Senior Linux Administrator

Description:

• Specific duties to be performed: Infrastructure Support, System Tuning and enhancements, Automation of daily routines, System deployment, Security and Audit Compliance, Applications scalability, Application redundancy, Deep knowledge of Linux system, Scripting, Monitoring, Public Cloud
• Enterprise Linux - including understanding of kernel tuning and OS monitoring tools
• Familiar with software project build automation ("make", Maven) and Build and Integration tools (Jenkins)
• Proficient with scripting in Shell (bash, ksh) and Python
• Understanding of virtualization environments (ESXi)
• Working knowledge in an orchestration and configuration management tool (preferably Ansible)
• Familiar with the IaaS public clouds (Azure or preferable AWS)
• Understand Infrastructure and security services like Load Balancing, Firewall, TLS encryption et
• Understand component placement for a traditional 3 tier application and microservices based applications
• Proficiency in production troubleshooting, including distributed systems
• Working knowledge of Linux Containerized environments (one of "Open Contained Initiative", Docker, CoreOS)
• Familiar with Monitoring tools - both at the OS level
• Knowledge around "Infrastructure as Code" as the way to manage infrastructure
• Extensive knowledge and experience in Application Containerization and Kubernetes Clusters
• Familiar with agile methodologies in Operations and Development
• Awareness around that "Hope is not a Strategy" when dealing with complex interactions between people and data systems
• Able to demonstrate the ability to evaluate / measure work results in the Enterprise context
• Familiarity with basic Project Management techniques to facilitate resource and workload management
• Ability to manage difficult (or conflict) situations generated by daily interactions of a wide range of personalities
• Familiar with an SLO-based (Service Level Objectives) management style
• Strong interpersonal skills and team management proficiency
• Clear vision on strategy, road to success and phases of delivery