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Senior Linux System Administrator

Job in Richmond, Henrico County, Virginia, 23214, USA
Listing for: Jobs via Dice
Full Time position
Listed on 2026-03-06
Job specializations:
  • IT/Tech
    IT Support, Systems Administrator, Cloud Computing, Unix/Linux
Salary/Wage Range or Industry Benchmark: 60000 - 80000 USD Yearly USD 60000.00 80000.00 YEAR
Job Description & How to Apply Below

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Job Title

Senior Linux System Administrator

Job Location

Richmond, VA

Job Type

Contract

Job Description

We are looking for a Senior Linux System Administrator for our client in Richmond, VA.

Requirements
  • Service Now.
  • 3 to 5+yrs Red Hat Linux administration, configuration, upgrades, migrations, and patching professional experience.
  • Experience using Satellite for Linux Patching.
  • Automation and orchestration technologies, including Ansible (Playbooks 7 Tower), Python, Power Shell, etc.).
  • Experience with using Git Hub or other version control tools for source code management.
  • Strong problem-solving and troubleshooting skills.
  • Knowledge of VMWare.
  • Understanding of Storage & Blade Technologies that integrate with Virtualization.
  • Progressive knowledge of concepts and principles in the functional area.
  • General working knowledge of NAS, SAN, and networking.
  • Agile practices, including Scrum and Kanban practices (strongly desired).
  • Familiarity with Big Fix is a plus.
  • Familiarity with RHEV is a plus.
  • Familiarity with Oracle RAC is a plus.
Responsibilities
  • Performs moderate level infrastructure support tasks, maintenance, configuration and troubleshooting and provides resolution of problem tickets.
  • Implements upgrades and patches. Recommends and remediates problems and vulnerabilities to meet customer needs and maintain a stable environment.
  • Participate in disaster recovery exercise.
  • Applies analytics on past data like incidents and patterns for predicting issues and takes proactive actions.
  • Experience in identifying toil in Operating Systems and Build self-services and contributing towards developing coding best practices.
  • Develop an automated process for lifecycle management, OS software management, and configuration management.
  • Execute Linux OS maintenance.
  • Participates in the on-call rotation.
  • Practices change control and applies strict adherence to client change control policy and follows all change guidelines.
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Position Requirements
10+ Years work experience
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