Linux Admin Wanted

[Joseph Prestia]

Hi All,

This is a primarily Red Hat position at my company. We are looking to hire
someone strong in RHEL and preferably config management  You can apply here
at this link.

http://careers.choicehotels.com/careers/jobDetails.html?jobTitle=Administrator%2C+Systems+%28UNIX%29



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<http://erecruit.choicehotels.com/?&jobOpeningID=294084>Administrator,
Systems (UNIX)LocationPhoenixDescription

Builds and maintains Linux/Solaris systems. Analyzes and assess corporate
requirements from both an enterprise and departmental perspective with
minimum supervision Self-starter and extremely capable of communicating
effectively with co-workers at both the technical and non-technical levels.


PRIMARY DUTIES AND ACCOUNTABILITIES

System Monitoring and Maintenance: Daily monitoring of servers health,
shell scripting to develop and/or modify scripts for automated monitoring
and other system administrator tasks. Maintain server uptime consistent
with corporate goals and metrics. Schedule system maintenance windows to
update firmware, apply system patches on all Unix servers. Monitor helpdesk
email for user service requests. Conduct testing and analysis of all
components of all enterprise UNIX servers.

Problem resolution: Anticipates issues before users impacted - Analyze
system / applications problems to resolve issues promptly. Monitor email
and for problem tickets requiring resolution. Document problem resolution
consistently for team knowledgebase. Confer with management on open issues,
potential problems, priorities and projects that effect the timely
completion of projects or effect project objectives.

System Performance and Security: Maintain and constantly improve server
performance, reliability and security, including kernel tuning, file system
layout and optimization, and ongoing update of services in compliance with
security policies. Participate in audits and 3rd party server scans as
deemed appropriate by management.

System Backups: Verify daily backups of all Unix servers.
System Installation: Create/maintain basic system installation
documentation, update firmware, administer jumpstart server to install
operating system, apply security hardening.
Business Continuity: Develop, implement and maintain high availability and
disaster recovery strategies for UNIX servers.

SKILLS, EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND AND EXPERIENCE

Required Skills

Strong interpersonal and communication skills; capable of writing purchase
justifications, training users in complex topics, making a presentation to
an internal audience, and interacting positively with upper management.

Independent problem-solving, self direction.

Comfortable with most aspects of operating system administration; for
example, configuration of mail systems, system installation and
configuration, printer systems, fundamentals of security, installing third
party software.

Has a solid understanding of a UNIX-based operation system; understands
paging and swapping, interprocess communication, devices and what device
drivers do, filesystem concepts (inode, logical partitions).
Familiarity with fundamental networking/distributed computing environment
concepts; can configure NFS; can use nslookup or dig to check information
in the DNS; understands basic routing concepts.

Ability to write scripts in some administrative language (Tk - Expect,
Perl, a shell, Python)

Ability to do minimal debugging and modification of C programs.

Must be able to uphold Choices Values & Performance Principles of
collaboration, performance excellence, sense of urgency, openness to new
ideas, inclusion & diversity, integrity, customer focus, and respect


Required Background
3-5 years of UNIX (Linux Red Hat, Solaris) system administration experience

Desirable Background and Skills
A degree in computer science or a related field or equivalent years of
experience
Significant programming background in any applicable language
Knowledge and experience managing LDAP
Knowledge and experience managing Salt Stack, or Puppet
Knowledge and experience managing Weblogic
Knowledge and experience with VMware technologies

Appropriate Responsibilities
Receives general instructions for new responsibilities from supervisor
Administers a complex site alone or assists in the administration of a
larger site
Initiates some new responsibilities and helps plan for the future of the
site/network
Evaluates and/or recommends purchases; has strong influence on purcha[image:
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