Unix/Linux System Administrator

NOTE: The position is for nights Monday through Friday 9pm to 5:30am CT. We are seeking a Senior UNIX/Linux System Administrator to join our team of qualified individuals supporting our client in Eagan, MN. This is an on-site position with potential hybrid remote possibilities. First month will be full time on-site. Details to be discussed during screening. 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 Essential Qualifications:
To be considered for this position, you must minimally meet the knowledge, skills, and abilities listed below:

• 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

• Bachelors Degree and minimum of 5 years experience. Additional experience may be considered in lieu of degree.

• Must meet eligibility requirements for a federal position of trust - 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

•Candidates local to the Eagan, MN area preferred