SENIOR LINUX ADMINISTRATOR.
Linux Administrator duties and responsibilities:
Proactively maintain and develop all Linux infrastructure technology to maintain a 24x7x365 uptime service;
Engineering of systems administration-related solutions for various project and operational needs;
Maintain best practices on managing systems and services across all environments;
Fault finding, analysis and of logging information for reporting of performance exceptions;
Proactively monitoring system performance and capacity planning;
Manage, coordinate, and implement software upgrades, patches, hot fixes on servers, workstations, and network hardware;
Create and modify scripts or applications to perform tasks;
Provide input on ways to improve the stability, security, efficiency, and scalability of the environment;
Collaborate with other teams and team members to develop automation strategies and deployment processes;
Help tune performance and ensure high availability of infrastructure;
Design and develop infrastructure monitoring and reporting tools;
Develop and maintain configuration management solutions;
Develop test automation frameworks in collaboration with rest of the team;
Create tools to help teams make the most out of the available infrastructure.
Linux Administrator qualifications and requirements:
Previous working experience as a Linux Administrator for 10+ year(s);
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems or similar relevant degree
IN depth knowledge of Linux: RedHat (RHEL7/8/9), RedHat IDM, RedHat Satellite Sever, Chef CM, Terraform, Rundeck, AWS & Azure Cloud, etc;
Familiarity with AWS, Azure, VMWare and SAN management and concepts;
Expert in Shell, Perl, and/or Python scripting;
Solid knowledge of protocols such as DNS, LDAP, SMTP and SNMP;
Additional Linux certifications (RHCT/RHCE) will be considered an advantage;
Strong problem solving and communication skills;
Experience with Linux servers in virtualized environments;
Familiarity with the fundamentals of Linux scripting languages;
Strong grasp on configuration management tools, such as Puppet and Chef;
Familiarity with load balancing, firewalls, etc;
Experience with virtualization technologies, such as VMWare.