[NCSA-jobs] Linux administration opening!!!

[Kristin Redd]

Please contact Kristin Redd at 919-323-8494 if interested.

 

This is a direct perm position for a LINUX Administrator with SUSE and Red Hat. 
A Senior Systems Analyst specializing in Linux Server deployment and support within the comapnany Technical Services Group.  
The systems layer infrastructure deployed by this team supports various clinical and business applications across company in an environment of multiple systems layer platforms, including Windows, LINUX (Redhat, SUSE) IBM AIX, and Sun Solaris Servers with both VMWare and LPAR virtualizations and HP & IBM SAN.   


 

Additional responsibilities include requisite day-to-day activities such as monitoring, automation, performance tuning, security/patch update analysis and disaster recovery preparedness. 

 


Essential tasks/responsibilities:

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Support day-to-day systems management and monitoring of the company systems layers, specifically focusing on the Linux as well as backup support for AIX environments.

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Defines, designs, proposes and implements system enhancements (software and hardware updates) that will improve the performance and reliability of the systems infrastructure.  


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Manual and automated operating systems installation & configuration of Linux in both standard and VMWare environments.   
Deploy and enhance standard server systems best practices.

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Disk and volume management experience, including Linux LVM on local disk, Linux software RAID, and SAN based storage. 

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Shell programming and use of automated scripting packages (Shell, Perl, etc) for system administration and software installation, management.  


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Installation, configuration, and management of TCP/IP protocol stack on various versions of Linux, including configuration and management of all network communication services (NFS, DNS, etc) 

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Installation, configuration, and management of LDAP and Kerberos authentication on Linux systems integrating with Microsoft Active Directories, including local security configuration and account privileges design and interoperability.

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Familiarity with application installation on Linux systems, including Oracle database (RAC, non-RAC).  
Interact with Oracle DBAs to implement/support Oracle DB servers running on Linux.

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Manage and enhance systems management tools and procedures, with a specific focus of leveraging the company Tivoli Framework.

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Take part in Evaluations, Proposals and Implementations of new technology that correlates with company business goals.  
Will collaboratively work with support teams/vendors toward project milestones.

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Follow development and implementation procedures, including the development and execution of test plans, change control, development of system documentation.  
Ensure high quality by participating in and following company and industry best practices processes.

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Monitor Linux environments to ensure that access is appropriate and report unauthorized access or attempts to management.

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Responsible for monitoring of processes, system triage and recovery, providing advanced technical consultation on design and engineering solutions, supporting system implementations and integrations, systems analysis and diagnosis, trouble-shooting, performance analysis and resolution as well as technical leadership/mentorship to peers, build, plan team members, and management supporting company.

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Participation in an on-call rotation that provides 24x7x365 coverage of mission critical systems.

 


Education/training


Required:              

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, math, or a computer related field


Preferred:             

Professional technical training in Linux (Redhat and Suse), VMWare


 

Experience

Required:              
Minimum five years experience working on Linux platforms in medium / large organizations having segregated development/test, QA, Staging and production environments. 

Thorough understanding of LINUX Server Systems such as Redhat and SUSE supporting multiple critical applications.  


kickstart, rpm, shell scripting


Preferred:             
Experience with VMWare Server Systems, Tivoli
, TSM, Remedy.

Experience with SAN technology, IBM, HP EVA preferred.

Desirable
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Kerberos, NIS, AIX, Solaris, Oracle, 
Microsoft Active Directory Technology.




 

Kristin Redd



Senior Technical Recruiter




 



Sapphire Technologies




4505 Emperor Blvd, Suite 100




Durham, NC 27703




Phone: 919-323-8494



Toll Free: 800-676-5261 



Fax: 919-474-8428




Kristin.Redd at Sapphire.com

www.sapphire.com

 

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