Our client is seeking a classical Sr Linux System Engineer for the design and build out of classical Linux OS infrastructure (60%) with Automation tools. Ideal candidates will have design and buildout experience of traditional Linux/Unix environments with good Automation tool experience for a hybrid environment with 40% on premise cloud. *** You must be our W2 employee – we cannot sponsor Visa’s ****This can be 100% remote or a mix of onsite as well based on your preference or where you reside. Responsibilities:  Design, Install, Configure, and Manage Linux environments.

Strong Administration of Red Hat/Oracle Enterprise Linux operating system and various Linux OS

Create, Manage, and Apply automation for deployment and configuration

Provision server build out within virtualization such as SAN

Assist with WebLogic, Tomcat and JBoss installation and administration when necessary

Assist in planning, installing and administration of Disaster Recovery for Linux servers

Ensure all Unix/Linux based servers are adhering to change control and are audited

Understand and able to configure Postfix, DNS/bind/named, NTPD, SSH, LVM, multipath, Samba/CIFS

Ensure quarterly server patching

Maintaining documentation and diagrams for both daily operations and Disaster Recovery

Assist Backup Administrator with Unix/Linux backups using Commvault

Create, update and follow SOPs and other documentation (ex. Change and configuration management.)

Other duties as assigned Minimum Qualifications (Must Have)

Design experience10+ YRS Build and implementation experience.

5 – 10 years administrative experience with Linux Red Hat preferred +, Other Linux distribution)

1 year minimum with automation (Puppet, Chef, Salt, Ansible, etc)

Five (5) years of systems-level scripting/programming experience (bash, Korn, KSH, perl, python, C, etc)

Three (3) years of experience VMware Virtualization administration experience

Must be a team player with appropriate corporate conduct

A solid understanding of TCP/IP, routing, sockets and experience w/ using utilities such as nmap, tcpdump, snoop and Wireshark.

Understanding of PKI

Some networking experience with a focus on Cisco hardware a plus

Outstanding communications and interpersonal skills. ————————————————————————————————————————————–

Benefits if you reside in GA or California only :Health, Dental, Vision, 401K