Locals Only- Linux Administrator

Job Role: Lead Linux System Administrator

Location: Downey, CA

Local to LA candidates only. This is an onsite position, locations are both Downey and the RRCC Election Center - Working during and / or for election coverage and prep gap environment for election coverage.

Duration: 12 Months Contract

Is this role located on-site, hybrid, or remote?:  Onsite

Is a Livescan Required for Position?: NO

Hourly Pay: $70/hr on W2

The candidate should clear the following background checks for at least the past 7 years:

• Employment History – Verification of past employment records.
• Educational Background – Validation of academic credentials.
• Criminal/Felony – Check for any criminal records.
• SSN – Social Security Number (SSN) verification.

Note: Candidate references are mandatory for submission, and a pre-screening call will be conducted during the submission process.

Position Description:

The Linux System Administrator is responsible for applying Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL), Ubuntu, CentOS, Suse and Debian concepts and industry best practices to resolve complex issues, provide daily operational management of private and public cloud Linux server instances, maintaining thorough documentation of procedures and system configurations, selecting methods and techniques to obtain solutions, evaluating technologies, performing cost / benefit analysis, and completing additional work assigned by the manager and lead. The position requires system administration experience along with the skill to administer various distributions and open-source applications of the Linux operating system; works closely with other System Administrators, Application Engineers, Developers, Cyber Security professionals, Systems Engineers, and Operations specialists to provide top-quality secure computing and storage services to a variety of county customers. The Linux System Administrator is responsible to develop and manage the county’s computing and infrastructure systems on private and public cloud environments (AWS, Azure, Google Cloud Platform). Provide creative problem solving, critical thinking, and advanced troubleshooting across a broad domain of secure computing systems and support activities. Manage data center computing operations while maintaining strict operational security requirements and directives - implement latest computer security policies and procedures. The Linux System Administrator is responsible to manage availability of network, storage, computing, and software of multiple computing and storage systems. Develop technical specifications and maintain documentation for processes and technical guides. Patch planning, vulnerability assessment, patch policy preparation, patch testing and workflow design for quarterly security patch updates across RHEL, Ubuntu, CentOS, Suse and Debian Linux systems. Research and resolve operating system problems efficiently and accurately, while adhering to organizational standards and practices. Perform proactive performance monitoring, analysis, alerting, reporting, and tuning as well as proactive capacity planning/analysis and provisioning solutions. Coordinate, facilitate, manage, and execute approved changes during maintenance windows in a 24 × 7 on-call environments.    

Skills Required:

The Linux System Administrator will possess knowledge in decision making; organizational awareness; and problem-solving skills.  

Additional Skills Required:

Working knowledge of OpenShift and Kubernetes platforms running on-prem and on public clouds such as AWS, Azure and Google Cloud Platform Expertise in monitoring, performance tuning, and maintaining Kubernetes clusters. Project management skills.  

Experience Required:

This classification requires a minimum of seven (7) years of experience in Red Hat Enterprise Linux, CentOS, Ubuntu, Suse, Debian Linux. Four (4) years of experience in developing Ansible playbooks, Shell, and Python scripts. Ability to author and implement automation for complex operational and administrative tasks. Experience with security tools and threat mitigation technologies such as McAfee, CISCO AMP, Nessus Tenable, Tanium, and Dell Secureworks Red Cloak. Experience with VMware, Vcenter, and ESXi.    

Education Required:

This classification requires the possession of a bachelor’s degree in an IT-related or Engineering field. Additional qualifying experience may be substituted for the required education on a year for-year basis.