Senior Linux System Administrator

DIRECT CLIENT

Phone/Skype Hire. Onsite from day 1 / Hybrid

Location: Durham, NC

Duration: 12+ months

Responsibilities

The primary role is to install and configure the Linux operating system as well as manage and maintain Linux-based systems on the Amazon Web Services (AWS) platform.

The position will be responsible for the deployment, configuration, and ongoing maintenance of AWS services such as EC2, S3, RDS, and more. It will also be responsible for System maintenance by reviewing error logs, system backups, monitoring system performance to prevent slowdowns and disruptions, License deployments and setup, may include setting up a Linux Satellite server and deployment manager, and providing any needed technical support.

This position will provide hands-on technical support for system security monitoring and optimizing the performance of these systems, as well as troubleshooting and resolving any issues that may arise. Additionally, this resource may be responsible for managing and maintaining other related technologies such as DDI (DNS, DHCP, and IPAM).

Strong knowledge of Linux administration, AWS, and networking are required for this role.

This position is required to be on call for evenings and weekends to meet business needs.

Skills Needed

Strong experience with Linux administration experience with Red Hat Enterprise Linux: RHEL on AWS platform Required 3 Years

Strong Experience with monitoring and troubleshooting Linux systems and applications Required 5 Years

Hands-on experience in performance monitoring enablement to manage the Scaling up and down of the environments Required 3 Years

Experience with Linux OS Patch (including taking snapshots of instances before applying updates) and OS Level Vulnerability Management Required 7 Years

Strong experience with Cookie Security, Web Browser Security, Server side encryptions, Data Encryption at Rest and Key management Required 3 Years

Strong experience with Image Management using Redhat Image Required 3 Years

Experience with cloud infrastructure, specifically Amazon Web Services (AWS) like EC2, S3, RDS, ELB, SSM and EBS. Required 3 Years

Experience in installing, configuring, and maintaining services such as Bind, Apache, nginx, MYsql etc Required 5 Years

Experience with automation and configuration management tools such as Ansible, Cloudformation, Puppet, or Chef Required 5 Years

Strong scripting skills, specifically in Bash or Python Required 7 Years

Strong understanding of networking concepts, including VPCs, subnets, and routing Required 3 Years

Proficient with network tools such as iptables, Linux IPVS, HAProxy, etc Required 3 Years

Experience in capturing, interpreting, and analyzing network traffic Required 3 Years

Solid knowledge of protocols such as DNS, HTTP, LDAP, SMTP and SNMP Required 2 Years

Troubleshooting Apache issues like performance testing and tuning, failure to restart, and queuing of requests Required 3 Years

Experience in performing multi-platform volume management using SVM, LVM, ZFS, NAS, and the VERITAS volume manager Required 5 Years

Experience with security best practices and implementing security controls in a AWS cloud environment Required 3 Years

Familiarity with wired and wireless networking hardware and architectures, Virtual LAN (VLAN) setup and configuration, VPN, Routing, IPV4, IPV6 Required 1 Years

Experience in user account management for large organization Required 7 Years

Linux certifications (RHCT, RHCE and LPIC) will be considered an advantage Required

Question 1 The client is requesting that candidates are able to provide 2 references prior to final selection. The references must be recent from a Sr Manager/Director overseeing the candidate's work. Do you accept this requirement?

Question 2 Please list hands on experience with tools and technologies on AWS platform..

Question 3 Please list candidate's Linux system administrator certifications like LFCS, RHCSA, RHCE.