Linux Administrator (CAE)

Description

• Perform daily Enterprise Level Computer Aided Engineering (CAE) application Maintenance & Support.
• Support LSF job scheduling environment, including application integration
• Strong understanding of CAE solver, Pre and Post processing applications.
• Create & maintain scripts using at least (2) programming languages (e.g. Korn shell, C Shell, Perl or Awk, etc.) to perform health checks & automating routine tasks.
• Install, upgrade & test CAE applications on clients/servers previous to release into production.
• Maintain & Install CAE Software licenses.
• Create and Maintain documentation for Applications, Clients/Servers, incidents, and their known resolutions as well as common best practices.
• Record and track all CAE application outages and propose countermeasures.
• Maintain CAE Application Utilization trends (Monthly Reports) & provide countermeasures as needed
• Troubleshoot / diagnose of CAE application issues.
• Ability to create / maintain standardized processes.
• Utilize Change Management Process to obtain approval for environment changes.
• Create detailed / clear status on activities.
• Daily time management and accurate time reporting.
• Support Fiscal Year project implementation (e.g. new applications, workload migrations, etc.).
• Perform a thorough initial and regular health checks and implement necessary countermeasures.
• Apply application fixes & maintenance patches and install/maintain compilers & runtime libraries
• Create and maintain documentation for applications, incidents, and their known resolutions as well as common best practices of Enterprise Level Systems.
• Create daily monitoring & error checklists on applications & workstations and train staff in their proper usage.

Requirements

• 4+ year s installation/configuration of CAE applications experience.
• 3+ years Linux OS administration experience.
• Hands on experience on building and maintaining Red Hat Enterprise Linux
• Strong understanding of LSF job scheduler
• Experience with shell languages and scripting like Korn shell, C Shell, Perl or Awk, etc.
• Strong knowledge of computer networking
• Experience maintaining license serves (Flex, RLM, etc.)
• Proficient with Microsoft Office tools including Microsoft Visio document creation.
• Experience with ServiceNow or general Help Desk ticket software.
• Must be a self-starter and be able to follow & enforce defined division processes.
• Must work well within a diverse integrated team environment.
• Excellent organization & time management skills in addition to a high level of problem solving and analysis.
• Ensure exceptional customer service & support with prompt problem resolution & follow-up.