System Administrator { Cloud Platform Engineer

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Skills / Technology: OS/Infrastructure (OS, Load Balancer, DNS, Storage, Firewall)
Location: San Jose CA

Client is seeking a UNIX Administrator with excellent technical, process and automation skills to be part of a High-Performance Cloud Operations Team. As an Infrastructure Administrator, this person is responsible for the daily administration of Linux and Unix servers in a business application environment. This includes general system administration tasks, software and hardware support, system configuration, and system monitoring. The candidate must have extensive Linux/Unix administration experience and strong customer relation skills.

They should work with business application administrators to troubleshoot applications, guide them with standard methodologies, and clearly express thoughts. The role requires the ability to work in a team or as a sole contributor, self‑motivation, and very good communication skills. The main responsibility is ensuring the overall operability, resiliency, performance, and capacity of owned production services.

• System Administration – Responsible for the day‑to‑day administration of all Linux‑based servers, including monitoring the trouble ticket queue, system troubleshooting, hardware and software changes, scripting, patching, performance monitoring, system sizing, integration, upgrade implementation, and hardware diagnostics.
• Application support – Work with application administrators to help fix and fine‑tune applications and guide them in standard processes related to the underlying UNIX infrastructure.
• Documentation – Maintain all system documentation.

• Unix/Linux System Administration – In‑depth experience with Unix/Linux servers (Suse, AIX, RHEL, CentOS) for installation, configuration, patching, and troubleshooting.
• Automation & Scripting – Proficiency in scripting (Bash, Python) and automation tools (Ansible, etc.) to streamline deployments and manage configurations.
• Demonstrable ability to perform UNIX builds.
• Understanding of Red Hat Satellite, IBM NIM, or SUSE Manager for patch management.
• Networking Knowledge – Strong grasp of networking (TCP/IP, DNS, SSH, etc.) and system connectivity for effective troubleshooting in distributed environments.
• Virtual machine management – Working knowledge of VMware, Open Shift, TCP/IP functionality, networking, remote administration, cloning, migration, etc.
• Security Best Practices – Expertise in system security, user access controls, OS hardening, patch management, and compliance.
• Soft Skills – Strong communication, teamwork, and problem‑solving skills to collaborate across teams and resolve complex issues efficiently.
• Operational experience with Ansible and Terraform is beneficial.