Linux Admin

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Job Description

Duration: 9 Months

Rate: $45/hr on C2C (Max)

Job Description:

Primary responsibility will include hands-on technical support work related to the overall health and maintenance of the operating system environments (Red Hat) in support of system operations. Additionally, this individual is responsible for supporting operating system changes required for the deployment of new applications into the environment. Resource responsibilities also include:

1. Providing hands-on technical support (Tier-2) related to the overall health and maintenance of the Linux operating environments.
2. Perform remote monitoring of server/system health and status using provided tools (e.g., Satellite Server, Zenoss, etc.).
3. Ability to decompose complex problems to ensure timely and accurate resolution of system anomalies before they impact operations.
4. Understanding of server virtualization.
5. Work with engineering and/or other personnel to identify and troubleshoot operational and performance-related issues.
6. Provide on-call support; including off-hours server administration and problem escalation as needed.
7. Plan and execute the installation and configuration of Linux server operating environments within the AWS environment.

Technical Skills Skill Years/Level of Experience

Mandatory Experience with Red Hat Linux Administration with RHEL 6.x and 7.x: 4+ Years
Experience with Configuration Management: 2+ Years
Experience with setting up and maintaining Linux servers: 2+ Years
Experience with setting up and maintaining Red Hat Satellite instances: 2+ Years
Experience with installing and configuring services: 2+ Years
Knowledge of networking protocols, TCP/IP, DNS, DHCP, LDAP & NFS: 2+ Years
Development of scripts (Shell/PERL): 2+ Years
Storage administration experience: 2+ Years
Virtualization experience in an operational environment: 2+ Years
Experience interfacing with developers and team members for either planning or troubleshooting purposes: 2+ Years

Preferred:

1. Prior work experience with large systems (in order of preference).
2. Good knowledge of software architecture and design patterns.
3. Red Hat Certification.
4. Experience working on Amazon Web Services.

Education Level: Bachelors degree with 6+ Years of experience.

Equal Opportunity Employer

Cloud Big Data Technologies is an equal opportunity employer inclusive of female, minority, disability and veterans, (M/F/D/V). Hiring, promotion, transfer, compensation, benefits, discipline, termination and all other employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, disability, national origin, citizenship/immigration status, veteran status or any other protected status. Cloud Big Data Technologies will not make any posting or employment decision that does not comply with applicable laws relating to labor and employment, equal opportunity, employment eligibility requirements or related matters. Nor will Cloud Big Data Technologies require in a posting or otherwise U.S. citizenship or lawful permanent residency in the U.S. as a condition of employment except as necessary to comply with law, regulation, executive order, or federal, state, or local government contract.