Unix/Linux Technician

We are seeking a highly skilled Jr Unix/Linux Technician to join our team at Amtex Systems Inc. in Totowa, NJ or Orangeburg, NY. As a Jr Unix/Linux Technician, you will be responsible for providing technical support and maintenance for our Unix/Linux systems.

• Provide technical support and maintenance for Unix/Linux systems
• Improve operational efficiency by championing standardization and innovation
• Utilize good technical, multitasking and interpersonal skills to help drive outages to resolution
• Be ambitious, able to work independently & in a team environment under deadlines
• Be process-oriented and help develop runbooks and other technical documentation
• Stay up to date with new technologies, identifying those technologies/strategies that can help the company's automation efforts

• 2+ years of computer operations background, understanding of data centers, and data communications and experience working with Unix/Linux (RHEL/Ubuntu, etc.)
• A Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, similar field of study or equivalent work experience
• Experience working with Salt or Ansible for orchestration (preferably Salt)
• Excellent written and verbal communications interpersonal and customer service skills
• Working knowledge of: Jira concepts and SDLC framework Experience providing and automating day to day systems administration duties; Shell (Bourne), Perl, or Python scripting abilities Experience with open-source metric analytics & visualization tools (such as Grafana, Splunk, and Humio) and multiple open-source automation and management tool-set knowledge (includes: Chef, Ruby, GitHub, Salt, Artifactory, etc., to name a few)

You'll be part of a highly creative, dynamic, and innovative team environment that provides 24x7x365 coverage within our data centers. You'll work closely with various groups including system administration, application development, and SRE teams. You will be integral to the design, implementation, and support of operational procedures on different hardware Platforms that make up the client Computer environment. You'll have the opportunity to be involved in special projects such as designing, testing, and implementing processes that the operations staff handles.