Senior Linux Systems Administrator

Saxon Global; Virginia Beach (VA); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading IT consulting firm in Virginia Beach seeks an experienced professional skilled in Linux systems administration and application server management. The candidate will be responsible for deploying technology, troubleshooting server issues, and supporting web access in a high availability environment. With 7+ years in systems administration and expertise in various application servers, this individual will enhance server infrastructure and automate tasks. Strong communication and organizational skills are essential for this role.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of experience in Linux systems administration in a large-scale environment.
• 4+ years of experience with application servers maintenance and support.
• 2+ years of experience supporting large scale applications.
• 3+ years of experience with large application software clusters.
• Hands-on experience in shell scripting and basic data analysis.
• Ability to manage highly available customer-facing applications.
• Experience in remote server management.
• Strong background in automation and configuration management.
• Experience in designing monitoring systems for stability.
• Excellent organizational skills while managing multiple tasks.

Responsibilities

• Deploy and maintain server operating systems and related hardware.
• Troubleshoot server issues reported by users.
• Research and recommend software and hardware products.
• Support web access and maintain secure system environments.
• Install and maintain server infrastructure based on application needs.

Skills

Linux systems administration

Performance tuning

Troubleshooting

Application Server management

Shell scripting

Remote server management

Automation

Configuration management

Monitoring and notification design

Effective communication

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

Tomcat

Weblogic

JBoss

Riak

RabbitMQ

Redis

Job description

Saxon Global is one of the fastest growing Inc 500 Companies in the US, providing enhanced IT consulting, and engineering solution services. Saxon global specializes in Business Intelligence, Mobility, Big Data & Cloud and provides IT tools and services to help organizations across industry verticals such as Financial Services, Retail, Telecom, Healthcare, Banking and Media Entertainment for their continued growth

Saxon Global in its constant endeavour to excel have strengthened its skills and expertise in emerging technologies like in Business Intelligence, Mobility, Big Data & Cloud. What makes Saxon Global unique is our ability to help clients meet their business challenges through these technologies and our expert solutions.

Saxon Global is partners with industry leading technology experts to create a compelling technology stack and drive the benefits of this to our esteemed customers through our skilled resources and deep vertical market experts.

Job Description

Location: Reston, VA ( face to face is required)

Duration : 12 Months

• Deploys the release of new technologies as well as designs, installs, configures, maintains and performs system integration testing of PC/server operating systems, related utilities and hardware.
• Responsible for troubleshooting server problems as reported by users.
• Researches, evaluates and recommends software and hardware products.
• Supports Web access and electronic messaging services and maintains a secure systems environment.
• Provides new hardware specifications to users based on application needs and anticipated growth, installs new servers and maintains the server infrastructure.
• Requires a high level of expertise in multiple system environments.

Job Requirements:

• At least 7 years of Linux systems administration, performance tuning, and troubleshooting experience in a large-scale (100+ servers), customer-facing, high availability environment.
• At least 4 years Administration, maintenance, support, tuning and scaling of Application Servers (Tomcat, Weblogic JBoss, etc.)
• At least 2 years supporting large scale applications in addition to providing system support,
• At least 3 years supporting large application software clusters (Riak, RabbitMQ, Redis, etc.) and with a clear understanding of their issues and bottlenecks.
• Creation of shell scripts to automate tasks and perform basic data analysis
• Experienced in managing a highly available customer facing applications be able to define and design applications based on LB and GSLB
• Experience managing servers remotely in a distributed environment.
• Experience in automation and configuration management.
• Design and implementation of monitoring and notification approaches which maximize system stability, function and performance.
• Demonstrated ability to stay organized while multi-tasking between several projects, and to adapt to change.
• Clear and effective verbal and written communication skills.
• Team player with professional work ethic and positive attitude.
• Demonstrated ability to produce results with a minimum of day-to-day direction and be able to deliver on the contracted deliverables
• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or other related field. Or equivalent work experience.

Interview process: phone screen, followed by Face to Face.

Thanks & Regards

Nagesh

Saxon Global Inc.

1320 Greenway Drive, Suite 660 Irving, TX-75038

Phone: [phone] X - 102