Linux System Administrator

• Supporting customer service agents in resolving system related customer problems in compliance with the customer SLAs

• Provisioning customer services on the existing system

• Monitor and tune the performance of servers

• Maintain, troubleshoot, and tune the performance of Linux servers and virtual machines

• Carefully monitor the utilization of servers resources and respond immediately to system related issues.

• Ensure that backups are performed according to schedule and ensure that the backup can be restored correctly.

• Execute customer requested change on the customer’s environment.

• Perform and verify backups of internal and external data assets based on the backup plan and in accordance with the backup policy.

• Ensure zero data loss.

• Respond to and resolve help desk requests

• Upgrade systems with new releases

• Meet or exceed agreed-upon SLAs, in terms of response and fix time

• Keep a log of changes, and adhere to CM (Configuration Management) best practice

Requirements

• 2-4 years of experience

• Skills & Knowledge :

• Advanced Linux servers system administration skills

• Very good knowledge of Virtualisation (Proxmox, Xen, KVM, VMware, Openstack, etc.)

• Very good knowledge of opensource database technology both SQL and NoSQL (MySQL, postgreSQL, MongoDB, etc.)

• Good knowledge of Software development languages (Python, PHP, Java, Perl, Ruby, NodeJS, etc.)

• Very good knowledge of Linux firewalling (iptables, UFW, etc.)

• High Availability and Load Balancing Technologies

• knowledge of Out of Band Management (ILO, IDRAC, etc.)

• Good Network administration skills

• Experience with DevOps tools like (Docker, Kubernetes, LXC)

• Experience with Automation tools Like (Ansible, Vagrant, Puppet, Chef, etc.)

• Academic/Educational:

• B.Sc. in computer science, computer engineering, Information System or equivalent.

• Relevant Experience:

• Certificates (Good to have)

  RHCSA Red Hat Certified System Administrator

  RHCE - Red Hat Certified Engineer

  Microsoft Certified Solutions Expert (MCSE)

  CCNA - Cisco Certified Network Associate