Senior Linux Administrator

As Senior Linux Administrator you will concentrate your activities on the following:

• Operating system installation and configuration;
• Diagnosis, reporting and correction of system software faults/user problems;
• Planning, preparation, testing and implementation maintenance activities ( such as patches and software upgrades );
• Interfacing with 1st and 3rd line support, and other internal 2nd line support teams;
• Installation, testing and inventory of new software packages and releases;
• Application configuration/tuning;
• Auditing and accounting;
• Maintenance of in-house software/documentation;
• Performing extra support activities as requested, including working outside the normal working hours;
• Implementation, maintenance and operation of automatic software updates and OS installation.

The candidate should have a relevant educational background and experience along with the following: Mandatory skills:

• Strong Linux administration (SLES / RHEL) with good understanding of storage, networking and scripting

Additional skills(any 2 out of 5):

1. Experience / knowledge of Hadoop administration
2. Basic database administration ( MySQL / MariaDB)
3. Virtualisation Environments ( ESX / Vcloud Director ) + associated provisioning / life cycle management (Autoyast / Kickstart)
4. Solaris
5. Netbackup

Solid understanding of:

1. SAN concepts
2. Networking concepts

Good to have:

1. Experience with HP hardware
2. Experience/knowledge of CHEF

• Very good command of English;
• Knowledge of German is an advantage;
• Skilled in the use of Microsoft Office products;
• ITIL qualifications an advantage.
• Strong service ethos & customer facing skills.