Linux System Administrator - Durham, United States - Red Zone Resources

Description

Job Description

Job Description

**This is a HYBRID position and requires on-site work (potential conversion to full-time onsite). Candidate must be currently local to North Carolina

The primary role is to install and configure the Linux operating system as well as manage and maintain Linux-based systems on the Amazon Web Services (AWS) platform.

The position will be responsible for the deployment, configuration, and ongoing maintenance of AWS services such as EC2, S3, RDS, and more.

It will also be responsible for System maintenance by reviewing error logs, system backups, monitoring system performance to prevent slowdowns and disruptions, License deployments and setup, may include setting up a Linux Satellite server and deployment manager, and providing any needed technical support.

This position will provide hands-on technical support for system security monitoring and optimizing the performance of these systems, as well as troubleshooting and resolving any issues that may arise.

Additionally, this resource may be responsible for managing and maintaining other related technologies such as DDI (DNS, DHCP, and IPAM).

Strong knowledge of Linux administration, AWS, and networking are required for this role.
This position is required to be on call for evenings and weekends to meet business needs.


Skills Required/Desired:
Strong experience with Linux administration experience with

Red Hat Enterprise Linux:
RHEL on AWS platform / Required3Years
Strong Experience with monitoring and troubleshooting Linux systems and applications / Required5Years
Hands-on experience in performance monitoring enablement to manage the Scaling up and down of the environments / Required3Years
Experience with Linux OS Patch (including taking snapshots of instances before applying updates) and OS Level Vulnerability Management / Required7Years
Strong experience with Cookie Security, Web Browser Security, Server side encryptions, Data Encryption at Rest and Key management / Required3Years
Strong experience with Image Management using Redhat Image / Required3Years
Experience with cloud infrastructure, specifically Amazon Web Services (AWS) like EC2, S3, RDS, ELB, SSM and EBS. / Required3Years
Experience in installing, configuring, and maintaining services such as Bind, Apache, nginx, MYsql etc / Required5Years
Experience with automation and configuration management tools such as Ansible, Cloudformation, Puppet, or Chef / Required5Years
Strong scripting skills, specifically in Bash or Python / Required7Years
Strong understanding of networking concepts, including VPCs, subnets, and routing / Required3Years
Proficient with network tools such as iptables, Linux IPVS, HAProxy, etc / Required3Years
Experience in capturing, interpreting, and analyzing network traffic / Required3Years
Solid knowledge of protocols such as DNS, HTTP, LDAP, SMTP and SNMP / Required2Years
Troubleshooting Apache issues like performance testing and tuning, failure to restart, and queuing of requests / Required3Years
Experience in performing multi-platform volume management using SVM, LVM, ZFS, NAS, and the VERITAS volume manager / Required5Years
Experience with security best practices and implementing security controls in a AWS cloud environment / Required3Years
Familiarity with wired and wireless networking hardware and architectures, Virtual LAN (VLAN) setup and configuration, VPN, Routing, IPV4, IPV6 / Required1Years
Experience in user account management for large organization / Required7Years
Linux certifications (RHCT, RHCE and LPIC) will be considered an advantage / Required

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