ID
#17812289
Job type
Contract
Salary
Depends on Experience
Source
CSI Consulting
Date
2021-07-12
Deadline
2021-09-10

Senior Linux System Administrator

Tennessee, Nashville, 37201

Contract

Vacancy expired!

10+ years of experience in IT as a Unix Systems Administrator.
10+ years of designing, building, configuring and maintaining an enterprise environment.
Expert level project management & customer relationship skills.

Required Certifications & Training

RHCE or LPIC-2 Certification
IBM/AIX
CompTIA A+
VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Zerto Certified Professional Enterprise Engineer
Nutanix Certified Professional (NCP)
Scaled Agile/ITIL

Preferred Certifications & Training

DoD Security clearance
Dell EMC Certifications
Pure Certifications

Requirements

Principal Accountabilities

Provided tier III support to teams, business units, customers, clients including but not limited to investigation, troubleshoot and repair of OS & hardware issues.
Demonstrates leadership in resolving complex problems for multiple technologies where analysis of situations or data requires an in-depth evaluation of various factors. Improvising and collaborating on solutions while developing long term solutions.
Takes a broad perspective to identify innovative solutions.
Analyze performance indicators to ensure optimal utilization of resources.
Perform root cause analysis and presentation to problem management board to ensure issue is resolved or mitigated.
Works with multiple platforms, conducting performance tuning, capacity planning, detailed monitoring and reporting at the engineering level.
Draft and update systems policies and standards to achieve company goals.
Responsible for secure design, implementation and compliance of systems and security baselines according to DISA STIG standards.
Ensuring that all IT assets including hardware are accurately and professionally documented.
Maintain high quality documentation, including policies and compliance-related information.
Create and maintain departmental and project procedural documentation.
Implement DR solutions, design and write the polices and SOP with providing a seamless fail-over. Managing and maintaining a dependable backup strategy to ensure business continuity in the event of a loss.
Formulates requirements for Unix OS based systems on both physical and virtual platforms and provides detailed implementation plans with documentation and diagrams.
Analyze the clients’ current technical strategy, determine improvement points and sell the solution to management.
Researches, reviews and recommends hardware and software improvements.
Exercises judgment within broadly defined practices and policies in selecting methods, techniques, and evaluation criteria for obtaining results.
Interprets internal and external business issues and recommends best practices.
Works independently, with guidance in only the most complex situations.
Leading technical projects involving participants from multiple technology areas of the company.
Provides guidance and training to junior level administrators and peers.
Cost estimations and systems and infrastructure design for business requests.
Work within the Change Control Board (CCB) guidelines for implementations and integrations.
Ability to speak to the business regarding technology solution decisions and strategies.
Planning, design, implementation and monitoring that projects are progressing to meet deadlines and comply with the company and business requirements.
Communicates effectively and clearly with employees, immediate manager, and other department managers.
Be available to weekdays during regular business hours and after hours as needed.
Be available to work on call shift rotations requiring that you be available 24x7.

Technical Skills and Knowledge

Expert level experience with Unix Systems Administration.
Proficiency with one or more of the following languages:

Ansible, Shell, Terraform, Python, Perl

Proficiency with at least one of these version control products:

GitLab, GitHub, Subversion

Experience with AWS, AZURE & Google Cloud is a plus.
In depth experience with VMware ESXi administration, installation, and advanced troubleshooting.
Experience with Nutanix/Hyper-converged infrastructure administration, installation, and advanced troubleshooting.
Complex Active Directory design, deployment, configuration management, security profiling, advanced troubleshooting when required, and consolidation initiatives.
O365 technology administration, configuration, best practices, and security.
Experienced in remediating zero-day vulnerabilities.
Be able to communicate technical details to non-technical audience.
Solid written and oral communication skills.
Knowledgeable with disaster recovery planning and logistics.
Ability to identify and resolve problems in a timely manner; gather and analyze information skillfully, develop alternative solutions.
Ability to work well in a group problem-solving situation.
Ability to work without direct supervision.
Ability to design and implement complex infrastructure solutions in a tightly controlled environment through stringent Change Control process.
Ability to work closely with Information Security, Networking, Storage and other teams to accomplish projects in a timely manner.
Experience with Nutanix and Hyper-converged infrastructure administration, installation, and advanced troubleshooting.
Advanced Unix operating systems internals and network communications.
Must be security conscious in all design and implementation strategies.
Must understand how to implement solutions in a complex hybrid on prem / cloud multi forest environment.