Senior Linux System Administrator

Senior Linux Administrator

SiriusXM

3 Months – Contract- to Hire

Ashburn VA (Onsite)

We have a terrific opportunity in our Systems Engineering team for an intelligent and motivated Staff Engineer who is enthusiastic about datacentre deployment and site reliability for large-scale consumer online services. As a member of our Data Center Engineering and Operations team, you will be responsible for the day-to-day operations of our co-location data centers and assume a critical role in maintaining the overall uptime, performance, and capacity of the SiriusXM Pandora service. You will be able to bring your solid experience to bear in supporting the various services we manage and take on interesting and mission-critical projects as part of a fast-paced, highly collaborative team. We hold ourselves to high standards and take pride in our work.

Minimum Qualifications:

• BA/BS Information Technology, Computer Science, or a related field. (Or equivalent experience)
• IT Certifications such as Server+, RHCSA/RHCE, CCNA or similar a plus.
• Minimum 2-3 years of datacentre related experience with at least 3 years of day-to-day hands-on experience in an enterprise scale datacentre environment.

Requirements and General Skills:

• Self-motivated, continuous learner, appreciates challenge, comfortable and effective working in new areas that require experimentation and rapid problem solving.
• Excellent time management skills, with the ability to prioritize and multitask, and work under shifting deadlines in a fast-paced environment.
• Strong understanding of x86 server hardware architecture and subsystems as it relates to configuration, triage, and certification in a large-scale server environment.
• Knowledgeable in datacentre best practices including but not limited to cabling, power balancing, cooling and airflow optimization, inventory tracking, capacity planning and host/service diversity.
• Strong interpersonal skills with the ability to lead as well as work in a team environment.
• Meticulous attention to detail and strong organization skills.
• Past experience as a team lead or as a people manager is a plus.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Participate in a 24x7x365 on-call rotation.
• Up to 15% travel

Technical Skills:

• Demonstrated proficiency in monitoring stacks such as Prometheus, Alert manager, and Grafana.
• Experience creating and executing Ansible playbooks.
• Practical professional knowledge of Linux and full network stack from NIC firmware to TCP/IP.
• Expertise with SAN and NAS arrays such as Netapp, Isilon, Pure Storage, and Brocade.
• Familiarity with version control systems such as Bitbucket and Git.
• Familiarity with performance testing and reporting tools, such as Phoronix, FIO, Stream and others.
• Experience with ISC DHCP and BIND DNS operations.
• Intermediate scripting skills in Python and familiarity with Bash.
• Significant knowledge of Linux kernel drivers, kernel tuning, and debugging hardware compatibility issues.
• Basic understanding of subnetting, DHCP Relays, load balancing, and ARP.
• Working knowledge of package management tools such as APT, RPM.