Unix/Linux System Administrator

LIS is a leading Technology Company specializing in IT Consulting, Staffing and Enterprise Solutions. We offer a flexible and friendly work environment that enables career growth and opportunities.

Our organization is looking for an experienced SUSE Unix/Linux Admin. for a (1-3) years contract position in Eagan, MN/Hybrid.

NOTE: The position is for nights Monday through Friday 9pm to 5:30am CT.

Candidates must be either a US Citizen or Green Card US Permanent resident.

Candidates must have lived in the US for at least (5) years and can't have been outside the US in the last (5) years more than (6) months cumulative. This requirement is for the security clearance.

1. Job Title: SUSE Unix/Linux Admin.

2. Location: Eagan, MN/Hybrid

3. Job Duration: 1-3 years

4. Assignment Type: 1099, C2C

5. Pay Rate: Negotiable

6. Special Skills: 5+ years exp., bs/ba, suse, unix/linux, sles, vmware, redhat, unix shell scriting, control-m, smt, git, github, ansible, awx, cassandra, oracle crs, autoyast, kickstart, sox/pci

The Night Shift resource will join the Midrange System Administration teams and provide UNIX / Linux System Administration services for an assigned set of applications. The scope includes the full range of system life-cycle phases including, Build, Application /Service Provisioning, Operations and Decommissioning.

Roles and Responsibilities include but not limited to:
Unix / Linux System Administration
Installation and maintenance of OS
Contributor to Incident, Problem and Change Management processes.
User Support / Problem resolution

Basic Qualifications:
To be considered for this position, you must minimally meet the knowledge, skills, and abilities listed below:
Bachelors Degree and minimum of 5 years experience. Additional experience may be considered in lieu of degree.
Experience dealing with management of large (>1000 systems) environments
Experience with Linux (SuSE and Red Hat)
Have some understanding with configuration management of large environments, utilizing automation tools such as: Chef, Puppet, Ansible or other configuration management frameworks.
Ability to take customer requirements and create scalable configuration models to support them
Process Implementation and documentation
Experience using Change/Incident Management tools (ServiceNow)
Senior in Linux OS Administration.
Ability to troubleshoot problems from the Application tier, through the OS and Network tiers.
Unix Shell Scripting
Must be able to obtain a Position of Public Trust Clearance - US Citizen or Permanent Resident (Green Card Holder), and must not have traveled outside the US for a combined total of 6 months or more in last 5 years.
Must have resided in the US for the last 5 years

Preferred Qualifications:
Candidates with these desired skills will be given preferential consideration:
Expertise with custom AutoYaST and Kickstart deployments
Expertise with SMT and custom patch solutions for SuSE and Red Hat systems
Expertise Ansible / Anisible Tower
Expertise with Cassandra
Expertise with Oracle CRS (installation/configuration/maintenance)
Experience with Kafka
Experience with Hadoop
SOX/PCI Compliance Management

Job Types: Full-time, Contract

Experience level:
5 years
Schedule:
Monday to Friday

Application Question(s):
Candidates must be local to Eagan, MN.
Candidates must be either a US Citizen or Green Card Permanent Resident.

Education:
Bachelor's (Required)

Experience:
Unix, Linux, Suse, automation: 5 years (Required)

Work Location: Hybrid remote in Eagan, MN 55122