Linux Engineer - CentOS/Unix

Description :

- The ideal candidate will work with minimal supervision and have a desire to investigate and implement solutions or fixes.

- Working with a team of engineers, this candidate must possess a willingness to learn and adapt.

- Following procedures for break/fix, incidents, change requests, and scheduled maintenance are a regular part of the position.

- Verbal and written communication skills are necessary to convey information that may be complex to others.

- Additionally, being productive in a team environment and helping contribute to a positive team effort is required.

- Planning and prioritization must occur to complete tasks effectively.

- Position requires on-call support and after-hours work.

Essential Technical Qualifications :

- Linux (RedHat 6/7/8, CentOS) required; additional Unix (Solaris/AIX) nice to have.

- General Unix/Linux administration such as building and configuring VMs, software package installation, account maintenance, file permissions, system tuning.

- Other Linux skills Shell scripting, LVM, TCP/UDP, SNMP, DNS, NFS, ssh, sudo, syslog.

- Performance troubleshooting, managing system services, system hardening.

- Break/Fix.

- Release management and patching.

- Solid understanding of TCP/IP networking in the OSI model in LAN/WAN environments.

- Detail oriented and self-motivated with good time management, communication, and presentation skills across varying organization levels.

- Customer-facing experience when handling incident response.

- Solid experience working in VMware environments.

- Other cloud administration (AWS, Azure, Google) experience nice to have.

Education :

- Minimum of 5+ years experience as a Linux systems administrator or equivalent education or training.

- Degree resulting in an Associates or Bachelor's Degree or equivalent experience and relevant professional certifications.

- Familiar with ITIL and ticketing systems.

- Experience with enterprise systems for monitoring.

- Any relevant certifications : RHCSA, RHCE, CCENT, VMware VCP, AWS, Azure.