Associate Systems Engineer (Linux) - CES

SYNAPXE PTE. LTD.; Singapore; On-site; SGD 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in Singapore is seeking a Senior Systems Administrator to manage and optimize Linux servers. The role involves automation, system performance tuning, and collaboration with diverse teams to enhance IT infrastructure. Ideal candidates should have extensive experience with Linux systems and strong problem-solving skills.

Qualifications

• At least 6 years’ experience administering Linux Servers in an enterprise environment.
• Strong knowledge of clustering, security, and disaster recovery implementation.
• Good interpersonal and problem-solving skills.

Responsibilities

• Administer and maintain Linux servers including installation, configuration, and migration.
• Automate tasks using shell scripts and Ansible for efficiency.
• Provide technical support, plan preventive maintenance, and manage service requests.

Skills

Linux Administration

Shell Scripting

Ansible Automation

Project Management

Network Security

Problem Solving

Education

Bachelor in Computer Engineering

Tools

RedHat Linux

Ansible

OpenShift

Oracle KVM

Job description

Roles & Responsibilities:

• Responsible for the administration and maintenance of Linux servers, RedHat Virtualization and Ansible, to

• Provide day-to-day systems administration and operations, including 24 x 7 standby

• Plan and perform installation, configuration and migration of OS and related hardware and software

• Plan and perform scheduled preventive maintenance, OS patching/upgrades/hardening, after-office hours

• Troubleshoot incidents, system problems and handle escalations to vendors

• Provide system performance tuning, optimization and capacity planning

• Automate tasks and workflows, through shell, Ansible, Python, Ruby scripts and programming, including provisioning / deprovisioning of Virtual Machines (VMs), patching, configurations, software deployment, monitoring and integration with other tools

• Establish, standardize and maintain systems backup that is in line with recovery strategy

• Establish, standardize and maintain best practice processes, procedures, system documentation and reports so as to streamline and enhance the operational environment

• Provide technical support and advice for projects

• Fulfil service requests and change requests

• Proactively contribute to continual improvement programs

• Work/collaborate with other teams and vendors, where applicable

• Provide progress reports and to escalate issues to supervisor

• Work with various teams (VMWare, NetBackup, & hardware) as needed to support the infrastructure.

• Keep abreast of new technologies and its applicability to their area of work

Requirements/ Qualifications:

• Bachelor in Computer Engineering or equivalen

• At least 6 years’ experience in the administration of Linux Servers in an enterprise environment

• Strong technical knowledge and experience in administration and maintenance of Linux(RedHat Linux/SUSE/CentOS) including:

o Clustering (Pacemaker cluster)

o Oracle KVM (oVirt)

o Openshift knowledge

o Ansible automation platform with ability to write playbooks

o Storage Admin/SAN technology, in particular, from System perspective

o System and network security, including use of RBAC

o SSH/SFTP/SSL

o DR implementation

o Shell Scripting (Unix shell) Ansible, Python and/or Ruby will be an added advantage

• Certifications in the above administration skills will be an added advantage

• Experience in project management, design and deployment of IT infrastructure solution will be an added advantage

• Ability to prioritize assignments while working on multiple projects

• Good security, audit, and compliance knowledge

• Good team player who is highly motivated, independent, goal oriented and possesses workplace initiative

• Good interpersonal, communications and presentation skills (verbal/written)

• Strong problem solving and analytical skills, with attention to details