Remote - Linux Engineer

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Job description

The position requires someone that is detail oriented with a strong desire to provide exceptional service. The system administrator will be responsible for improving the stability and performance of various operating systems, maintaining and improving the security posture of the systems, continuous monitoring of system health, and troubleshooting issues that arise. The Systems Administrator is accountable as the primary resource for the Linux environment and will serve as a backup to the Windows System administrators as well as the applications that support the enterprise infrastructure and business critical services. Responsibilities on these systems include the administration, maintenance, troubleshooting, and performance of VMware systems, hosting hardware, Linux servers and Microsoft Windows servers. This is a 3 month contract with a high likelihood to extend. Please limit submittals to candidates who are local, and who can work for any employer in the USA, making them eligible to be hired directly by the state if selected. Responsibilities include: Engineering of Linux systems administration-related solutions for various project and operational needs. Fluent in various flavors of Linux: CentOS, RHEL and Oracle Enterprise Linux Install and configure Linux servers and application residing on Linux servers Develops and maintains appropriate system documentation to ensure that documentation is current. Contribute to and maintain system standards. Provide Tier III/other support per request from various constituencies. Investigate and troubleshoot issues. Virtual Center administration and troubleshooting Strong knowledge of Windows Server administration Excellent oral and written communication skills; including documentation Apply OS patches and upgrades on a regular basis, and upgrade administrative tools and utilities. Configure/add new services as necessary. Upgrade and configure system software that supports infrastructure applications or Asset Management applications per project or operational needs. Perform ongoing performance tuning, hardware upgrades, and resource optimization as required. Configure CPU, memory, and disk partitions as required. Provides backup to Sr. Windows Engineer and Storage and Virtualization Engineer as needed Skill Required / Desired Amount of Experience System administration experience in Linux environments and proficient in tasks such as analyzing log files, managing user accounts and groups Required 5 Years Windows Systems Administration and Active Directory Required 3 Years Strong knowledge of MS Windows 2008, 2012, 2016 servers Required 3 Years Experience troubleshooting system level problems including server failure and OS tuning Required 3 Years The ability to create and manage BASH scripting Required 3 Years The ability to schedule and manage Cron Jobs Required 3 Years Experience configuring and managing Apache Web servers including SSL Certificate configuration, reverse proxy and load balancing configuration Required 3 Years Ability to effectively communicate (verbal & written correspondence) in a professional and courteous manner with technical and non-technical personnel Required 3 Years Will be required to be accessible 24x7 in case of emergency Required 3 Years Hands on VMware experience, including vSphere and administration of VMware clusters Desired 3 Years Experience with Samba, CIFS and NFS mounts Desired 3 Years Experience with Nagios monitoring software Desired 3 Years associates degree or tech school Desired 3 Years The ability to setup and configure systemd services Desired 3 Years Experience with VMware Horizon View Virtual Desktop Desired 3 Years Experience configuring and managing other application server and middleware technologies such as JBoss, AS/Wildfly, IBM MQseries Desired 3 Years Configuring and managing Apache Tomcat is a plus Desired 3 Years SOLR experience is a plus Desired 3 Years Alfresco experience is a plus Desired 3 Years Experience with DBMS software including, but not limited to, Oracle, MySQL, MS SQL Server and MongoDB Desired 3 Years Strong knowledge of Active Directory and Terminal Services Desired 3 Years Strong knowledge of DNS, DHCP, LDAP, SMTP and TCP/IP networking Desired 3 Years Knowledge of SAN storage, VMFS, iSCSI, NFS, etc. Desired 3 Years

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