Responsibilities:
- Install and maintain all server hardware and software systems and administer all server performance and ensure availability for same.
- Help troubleshoot problems with Linux servers, running different versions of Linux, including Red Hat and CentOS Engage in continuous testing of new Linux versions and applications on an on-demand basis.
- Assist with user management, such as creating accounts for new hires and training seasoned professionals on company policies.
- Design and maintain all system tools for all scripts and automation processes and monitor all capacity planning.
- Install and maintain servers.
Help automate server maintenance, including running scripts and automated processes. - Monitor everyday systems and evaluate availability of all server resources and perform all activities for Linux servers.
- Maintain and monitor all system frameworks and provide after call support to all systems and maintain optimal Linux knowledge.
- Perform change control.
- Maintain server uptime and network performance.
- Assist with server documentation.
- Maintain server security.
What Were Looking For:
- Degree in Computer Science, IT, or equivalent area of technical study.
- Minimum 15 years of Industry experience with Linux OS (RHEL, CentOS
- etc).
- Installing, monitoring and upgrading Linux system software on company servers and computers.
- Creating and setting standardized backup and recovery policies, as well as security policies.
- Applying patches and upgrades when necessary.
- Assisting in resolution of hardware/software platform problems in complex, multi-layered environment.
- Analyzing impact of software changes across other functional units.
- Establish, implement, and record Unix Administrator best practices.
- Implementing and managing system to proactively monitor infrastructure.
- Specialty in RHEL7, 8 and 9 systems
- Strong familiarity with Infrastructure as Code tools such as Ansible, Terraform and Puppet
- Experience with Red Hat rgmanager and/or Pacemaker clusters is a must
- Maintain responsibility for racking/deracking servers and network connections.
- Making recommendations for upgrades to hardware and software based on existing operations, pending needs and available budget.
- Familiarity with multiple information technologies that include server virtualization, cloud based infrastructure, automation, VMWare and AWS.
- Familiarity with high availability, disaster recovery, LDAP and load balancer concepts is a plus.
- Experience with troubleshooting and support Java JBoss applications is a plus.
- Knowledge of best practices and IT operations in an always-up, always- available service is preferred.
Skills Required
Linux Administration, Cloud Computing, Scripting Languages, Network Security, Aws