with an inherent ability to work well under tight timelines, and have strong problem-solving capabilities; Candidate will also be required to share experience, skill, and talents with associates and mentor others.; Travel 10%
Preferred Qualifications:
Understanding of the following technologies and processes; Experience with the architecture of enterprise class Storage Area Networks; Extensive experience with the physical and logical elements, interfaces, and configurations of Sun hardware (servers and storage) Experience with Solaris Jumpstart, SUSE Linux Enterprise Autoyast, and Red Hat Kickstart operating systems automated installations; Experience with the extended configuration of the Solaris, SUSE Linux Enterprise, and Red Hat operating systems; Shell Scripting Experience; Perl Scripting Experience; Experience with Veritas Netbackup environment design and operation; Experience with the architecture and operation of Robotic Tape Libraries a plus; Experience with Red Hat Package Manager (RPM) and Advanced package Tool (APT) is a plus; Experience with HTML and XML programming a plus



Education and Experience:
Bachelor's degree (B. A.) from four-year college or university; or equivalent training, education and experience.



The physical demands described here are those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this position. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions; While performing the duties of this job the employee is: Regularly required to talk and hear; Frequently required to sit, stand and bend at the knee and waist and walk; Required to use hand to type, handle objects and paperwork; Required to reach and hold on to items at chest level or reach above the shoulder; Required to use close vision and be able to focus. Finally, the employee generally works in an indoor office environment; overtime maybe required.



Time Warner Cable offers competitive benefits to include medical, dental, vision, a matched 401(k) plan, tuition reimbursement, free cable (in specified areas) and free AOL. Qualified candidates should apply in person using the Time Warner Cable kiosk (where available) or on-line at

https://sjobs.brassring.com/1033/ASP/TG/cim_home.asp?partnerid=391&siteid=5161&Codes=NMOB56661BR

 

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