We are seeking an experienced Linux Administrator to join our Operations Team. The Linux Administrator needs to have a deep and broad knowledge of computer software, hardware, and networks and will be responsible for designing, organizing, modifying, and supporting our systems.
Essential Responsibilities:
· Linux systems implementation
· Full IT system lifecycle administration from installation to decommissioning of systems in both physical data center and cloud
· Perform end to end management of on-premise and cloud based Linux systems
· Responsible for ensuring uptime of critical business systems and infrastructure through monitoring and timely remediation of critical infrastructure issues
· Measurement, optimization, and tuning of system performance and ensuring that systems will run reliably and are highly available in a 24/7 production environment
· Proactively monitor the health and utilization of systems
· Install, harden and patch Linux operating systems
· Plan, coordinate, and execute installation of new releases and upgrades of hardware/software
· Develop automation with Ansible, bash, python, or related technologies
· Serve on a rotating 24/7 on-call support team
· Embrace Infrastructure-as-Code
· Support incident management resolution and root cause analysis
· Assist in defining and designing system specifications and procedures
· Ensures adherence to all regulatory compliance processes and requirements
· Support security audits, accreditation, and certification processes
· Partner with GRC teams to lead deployment of secure and compliant systems and services on-prem and in the cloud
· Partner with application teams to understand performance and capacity requirements of solutions and services
· Create procedure documentation and develop SOPs and run books
· Update existing documentation and identify and draft new documentation where appropriate
· Stay up to date on best practices involving Linux based systems and recommend changes to keep systems and infrastructure secure and robust
What would make us excited about you?
· Information Systems, Computer Science or Computer Engineering degree or equivalent experience
· Intimate and extensive knowledge of Linux Administration and Engineering
· 4+ years of hands-on IT systems or relevant experience in a commercial production environment
· 4+ years of experience in Linux Administration
· 4+ years of experience troubleshooting skills in a multi-user high availability environment.
· Working knowledge of RedHat Satellite
· Experience with Veritas Infoscale preferred.
· Experience with compliance and patch management tools like Tanium & Qualys
· Familiar with DevOps toolchain, i.e. BitBucket, JIRA, Jenkins Pipeline
· Strong collaboration and problem-solving skills, with the ability to work alternative coverage schedules.
· Strong initiative and passionate about learning new technologies.
· Excellent written and verbal communication skills
· AWS configuration, deployment and support experience
· Exposure to distributed systems networking concepts & protocols
· Experience with monitoring tools
· Fundamental Understanding of Networking & Security
Job Type: Contract
Pay: $75.00 - $78.00 per hour
Experience:
• Linux Administration: 9 years (Required)
• troubleshooting : 5 years (Required)
• RedHat Satellite: 3 years (Required)
• Veritas Infoscale : 3 years (Required)
• Tanium & Qualys: 3 years (Required)
• DevOps toolchain: 3 years (Required)
• monitoring tools: 1 year (Preferred)
Work Location: Remote
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