Linux System Administrator

Base pay range

$42.00/hr - $45.00/hr

• Searching for a senior technical professional to join the Managed Operational Support Services (OSS) team as a Linux System Administrator (Sys Admin).
• Responsibilities for this position include support to software engineering during the development of a new OSS system by provisioning and managing the virtual environments (VM) and installing and configuring the Linux based Red Hat Operating System.
• The Sys Admin will also monitor and maintain the system hardware performance.
• The position ensures that system hardware, software, and related procedures adhere to the system’s design and architecture.
• This individual will manage system access user accounts and develop the procedures for system configuration to support production builds.
• This individual will also assist program teams with technical analysis and support the testing and roll‑out of new patches.
• Participation on programs focus on smoothing the transition from system development to operational readiness within the program’s life cycle.

Specific responsibilities will include:

• Performs software installations and upgrades to Red Hat and Windows operating systems and layered software packages and maintains them in accordance with established policies, procedures, and service level agreements.
• Manages and directs proactive and reactive systems administration activities to ensure the availability, integrity, and reliability of networked and stand-alone systems.
• Administers assigned Enterprise systems such as enterprise data storage administration (EMC/Net App), enterprise server virtualization (VMWare) to ensure systems are functioning properly.
• Troubleshoots hardware, software, and wide area network related problems associated with the assigned Enterprise system(s).
• Coordinates with server and operating system vendors to resolve issues, arrange service, and obtain support. Develops schedules for the installation and monitoring of local network and stand-alone information resources.
• Installs and provides support for internal development software and applications.
• Monitors and tunes the system to achieve optimum level of performance.
• Ensures server data integrity by evaluating, implementing, and managing appropriate software and hardware solutions.
• Ensures data/media recoverability by implementing a schedule of system backups and database archive operations.
• Conducts routine hardware and software audits of servers for compliance with established standards, policies, procedures, and configuration guidelines.
• Knowledgeable of networking associated with a LAN based server and workstations.
• Must be able to support On-call rotations and travel to our DR site during activation events.

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Engineering, Computer Science, IT Security or related field, and minimum 6 years related experience; or a Master’s degree in Computer Engineering, Computer Science, IT Security or related field, and minimum 4 years related experience. Or in lieu of a degree, minimum of 10 years of prior related experience.

• Experience performing RPM builds for software packages.
• Experience performing complex infrastructure design, including planning of interactions of multiple applications (HA, DB, Large Networks).
• Experience performing scripting for automation of tools.