Senior Linux Systems Administrator

Job Description

Position: Senior Linux Systems Administrator

Location: Reston, VA ( face to face is required)

Duration : 12 Months

Job Description:

• Deploys the release of new technologies as well as designs, installs, configures, maintains and performs system integration testing of PC/server operating systems, related utilities and hardware.

• Responsible for troubleshooting server problems as reported by users.

• Researches, evaluates and recommends software and hardware products.

• Supports Web access and electronic messaging services and maintains a secure systems environment.

• Provides new hardware specifications to users based on application needs and anticipated growth, installs new servers and maintains the server infrastructure.

• Requires a high level of expertise in multiple system environments.

Job Requirements:

• At least 7 years of Linux systems administration, performance tuning, and troubleshooting experience in a large-scale (100+ servers), customer-facing, high availability environment.

• At least 4 years Administration, maintenance, support, tuning and scaling of Application Servers (Tomcat, Weblogic JBoss, etc.)

• At least 2 years supporting large scale applications in addition to providing system support,

• At least 3 years supporting large application software clusters (Riak, RabbitMQ, Redis, etc.) and with a clear understanding of their issues and bottlenecks.

• Tools development in Perl, PHP, Python, Ruby, or similar languages.

• Creation of shell scripts to automate tasks and perform basic data analysis

• Experienced in managing a highly available customer facing applications be able to define and design applications based on LB and GSLB

• Experience managing servers remotely in a distributed environment.

• Experience in automation and configuration management.

• Design and implementation of monitoring and notification approaches which maximize system stability, function and performance.

• Demonstrated ability to stay organized while multi-tasking between several projects, and to adapt to change.

• Clear and effective verbal and written communication skills.

• Team player with professional work ethic and positive attitude.

• Demonstrated ability to produce results with a minimum of day-to-day direction and be able to deliver on the contracted deliverables

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or other related field. Or equivalent work experience.

Thanks & Regards

Nagesh

Saxon Global Inc.

1320 Greenway Drive, Suite 660 Irving, TX-75038

Phone: 972 363 1009 X - 102

Qualifications

Bachelors

Additional Information

Interview process: phone screen, followed by Face to Face.