Linux Admin

TechDigital Group; Chandler (AZ); On-site; USD 80,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a senior systems administrator to join their talented team. This role involves maintaining a large-scale server farm primarily running on Linux and Unix, providing Level 2+ support for complex systems, and ensuring the long-term performance of IT systems. The ideal candidate will have extensive experience with UNIX/Linux, strong troubleshooting skills, and a deep understanding of network and server security. If you are a self-starter with a passion for system administration and a desire to work in a dynamic environment, this opportunity is perfect for you.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of progressive experience in engineering and design capacities.
• Deep understanding of UNIX/Linux fundamentals and extensive system administration experience.

Responsibilities

• Provide Level 2+ support for complex systems and applications.
• Support installation, optimization, integration, and troubleshooting of IT systems.

Skills

UNIX/Linux fundamentals

System administration

VMWARE

VERITAS cluster servers (VCS)

Scripting (Ruby/Perl, shell)

TCP/IP, BIND, LDAP

Troubleshooting skills

Network and server security

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Engineering

Tools

Red Hat

OpenStack

Azure

AWS

Job description

The candidate has to work from Datacenter as required, so only required local person (not required to do any Racking job)

Description:

1. This position will be part of a talented team that is responsible for the growth, ongoing maintenance and development of a large-scale server farm running primarily on Linux and Unix.
2. Provide Level 2+ support for complex systems and applications, rolling out new systems, maintaining, migrating, upgrading and improving the long-term performance of the systems.
3. Perform as a senior member of the systems administration team to support the installation, optimization, integration, troubleshooting, backup, recovery, modification, security, and upgrading of IT systems and components to provide services that enable customers to effectively apply IT to business requirements.
4. Have knowledge of tools and mechanisms for distributing new or upgraded software to ensure customers receive current versions of supported software, as they become available.
5. Shall be able to work with other senior staff to recommend and design systems architecture and topology from both general and specific perspectives. Provide L3 support on a on-call support rotation model.

Qualifications:

1. Bachelor's degree in Computer Engineering or equivalent experience in IT.
2. 8+ years of progressive experience in engineering and design capacities.
3. The ideal candidate must be a self-starter with strong work habits and have mid-level career experience in maintaining large numbers of UNIX servers.
4. Deep understanding of UNIX/Linux fundamentals and concepts.
5. Extensive system administration experience with Red Hat and other Linux flavors.
6. Strong experience in managing VERITAS cluster servers (VCS).
7. Proven experience in VMWARE running large scale virtualized environments.
8. Scripting experience, specifically with Ruby/Perl and shell scripting language to automate existing workloads and routine system admin tasks.
9. In-depth knowledge of TCP/IP, BIND, LDAP and other core technologies such as Sendmail, NTP, TCP/IP, FCIP, iSCSI, SAN, NAS, etc.
10. Experience in resolving complex issues related to break-fix performance tuning and deployments.
11. Extensive troubleshooting skills with Linux, network in complex App and DB environments.
12. Strong understanding of network and server security.

Pluses:

1. Experience implementing, administering and creating custom dashboards for performance monitoring/metrics.
2. Experience with administering servers and storage within OpenStack and Azure cloud environments.
3. RHCE, VSphere ESXi, OpenStack, Azure/AWS certifications.