Linux Administrator

As a Linux Administrator, you will apply technical expertise to build, test, and maintain virtualized and physical servers that meet business requirements and platform standards. The position requires experience working in a heterogeneous environment containing UNIX, Linux and Windows systems.
What You'll Do:

• Provision, install, configure, operate, and maintain systems including the following operating systems RHEL, CentOS, HP-UX, AIX, with emphasis on Linux.
• Apply OS patches and upgrades on a regular basis, and upgrade administrative tools and utilities. Configure / add new services as necessary.
• Administer and maintain policies and procedures to ensure the security and integrity of all servers.
• Server and workstation HW/SW system installations, configuration, upgrades, patches, and maintenance.
• Maintenance of configuration documentation and system procedures.
• Ability to solve problems quickly, as well as, work the issue resolution to completion.
• Must be available to support a flexible work schedule.
• Participate in a scheduled on call rotation with other team members.
• Proficient in performing shell scripting using one of the following (Perl, Bash, C Shell, Korn) to automate tasks and processes.
• Provide leadership, technical support, user support, technical orientation, and technical education activities to project teams and less senior staff.
• Manage change requests between development, staging, and production environments.
• Linux systems experience including capacity planning, advanced diagnostics and troubleshooting, and performance management.
• Strong hardware/software troubleshooting and network diagnostic skills are essential.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

What You'll Need:

• Experience with Hadoop.
• Experience with SAN storage (EMC).
• Experience with SAN switches (Brocade).
• Experience with virtualization (VMware).
• Experience with Hadoop environments (Apache/Cloudera).
• Knowledge of Enterprise backup solutions (CommVault Simpana).
• HP ProLiant server hardware configuration including c7000 Blade Enclosures.
• Cisco UCS server hardware configuration.
• Experience working in firewalled/load balanced environments.
• Bachelor’s Degree (B. S.) from four-year College or University. Meaningful and relative experience may substitute for the degree requirement on a year for year basis.

5 years of Systems Administration experience supporting production environments.

Job Types: Full-time, Contract

Salary: $50.00 - $55.00 per hour

Benefits:

• Dental insurance
• Health insurance
• Life insurance
• Vision insurance

Schedule:

• 8 hour shift
• Day shift
• Monday to Friday

Experience:

• Linux admin: 1 year (Preferred)
• VMWare: 1 year (Preferred)

Work Location: One location