Sr. Linux Systems Administrator (Systems Engineer)
Direct Hire
Responsibilities:
* Engineers the support and maintenance of large-scale production systems, including the design and development of tools and scripts to assist with such maintenance.
* Integrates and/or consolidates servers and services between different business units and technologies, including the design and development of the necessary integration tools.
* Designs, integrates, and maintains service oriented architecture environments supporting internally developed applications.
* Create and review release management procedures for development through production code releases.
* Designs archive and backup systems. Insure backup and archiving designs and procedures are implemented properly.
* Develops best practices, operational procedures and design documentation.
* Plans and coordinates system utilization, and performs growth analysis and capacity planning.
* Reviews current systems and makes technical/process recommendations for improving efficiency.
* Provides on-call support advice and technical support to various users/clients regarding operational/applications issues.
* Installs and debugs new and/or upgraded software on server and client platforms.
* Troubleshoots networks, systems, and applications to identify and correct malfunctions and other operational problems.
* Stays up to date with relevant state-of-the-art technology, equipment, and/or systems. Evaluates new hardware and software technologies, and presents analysis and purchase recommendations to the administration team and to management.
* Function collaboratively as part of a fast-paced, customer oriented team and perform effectively as an independent producer under broad management direction.
* Rotational on-call responsibility.
Requirements:
* 7+ years of network engineering and systems administration experience in a large heterogeneous Windows/UNIX/Linux production environment is required.
* Solid understanding of UNIX-based and LINUX operating systems - LINUX/Redhat strongly preferred
* Experience with service oriented architecture, PHP, J2EE and JSP is essential, e.g., JBOSS, Apache Tomcat, LAMP, etc.
* Experience with object-relational database systems, e.g., Postgres, Oracle, Mysql
* Significant experience with and understanding of LDAP, TCP/IP, NFS, DHCP, SMB, SNMP, etc.
* Superior communication skills in working with technical and non-technical people and the ability to develop and maintain collaborative relationships among all levels of an organization.
* Excellent organizational and time/task management skills are required.
* Experience with business collaboration tools such as Outlook, Excel, Visio, MS Project essential.
Please contact Michael Brenneman
mbrenneman@toplinestrategies.com
Office: 480.503.8584 ext. 245
Mobile: 480.390.0449
Fax: 480.471.5114