Compute Automation Engineer

Job Number: 1840865 Business: GE Capital Business Segment: Capital - Staff About Us: Now is the time to join GE Capital in building a better tomorrow, today. If you thrive on being challenged, interacting with diverse technical teams and using your expertise to imagine, innovate and explore, then GE Capital's new Technology Center in New Orleans, LA is the best place for you.
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To learn more our Technology Center please view http://youtu.be/P3NNWUzzRkc Posted Position Title: Compute Automation Engineer Career Level: Experienced Function: Information Technology Function Segment: Infrastructure Services Location: United States : Louisiana City: New Orleans Postal Code: 70170 Relocation Assistance: Yes Role Summary/Purpose: GE is an equal opportunity employer, offering a great work environment, challenging career opportunities, professional training and competitive compensation.

The main role of the Compute Automation Engineer is to drive automation to achieve Infrastructure as a Service . In addition, the Automation team is responsible for supporting tools utilized in the compute space to include virtualization, and monitoring. Essential Responsibilities:

Work with Server, Storage and Backup teams to identify manual and time consuming processes which would be good candidates for Automation

Designs, plans, implements and evaluates the present and future needs of the compute organization (drive toward Infrastructure as a Service )

Support and work on other ArchOps initiatives (continuous delivery, Paas, SaaS, etc.)

Install/Configure/Maintain HP Open View Operations environment which includes: HP Operations Manager, HP Performance Manager, HP Operations and Performance Agents, and Network Node Manager.

Support TelAlert application which is deployed on an Apache-Tomcat environment

Interact with various contacts to address questions, problems and request regarding system issues

Technical lead and ownership of CA Auto Suite deployment/lifecycle

Support/Maintain Chef Secure OS deployed blueprints Qualifications/Requirements: Basic Qualifications:

Bachelor's degree (or high school diploma/GED and minimum 7 years of relevant work experience)

3+ years of experience working in Unix or Windows administration

Eligibility Qualifications:

Must submit your application for employment through gecareers.com to be considered (Internals via COS)

Must be able to satisfy the requirements of Section 19 of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act.

Must be willing to comply with pre-employment screening, including but not limited to drug testing, reference verification, and background check.

Must be willing to work out of an office in New Orleans, LA

Legal authorization to work in the U.S. is required. We will not sponsor individuals for employment visas, now or in the future, for this job opening Additional Eligibility Qualifications: GE will only employ those who are legally authorized to work in the United States for this opening. Any offer of employment is conditioned upon the successful completion of a background investigation and drug screen. Desired Characteristics:

3+ years' experience with applications deployed on Apache-Tomcat environment or equivalent Java technology stacks

4+ years hands-on working experience managing and supporting HP OpenView Operations suite of tools for UNIX and Windows operating environments

2+ years' experience of Virtualization technologies (vSphere, vCAC, ESX, etc.)

2+ years' experience of Virtualization on Solaris (Zones, LDOM)

2+ years' experience Scripting languages (shell, VB, Ruby, etc.)