Senior Linux Administrator - Cloud Computing

The Sr. Systems Administrator will ensure the deployment, high availability, performance, and scalability of the Linux Infrastructure.

Responsibilities:
Implement software and hardware to support the Linux environment
Install, upgrade, configure, and tune Linux systems including hardware, system software, and applications
Analyze system errors as well as specific server / storage performance issues
Formulate and implement monitoring, policies, procedures and standards relating to server and storage management
Perform system backup and recovery

Experience:
7 plus year's systems administration experience in a production Linux environment
Extensive knowledge and experience in supporting and troubleshooting Linux networking services and protocols: TCP/IP, NIS, DNS, NFS, LDAP, FTP, SSH, SMTP, SNMP, SSL, and HTTP
Demonstrated understanding of Linux clusters and cluster technologies
Experience with vendor management
Expertise with Amazon EC2 or Rightscale supporting a production application deployment.

Skills:
Operating Systems (Unix, Linux (Gentoo a plus), Windows and Mac OS X), Application Servers (Tomcat / Glassfish), Web Servers (Apache / Lighttpd), Java Services, MySQL administration, Xen virtualization and Linux clustering, bash/Perl scripting, system monitoring and backup, DNS, Firewalls and Routers (Cisco / Foundry), and vendor management.

Education
Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or a closely related discipline