What are the responsibilities and job description for the AWS Linux/Unix Administrator position at System One?
AWS Linux/Unix Administrator
Remote
Must reside in Washington, DC Metro Area
GC Holders and US Citizens per government contract
Must be able to get Public Trust
We are seeking an AWS Linux/Unix Administrator for a cross-functional web development team responsible for building enterprise level web application in a growing Drupal environment, and to work full-time for a Health and Human Services project located in Rockville, MD. This AWS Linux/Unix Administrator is a strong communicator who excels at collaborating with team members and conveying technical concepts to other developers, managers, and clients. This AWS Linux/Unix Administrator has strong technical skills utilizing clean and solid programming techniques, web security practices, and design patterns.
Responsibilities:
• Excellent Linux/Unix Systems Administration knowledge, including shell scripting, and a proficiency in at least one development language.
• Work with many different internal Software Development teams to drive improvement of the systems/services within the team's scope.
• Be a focal point for the escalation for complex issues and dive deep for solutions as well as provide guidance and knowledge sharing with your teammates.
• Work directly with the various service owners and hardware design teams to collaborate on hardware issues within the fleet.
• Drive the team to improve operational efficiency for all services through root cause and trend analysis with the identification and development of SLA, metrics, monitors, procedures, tools, and documentation
• Have, or be willing to learn, the capability to automate day to day tasks and develop/build software and/or services.
Minimum Required Skills & Qualifications:
• 4 years’ experience administrating in a Linux environment.
• 3 years’ experience of systems management (e.g. 50 servers).
• 3 years’ experience of building scripts, tooling, and automation for large-scale computing environments using Python, Java, PHP, Ruby, or Bash/Shell.
• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science and/or an I.T related field, or equivalency in related work experience.
Preferred Skills and Qualifications:
• Database experience to include building and executing queries (e.g. MySQL, DynamoDB, MongoDB).
• Experience with configuration management systems such as cfengine, Chef, or Puppet.
• Experience with open-source technologies.
• Demonstrable expertise around specifying, designing, and/or implementing system health, performance monitoring tools, and software management tools.
• Basic certifications in applicable field e.g. Net /Security /A /Linux /RHCSA.
• 5 years of Agile methods and processes experience.
