LinuxUnix System Admin

Linux/ Unix System Admin.

San Jose CA

Contract

Responsibilities:

• Engineering of systems administrationrelated solutions for various project and operational needs.
• Install new/rebuild existing servers and configure hardware peripherals services settings directories storage etc. in accordance with standards and project/operational requirements.
• Virtualization platform (VMware KVM and other)
• Storage management (Netapp Dell/EMC PureStorage and others)
• Infra automation tools(ansible) support
• Foreman deployment management
• System inventory system (GLPI)
• Network equipment management (Cisco Mellanox and others)
• Install and configure systems which support infrastructure and/or R&D activities.
• Develop and maintain installation and configuration procedures.
• Configure/maintain storage equipment and troubleshoot with vendors.
• Configure/install EDA tools FlexLM licenses and troubleshoot software tool issues.
• Contribute to and maintain system standards.
• Contribute to and maintain security posture of the systems
• Research and recommend innovative and where possible automated approaches for system administration tasks. Identify approaches that leverage resources.
• Operations and Support
• Install and maintain security patches on the operational and development system which includes but is not limited to Red Hat Linux (Centos Ubuntu etc.) Windows 2008/2k8R2/2k12 VMWare and Apache web services.
• Report Security Patch compliance.
• Perform daily system monitoring verifying the integrity and availability of all hardware server resources systems and key processes reviewing system and application logs and verifying completion of scheduled jobs such as backups.
• Perform regular security monitoring to identify any possible intrusions.
• Perform daily backup operations ensuring all required file systems and system data are successfully backed up to the appropriate media recovery tapes or disks are created and media is recycled and sent off site as necessary.
• Perform regular file archival and purge as necessary.
• Create change and delete user accounts per request as necessary.
• Provide Tier III/other support per request from various constituencies. Investigate and troubleshoot issues.
• Repair and recover from hardware or software failures. Coordinate and communicate with impacted constituencies.
• Maintenance
• Apply OS patches and upgrades on a regular basis and upgrade administrative tools and utilities. Configure/add new services as necessary.
• Manage existing and/or deploy new instances of Jirra Git LDAP Jenkins VMWare environments.
• Upgrade and configure system software that supports infrastructure applications or Asset Management applications per project or operational needs.
• Maintain operational configuration or other procedures.
• Perform ongoing performance tuning hardware upgrades and resource optimization as required. Configure CPU memory and disk partitions as required.
• After hours and weekend support and/or alternative work schedules are required at various points in the year

Requirements

• Bachelor s degree with a technical major such as Engineering or Computer Science preferred.
• Specially high skill level of Atlassian tools administration and management also including but not limiting Jenkins GIT DevOps tool administration
• Systems Administration/System Engineer certification in Linux e.g. CompTIA Linux Red Hat Certified System Administrator (RHCSA) or Red Hat Certified Engineer (RHCE) preferred
• 5 years of system administration experience in Linux environments and proficient in tasks such as shell scripting creating cron jobs analyzing log files managing user accounts and groups configuring iptables and setting up mail services.
• Proven ability to multitask.
• Independent selfstarter.
• Ability to effectively communicate (verbal and written correspondence) in a professional and courteous manner with technical and nontechnical personnel.
• CompTIA Security (SY0301) or other DoD 8570.1 Workplace Improvement Plan IAT Level II compliant certification required (or equivalent experience).
• Familiarity with webbased technologies including but not limited to reverse proxy servers SSL certificate configuration threetier architecture and service oriented architecture enterprise service bus http and differences between browsers.
• Able to lift 50 lbs.
• Able to move servers to and from main DC to the colocation and labs
• Install new hardware or migrate existing servers (rack and stack)