Senior Linux System Administrator

Company:  Crescens Inc.
Location: Durham
Closing Date: 01/08/2024
Hours: Full Time
Type: Permanent
Job Requirements / Description
Title: Senior Linux System Administrator

Location: Durham, NC (Hybrid)

Duration: 6+ Months

Type: Contract

Job Description :

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

Required/Desired Skills

Strong experience with Linux administration experience with Red Hat Enterprise Linux: RHEL

Strong Experience with monitoring and troubleshooting Linux systems and applications

Experience with Linux OS Patch (including taking snapshots of instances before applying updates), upgrade

Strong experience with Image Management using Redhat Imag

Proficient with network tools such as Firewall, Linux IPVS, HAProxy, etc

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

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

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

Strong scripting skills, specifically in Bash or Python

Experience in user account management for large organization

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

Good understanding of networking concepts, including VPCs, subnets, and routing

Experience with automation and configuration management tools such as Ansible, Cloudformation, Puppet, or Che

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

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