Job Role: Linux Admin

Location: 100% remote

Duration: 6-12 Months Contract

Visas: USC, GC, EAD-GC, H4-EAD

Responsibilities

• Systems installation & administration of physical and virtual servers across multiple Linux distros and release versions

• Manage & maintain system images, snapshots & other virtual configurations as directed by technical leadership

• Configure, maintain, manage & troubleshoot advanced configurations for supported systems, which may involve:

• system performance tuning, clustering, file systems, hardware, OS kernel, DNS, IP stack, network attached storage & SAN, virtual networking, Windows AD integration, LDAP integration & other advanced configuration items

• Monitor system performance, to identify and correct performance issues

• Manage & maintain configuration management systems, such as Puppet, and/or Ansible for continuous sustainment of the operating environment

• Utilize shell and utility scripting (e.g., bash, Perl, Python, PowerShell) to optimize & automate standard administration tasks

• Regularly audit & validate configuration of systems within any guidelines provided by leadership

• Attend meetings, participate in conference calls and respond to ticket requests to ensure the highest standards in customer support

• Work with leadership & teammates to develop and/or maintain systems documentation in support of system builds, application installs & other operations procedures

• Assist with security audits & work with staff to remediate any & all security findings with supported systems & applications

• Ability to work from home including facilitating incident calls, monitoring processes, and able to respond to phone calls from remote sites

• Identify root cause analysis and remediate reoccurring Linux operating issues

• Create and provide reports describing operational performance of Linux environments. Identify appropriate targets as key performance indicators of Linux system health and provide recommendations regarding problem resolution in cases where targets are being approached (best case) or are exceeded (worst case)

• Operate as an escalation point on Linux issues

• Provide 24x7 IT operations support on an on-call basis

• Comply with and execute Steris change management processes

• Collaborate effectively within systems administrative team and across functional teams to resolve issues, make design changes, and ensure the Linux systems environment is running effectively.

Required Knowledge and Experience

• Experience working in large, enterprise environments, including managing Linux systems related to Oracle and SAP applications and databases

• Knowledge and hands-on experience working with various Linux distros (Oracle Linux, RHEL, SUSE, CentOS)

• Knowledge and experience with SAN Fabric Technologies in a Linux environment

• Knowledge and experience in administrating applications operating within clustered environments in a Linux/Solaris environment

• Knowledge and Experience Ability writing technical design and build documentation for all aspects of Linux infrastructure

• Experience in system monitoring tools and techniques for supporting Linux operations, alerting, and remediation

Other Key Required Competencies

• Strong leadership and interpersonal skills

• Dynamic, hard-working, and ambitious

• Excellent oral and written communication skills (English language)

• Ability to multi-task in order to meet project and operational demands

• Strong ability to self-learn

• Strong organization, analysis, and problem-solving skills

Desired Knowledge and Experience

• Experience with Sun Solaris

• RHV or KVM virtualization

• Experience with Ansible or comparable configuration management tools

• Experience with virtualization on Hyper-V, VMWare and/or Nutanix in complex, distributed or clustered environments

• LEAN methodology

• Familiarity and working knowledge of popular cloud infrastructure providers

• High level of technical expertise to support complex infrastructure solutions across all tiers, under minimal supervision

• Strong hands-on technical professional with business acumen

• Experience developing Linux system procedures and best practices standards

Job Type: Contract

Salary: $45.00 - $55.00 per hour

Experience level:

• 8 years

Schedule:

• 8 hour shift
• Day shift
• Monday to Friday

Experience:

• Linux: 8 years (Preferred)
• PowerShell: 5 years (Preferred)
• Sun Solaris: 5 years (Preferred)
• Oracle: 5 years (Preferred)

Work Location: Remote

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