Senior RedHat Linux Administrator

Procom is a leading provider of professional IT services and staffing to businesses and governments in Canada.

With revenues over $500 million, the Branham Group has recognized Procom as the 3rd largest professional services firm in Canada and is now the largest “Canadian-Owned” IT staffing/consulting company.

Procom’s areas of staffing expertise include:

• Application Development
• Project Management
• Quality Assurance
• Business/Systems Analysis
• Datawarehouse & Business Intelligence
• Infrastructure & Network Services
• Risk Management & Compliance
• Business Continuity & Disaster Recovery
• Security & Privacy Specialties
• Contract Staffing (Staff Augmentation)
• Permanent Placement (Staff Augmentation)
• ICAP (Contractor Payroll)
• Flextrack (Vendor Management System)

Senior RedHat Linux Administrator

On behalf of our client, Procom Services is searching for a Senior RedHat Linux Administrator for a contract opportunity in Dallas, Texas.

Senior RedHat Linux Administrator Job Details

• Provide technical leadership in daily system support and operation for critical and complex production systems.
• Perform Capacity Planning, Infrastructure Design, and Systems Administration.
• Create robust, high availability and secure design for UNIX/Linux server infrastructure.
• Provide 7x24 rotating Level 3 Support for Unix/Linux and storage infrastructure for various group companies.
• Closely work with remote Unix/Linux team for day-to-day incident and service request tickets.
• Work with hardware and 3rd vendor for system troubleshooting.
• Interface with the clients with related to technical issue/inquiry/request.
• Setting various policies for applications and infrastructure - patching schedules, deployment of releases, testing and system readiness.
• Manage HP/UX environment in Production/Testing/Development environments.
• Configure and manage Virtual Server environments, Storage infrastructure and DR installations.
• Administer Systems Monitoring; Troubleshoot SW/HW Issues Methodically.
• Process knowledge of Configuration management & Change control.
• Create and update technical documentations (system configuration and operation).

Senior RedHat Linux Administrator Mandatory Skills

• 3-5 years experience as a RedHat Linux System Administrator
• Strong background in HP-UX 10/11
• Strong background in Solaris 2.6/7/8/9/10 and RHEL 4.x/5.x
• Strong Background in AIX
• Hands-on experience with Veritas Volume Manager, Veritas File System, DiskSuite and LVM
• Strong experiences in SAN devices (EMC Celerra/CLARiiON, NetApp Filer, Brocade switch)
• Hands-on experience in NetBackup backup software
• Experience of jumpstart and kickstart implementation
• Requires excellent communication skills and ability to be available after-hours
• Certifications in Solaris, Linux and/or SAN are preferred
• BS in (Computer) Science/Engineering or equivalent IT work experience
• Solid understanding of TCP/IP, LDAP, DNS, NIS and SMTP
• Proficiency in NAS and Storage Area networking as well as Backup & Recovery administration
• Experiences of DNS, Apache, Sendmail, Bind, LDAP, and ProofPoint
• Experience in data center or network operations with HA (high availability) and/ or 24X7 service level
• Must have strong experience with Disaster Recovery solutions

Senior RedHat Linux Administrator Start Date

ASAP

Senior RedHat Linux Administrator Assignment Length

6+ Weeks

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