Systems Engineer - Linux

Position Overview

CES-Unix/Linux -System Engineer

This position is part of the H-Cloud Unix team, providing subscribed services for Unix/ Linux OS 24 x 7 administration and support. They are expected to be a team player, contributing to both operations and project support.

Role & Responsibilities

• Responsible for the administration and maintenance of Linux servers, RedHat Virtualization and Ansible, to:
• Provide day-to-day systems administration and operations, including 24 x 7 standby
• Plan and perform installation, configuration and migration of OS and related hardware and software
• Plan and perform scheduled preventive maintenance, OS patching/upgrades/hardening, after-office hours
• Troubleshoot incidents, system problems and handle escalations to vendors
• Provide system performance tuning, optimization and capacity planning
• Automate tasks and workflows, through shell, Ansible, Python, Ruby scripts and programming, including provisioning / deprovisioning of Virtual Machines (VMs), patching, configurations, software deployment, monitoring and integration with other tools
• Establish, standardize and maintain systems backup that is in line with recovery strategy
• Establish, standardize and maintain best practice processes, procedures, system documentation and reports so as to streamline and enhance the operational environment
• Provide technical support and advice for projects
• Fulfil service requests and change requests
• Proactively contribute to continual improvement programs
• Work/collaborate with other teams and vendors, where applicable
• Provide progress reports and to escalate issues to supervisor
• Work with various teams (VMWare, NetBackup, & hardware) as needed to support the infrastructure.
• Keep abreast of new technologies and its applicability to their area of work

Requirements

• Strong technical knowledge and experience in administration and maintenance of  Linux(RedHat Linux/SUSE/CentOS) including:
• Clustering (Pacemaker cluster)
• RedHat Virtualization or Oracle KVM (oVirt)
• Storage Admin/SAN technology, in particular, from System perspective
• System and network security, including use of RBAC
• SSH/SFTP/SSL
• DR implementation
• Shell Scripting (Unix shell) Ansible, Python and/or Ruby will be an added advantage
• Knowledge of containers, Kubernetes and DevOps, Web servers, Tomcat will be an added advantage
• Certifications in the above administration skills will be an added advantage
• Ability to prioritize assignments while working on multiple projects
• Good security, audit, and compliance knowledge
• Good team player who is highly motivated, independent, goal oriented and possesses workplace initiative 
• Good interpersonal, communications and presentation skills (verbal/written)
• Strong problem solving and analytical skills, with attention to details

 
Experience:

• At least 6 years’ experience in the administration of Linux Servers in an enterprise environment
• Working experience in most of the technical areas described above, if not all, is required
• Experience in project management, design and deployment of IT infrastructure solution will be an added advantage

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