Linux Systems Administrator - (US-NY-New York)

Linux Systems Administrator - (US-NY-New York)

Compensation: $86K - $100K / Year
Minimum Education: Bachelors
Job Type: Full Time
Jobcode: TJKJA28

This is an excellent opportunity for candidates who have extensive experience administering and supporting Unix/Redhat Linux Server environment. We are looking for a results oriented and well organized professional to be part of the UNIX team, which is responsible for supporting UNIX infrastructure in 24x7 operations. The candidate is expected to work as a team player in collaboration with application development, application support, database administrators, network support, and other technology sub-teams. 

Qualifications 


Competencies 

· Experience with RedHat Enterprise 5.1 and above 

· Experience in replacing DELL/IBM server hardware components. 

· Hands on experience lifting, installing servers and working in a remote datacenter. 

· Experience in working with remote team members preferred. 

· Experience with all flavors of Linux with Virtualization (VMWare) experience, Redhat Enterprise Linux is preferred but not a requirement. 

· Experience with High Availability, LDAP, DNS, TCP/IP Networking, internet technologies (proxies, apache, and tomcat) and Storage Area Network. Working knowledge of MySQL/Oracle and IBM Web portal software preferred. 

· Experience with shell and Perl scripting. 



Responsibilities 

Responsibilities will include, but are not limited to building new servers, account management, monitoring, maintaining and providing 24x7 support to the organization's client-server environment, including: 

· Provide hands-on troubleshooting and administration as required for all Linux servers, encompassing development, integration, staging, and production. 

· Creating new Linux Virtual servers, working in data center as needed, racking and building physical servers. 

· Creating/modifying user accounts, adding/expanding storage, installing monitoring and other software as required. 

· Part of oncall rotation and Respond to alerts and notifications promptly and provide documentation of actions required. 

· Monitor and manage the Unix team ticket queue, escalations, create and manage incident and change management tickets 

· Work with Software Developers to manage, maintain, and administer/Install applications 

· Standardize account management and auditing across all Unix systems 

· Work with Network Operations administrators to assist in configuration and maintenance of servers as well as with other teams as required. 

· Help developing systems standardization, documentation of policies and procedures, maintenance schedules 

· Help evaluating and researching new tools and technologies 

Academic Qualifications 

· BS/BA preferred with 3-5 years of UNIX systems administration experience. 

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