Company:
Crescens Inc.
Location: Durham
Closing Date: 01/08/2024
Hours: Full Time
Type: Permanent
Job Requirements / Description
Job Title: Senior Linux System Administrator
Location: 6+Months
Duration: Durham, NC (Hybrid)
Job Description:
Notes:
All work must be completed on site once COVID restrictions are lifted
This position is required to be on call for evenings and weekends to meet business needs.
Job Responsibility:
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.
Strong knowledge of Linux administration, AWS, and networking are required for this role.
Skills:
Strong experience with Linux administration experience with Red Hat Enterprise Linux: RHEL on AWS platform
Strong Experience with monitoring and troubleshooting Linux systems and applications
Hands-on experience in performance monitoring enablement to manage the Scaling up and down of the environments
Experience with Linux OS Patch (including taking snapshots of instances before applying updates) and OS Level Vulnerability Management
Strong experience with Cookie Security, Web Browser Security, Server side encryptions, Data Encryption at Rest and Key management
Strong experience with Image Management using Redhat Image
Experience with cloud infrastructure, specifically Amazon Web Services (AWS) like EC2, S3, RDS, ELB, SSM and EBS
Experience in installing, configuring, and maintaining services such as Bind, Apache, nginx, MYsql etc
Experience with automation and configuration management tools such as Ansible,
Cloud formation, Puppet, or Chef
Strong scripting skills, specifically in Bash or Python
Strong understanding of networking concepts, including VPCs, subnets, and routing
Proficient with network tools such as iptables, Linux IPVS, HAProxy, etc
Experience in capturing, interpreting, and analyzing network traffic
Solid knowledge of protocols such as DNS, HTTP, LDAP, SMTP and SNMP
Troubleshooting Apache issues like performance testing and tuning, failure to restart, and queuing of requests
Experience in performing multiplatform volume management using SVM, LVM, ZFS, NAS, and the VERITAS volume manager
Experience in performing multiplatform volume management using SVM, LVM, ZFS, NAS, and the VERITAS volume manager
Familiarity with wired and wireless networking hardware and architectures, Virtual LAN (VLAN) setup and configuration, VPN, Routing, IPV4, IPV6
Experience in user account management for large organization
Linux certifications (RHCT, RHCE and LPIC) will be considered an advantage
Location: 6+Months
Duration: Durham, NC (Hybrid)
Job Description:
Notes:
All work must be completed on site once COVID restrictions are lifted
This position is required to be on call for evenings and weekends to meet business needs.
Job Responsibility:
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.
Strong knowledge of Linux administration, AWS, and networking are required for this role.
Skills:
Strong experience with Linux administration experience with Red Hat Enterprise Linux: RHEL on AWS platform
Strong Experience with monitoring and troubleshooting Linux systems and applications
Hands-on experience in performance monitoring enablement to manage the Scaling up and down of the environments
Experience with Linux OS Patch (including taking snapshots of instances before applying updates) and OS Level Vulnerability Management
Strong experience with Cookie Security, Web Browser Security, Server side encryptions, Data Encryption at Rest and Key management
Strong experience with Image Management using Redhat Image
Experience with cloud infrastructure, specifically Amazon Web Services (AWS) like EC2, S3, RDS, ELB, SSM and EBS
Experience in installing, configuring, and maintaining services such as Bind, Apache, nginx, MYsql etc
Experience with automation and configuration management tools such as Ansible,
Cloud formation, Puppet, or Chef
Strong scripting skills, specifically in Bash or Python
Strong understanding of networking concepts, including VPCs, subnets, and routing
Proficient with network tools such as iptables, Linux IPVS, HAProxy, etc
Experience in capturing, interpreting, and analyzing network traffic
Solid knowledge of protocols such as DNS, HTTP, LDAP, SMTP and SNMP
Troubleshooting Apache issues like performance testing and tuning, failure to restart, and queuing of requests
Experience in performing multiplatform volume management using SVM, LVM, ZFS, NAS, and the VERITAS volume manager
Experience in performing multiplatform volume management using SVM, LVM, ZFS, NAS, and the VERITAS volume manager
Familiarity with wired and wireless networking hardware and architectures, Virtual LAN (VLAN) setup and configuration, VPN, Routing, IPV4, IPV6
Experience in user account management for large organization
Linux certifications (RHCT, RHCE and LPIC) will be considered an advantage
Share this job