Job Title: Sr. Redhat/Oracle Linux Administrator
Duration: 12+ Months
Location: Houston, TX (Onsite)
5 Days onsite-No Exceptions
Multi-Year Contract POSITION OVERVIEW
Oracle Linux and Red Hat Linux system administration; Enterprise Storage, Enterprise Backups, Security; System performance monitoring tools; Effective project management techniques. Oracle Linux and Red Hat Linux system administration; Enterprise Storage, Enterprise Backups, Security; System performance monitoring tools; Effective project management techniques.
RESPONSIBILITIES AND ESSENTIAL DUTIES
- Manage the day-to-day operations of servers and systems by monitoring system performance, configuration, maintenance, and repair.
- Configure, maintain, and support the Linux systems.
- Configure, maintain, and support the Enterprise backup and recovery systems.
- Monitor and resolve backup related issues, including providing reporting on health of backup platforms.
- Create and maintain documentation on backup and recovery processes, policies and procedures.
- Perform file recovery tests and annual disaster recovery site tests.
- Ensure high availability and acceptable levels of performance of critical system resources.
- Participate in planning and implementation of projects for system operations and systems administration.
- Plan, organize, and document complex system design activities and configure systems to be consistent with policies/procedures.
- Interface with customers, peers, and managers to evaluate and understand business needs.
- Continually access the systems against potential threats and vulnerabilities using industry security compliance standards. Ensure that vulnerabilities are mitigated in a timely fashion.
QUALIFICATIONS (EDUCATION, EXPERIENCE AND SKILLS) Education: Bachelor s Degree in Computer Science, MIS, or a related discipline or equivalent training and experience.
Experience:
- Minimum of 13 years relevant Systems Administrator (Linux Administrator) experience including complex on-premises Oracle environments, scripting, and systems software and support.
- Must have extensive knowledge of Red Hat Openshit.
- Must have experience in the design, planning, and implementation of reliable enterprise level Linux systems.
Additional strong experience and/or knowledge of:
- IBM Red Hat OpenShift
- Oracle Linux and Red Hat Linux administration (7.x, 8.x)
- Patch evaluation and deployment: Oracle OLM, ULN, yum, up2date
- Enterprise Storage (Nimble)
- Enterprise Backup Software (Veeam)
- Enterprise Backup Hardware (Exagrid)
- Bash shell scripting
- Unix/Linux technologies: printing, nfs, ftp, sftp, scp, samba, apache
- Oracle databases
- VMware ESXi Server (7.x / 8.x)
- Windows Server Technologies
- Active Directory, DNS, DHCP, GPO s
- PowerShell
- Security Best Practices
Exposure to but not required:
Oracle RAC Clustering | OCI | Ansible | Cisco UCS | Fundamentals of DR / BCP methodologies | Fundamentals of CA & PKI management | Networking Technologies
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