Linux Administrator

1 month ago

Houston, Texas, United States Experis Full time
JOB SUMMARY

The Sr. Engineer will work with IT management to drive the technical vision and purpose of our Linux, Ansible, and Kubernetes based infrastructure. This role consults with business and technical teams to steer the design and implementation of high-quality software deliverables across all-phases of all applicable projects. This position is expected to leverage considerable industry expertise to consult and influence the business's system definitions in pursuit of industry best practices. The Sr. Engineer is expected to demonstrate commitment and enthusiasm for customer success while aligning technical solutions across companies.

This strategic role is expected to propose and implement solutions considering multiple levels of impact, such as cost/benefit, team impact and strategic support. The Sr. Engineer works to identify gaps in solutions and proactively works with both technical and business teams to resolve and reduce impacts. The role is ideal for someone who is hands on and strategic in designing solutions.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS
  • Share knowledge and skills with fellow team members
  • Design and document processes and procedures to ensure the compute and storage environment is operating efficiently and in line with best practices
  • Identify and become proficient in emerging technologies needed to provide visionary service and support for customers
  • Collaborate across teams to meet project goals. This will include working with developers, IT security, and other IT teams across the organization
  • Manage and monitor all installed infrastructure systems
  • Proactively ensure the highest levels of system availability
  • Maintain security, backup, and redundancy strategies
  • Troubleshoot, remediate, and perform root-cause analysis on systems ranging from Linux/Windows servers, compute, storage, AWS, Azure, Active Directory, and other related technologies
  • Provide On-Call support and systems patching on a scheduled rotation
  • Other responsibilities as requested
  • Responsibly receive, transmit, and handle consumer and customer data per applicable policies and procedures.
  • Review and follow data privacy practices, policies, and guidelines.
QUALIFICATIONS
  • Requires a bachelors' degree 8 to 10 years of experience in the field or related area or possess an equivalent combination of education and experience.
  • 5 years of Red Hat/Linux Server experience.
  • 3 years of virtualization experience, VMware preferred
  • 3 years backup technology experience, VEEAM and/or Cohesity preferred
  • Ansible automation experience
  • Kubernetes or Docker experience
  • Proven ability to configure and support Azure, AWS, and VMware infrastructure and services
  • Strong troubleshooting and analytical skills
  • Experience designing, implementing and supporting secure, highly resilient systems
  • Experienced in supporting production data center environments
  • Excellent oral and written communication skills
  • Ability to articulate technical information to non-technical audience
  • Ability to manage and prioritize work - both project based and day-to-day operations
  • Knowledge and understanding of concepts of DHCP, DNS, load balancing, scripting, SMTP, server clustering, GFS backup methodology, RBAC and ITIL methodologies
  • Patch and vulnerability management experience is a plus
  • Centrify experience is a plus
  • Knowledge of containers a plus.
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential function satisfactorily. The requirements listed above are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable qualified individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

CERTIFICATES, LICENSES, REGISTRATIONS*
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux certifications preferred
  • AWS, Azure cloud certifications a plus
  • Kubernetes, Docker, or other containerization certifications a plus
PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS

The physical requirements described here are representative of those that must be met by an associate to successfully perform the essential functions of the job. While performing the duties of the job, the associate is required on a daily basis to analyze and interpret data, communicate, and remain in a stationary position for a significant amount of the work day; and frequently access, input, and retrieve information from the computer and other office productivity devices. The associate is regularly required to move about the office and around the corporate campus. The associate is occasionally required to travel to other sites, including out-of-state, where applicable, for business. The associate must frequently move up to 10 pounds and occasionally move up to 25 pounds.

WORK ENVIRONMENT

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an associate encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. While the job is generally performed in an office environment, the associate is occasionally exposed to wet and/or humid conditions, areas in which moving mechanical parts, fumes, toxic or caustic chemicals are present, and outside weather conditions. The noise level in the office environment is typically quiet, but the associate may be occasionally exposed to loud noise levels.

TRAVEL REQUIRED

Minimal travel is required for this position (up to 10% of the time and on a domestic basis).

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