Linux Admin with Tanzo

Position: Linux Admin

Location: EL Paso, IL

Type: Contract

Job Description

• Responsible for Designing, Planning, Configuring multiple flavors Linux Operating Systems
• Responsible for the scale-in/scale-out infrastructure decisions based on business application usage.
• Proactively managing end-to end operations for Linux Operating systems.
• Performance tuning, hardware / firmware upgrades, and resource optimization as required.
• Provides ongoing information to leadership, customers, and peers regarding health of the environment, enhancements, and innovations.
• Providing support for multiple Linux flavors
• Developing and overseeing the backup, replication, clustering and fail over strategies
• Installation, Upgrade of Linux servers using automation, kickstart, scripts etc.,
• Patching and packaging of Linux upgrade using manual and tools.
• Disk management using SAN, NAS, iSCSI, and other related protocols.
• Responsible for performing Linux native Volume management, VERITAS Volume Management
• Responsible for managing Linux native Cluster and VETIAS Cluster
• Virtualizations using KVM technologies
• Container's deployments and knowledge on Kubernetes, TanZu
• Scripting using Ansible, Python, bash, PowerShell.
• Do general technical trouble shooting and give consultation to development teams.
• Maintenance and monitoring of Databases (MySQL, Oracle, PostgreSQL, DB2 etc...)
• Monitoring & checking the Database backup & recovery process
• Server deployments on vSphere and other virtual technologies.
• Deployment of strong disaster recovery plans as per SLA.
• Establish and maintain sound backup and recovery policies and procedures.
• Excellent judgment, problem resolution, and decision-making
• Lead and complete tasks independently, with attention to detail and update on regular basis.
• Working knowledge on ITIL Framework.

Position: Linux Engineer

Location: Frisco, TX

Type: Contract

Job Description

Responsibilities

• Responsible to manage all Linux server hosted on On-prem and clouds.
• Works with remote support team, vendors, end users, Customer Service Representatives and other technical staff to resolve Linux servers issues.
• Be responsible for working on critical issues and have ability to provide detail RCA.
• Be responsible to manage the cluster servers, server Patching and servers builds using the automate tools like BigFix
• Optimizing and monitoring the system performance.

Skill Requirements

• Proficiency in Linux operating system (RedHat 6/7.x / Suse 11/12.x CentOS)
• Should have hands on experience managing physical server IBM, HP series and VMware virtual servers.
• Should have good knowledge on AZURE/AWS/IBM on cloud technologies.
• Strong knowledge on cluster configuration and administration for Suse cluster, Redhat cluster & GPFS.
• Experience in managing NFS, FTP/SFTP, NTP DNS servers.
• Good to have experience on Redhat Satellite/ Suse Manager.
• Very good knowledge in Linux scripting to automate the daily operation required task.
• Linux Package Patching Management RPM and Zypper
• Good to have experience on patching via BigFix tool.
• Experience building and configuring Linux servers (Physical, virtual and cloud).
• Should have knowledge Conduct Fallback/Disaster recovery testing.
• Restoring corrupted file system, Troubleshooting the server related issues.
• Optimizing and monitoring the system performance with any provided tools or OS utilities like SAR, Top
• Be responsible for all the operations during the shift and address the escalations.
• Managing backup and monitoring related reports for the servers and work with respective teams for any issues.
• Should be good in the ITIL process management like Incident, Request, Change and ServiceNow ticketing tool.

Soft Skills

• Excellent communication and conversation skills (Verbal and Written)
• Good documentation skills
• Should have a great customer handling skills
• Able to handle unforeseen situations
• High level of acceptance
• Can drive HCL's value and its methodology