Red Hat Linux Administrator - Tech Ops Specialist II

Job Description:

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Position Summary:

We are seeking a highly experienced Red Hat Linux Administrator to support large-scale patching, upgrades, and operational management of a 5000+ server Hadoop ecosystem running on RHEL 8.x and 9.x. The role requires strong automation skills, hands-on troubleshooting expertise, and the ability to operate effectively in a high-availability enterprise environment.

Key Responsibilities

• Perform OS lifecycle management, including:
• Software installations
• Kernel patching and system updates
• OS upgrades and library management
• Manage and maintain Linux file systems, ensuring performance, capacity, and integrity.
• Execute and automate patching and vulnerability remediation using:
• BladeLogic
• Ansible
• Shell scripting
• Develop automation solutions to optimize repetitive operational tasks and improve efficiency.

Required Qualifications:

• 8+ years of hands-on experience in Linux system administration in enterprise environments.
• Strong expertise in:
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 8.x / 9.x
• OS patching, upgrades, and system hardening
• Proficiency in automation and scripting:
• Ansible
• BladeLogic
• Bash / Shell scripting
• Experience managing large-scale environments (1000+ servers preferred).
• Strong experience with:
• Linux builds and provisioning
• Filesystem management (LVM, XFS, etc.)
• Performance monitoring and tuning
• Experience working in remote / distributed team environments.

Desired Qualifications:

• Experience with terraform
• RHCE (Red Hat Certified Engineer) certification.
• Experience with:
• Hadoop ecosystem (Cloudera / Hortonworks or similar)
• Enterprise system management tools
• Strong knowledge of:
• TCP/IP networking

Job Description:
This job is responsible for leading the planning, designing, and implementation of complex infrastructure solutions to meet deployment requirements aligned with available playbooks and technical blueprints. Key responsibilities include providing and communicating technology solutions across audiences and overseeing projects and activities related to special initiatives or operations. Job expectations include leading the resolution process for problems, adhering to defined practices and policies to obtain results, and establishing input/output processes and working parameters for systems.

Responsibilities:

• Fulfills requests from business users and operations, communicates technical status updates with appropriate teams, and oversees stability, resiliency, reliability, and the performance of multiple supported systems
• Mentors other team members and provides technical leadership
• Captures and translates business requirements into complex infrastructure and/or system design for specific implementations and collaborates with technology stakeholders, Solution Delivery Management teams, Technology Project Management teams, Solutions Engineering teams, and technical service providers for system design and deployment
• Supports change implementations, proactively identifies and resolves potential issues resulting from the changes, and performs access and/or physical provisioning/deprovisioning (additions, modifications, and deletions) for infrastructure and applications
• Provides consulting services to Core Technology Infrastructure (CTI) and technical partners, executes procedures reliably, and escalates appropriately to solve incidents quickly
• Provides release support when needed and manages engagement across audiences
• Provides full lifecycle management of the infrastructure and application environments

Skills:

• Innovative Thinking
• Production Support
• Result Orientation
• Risk Management
• Solution Design
• Adaptability
• Analytical Thinking
• Collaboration
• Influence
• Solution Delivery Process
• Architecture
• Automation
• DevOps Practices
• Project Management
• Stakeholder Management

Shift:

1st shift (United States of America)

Hours Per Week: 

40