Sr. Systems Administrator

NIKSUN INC
Princeton, NJ, United States
about 2 months ago
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Role details

Contract type
Permanent contract
Employment type
Full-time (> 32 hours)
Experience level
Expert
Compensation
$1,000.0
Working hours
Regular working hours
Job source

Tech stack

Amazon Web Services Build Automation Bash Shell Ubuntu (Operating System) Debian Linux Linux Internet Protocol Python (Programming Language) Package Management Systems Ansible Virtual Machines Scripting
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Google Cloud Sysadmin Firewalls (Computer Science) Kubernetes Information Technology Puppet Terraform Network Server

Requirements

Experience specifically as a senior system admin with Linux, in particular Debian-based distributions of Linux (Debian, Ubuntu)

Must be able to code / script in at least two languages - one shell language (BASH or CSH or ZSH or other) and one “scripting language”, Python preferred.

Basic to intermediate knowledge of networking / firewalls / security

Basic to intermediate knowledge of computer hardware (servers)

Desired Qualifications:

Experience with ansible, chef, or other automation tools preferred.

Ability to build automation infrastructure partially from scratch that can help build virtual machines, real HW, network/ SDN (Social Defined Network) elements.

Basic networking knowledge and skills (IP networking, firewalls, wireless)

Experience with Cloud computing AWS, Kubernetes and/or Google cloud. (Kubernetes is a big plus)

Has experience with APT, Yum, RPM, or similar package management tools, installations, usage

Experience with automation tools such as Chef, Ansible, Puppet, Terraform is a plus

Educational Requirements:

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science

Benefits & conditions

Pulled from the full job description

  • 401(k)
  • Health insurance
  • Vision insurance
  • Dental insurance, * 401(k)
  • Dental insurance
  • Health insurance
  • Vision insurance

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