UNIX/ LINUX Systems Administrator
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Please note that this is a 9 months contract position.DescriptionWe are searching for a top-notch Senior UNIX/Linux System Administrator to join our team of qualified, diverse individuals. This position will be located in Eagan, MN. This is an on-site position with no telecommute possibilities.You will join the Midrange System Administration teams and provide UNIX / Linux System Administration services for an assigned set of US Postal Service applications. The scope includes the full range of system life-cycle phases including, Build, Application /Service Provisioning, Operations and Decommissioning.This position will specifically be working on the team to migrate the SUSE Linux Enterprise Server Distribution from SLES 11 to SLES 12. The duration of this migration is expected to be through September 2022, but the position has potential to continue beyond this date.Roles and Responsibilities include but not limited to:• Upgrade of the SUSE Linux Enterprise Server Distribution from SLES 11 to SLES 12• Unix / Linux System Administration• Installation and maintenance of OS• Contributor to Incident, Problem and Change Management processes.• User Support / Problem resolution• Automating existing processes Basic Qualifications:• Bachelor’s Degree and minimum of 6 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)• Experience with patch management.• 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 ClearancePreferred Qualifications:Candidates with these desired skills will be given preferential consideration:• Experience upgrading SUSE environments.• Expertise with custom AutoYaST and Kickstart deployments• Expertise with SMT and custom patch solutions for SuSE and Red Hat systems• Expertise with GIT/ GitLab/Ansible/Anisible Tower• Expertise with Cassandra• Expertise with Oracle CRS (installation/configuration/maintenance)• Experience with Kafka• Experience with Hadoop• SOX/PCI Compliance ManagementApplicants must provide their phone number. Reference job number A1366.
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