System Administrator -UNIX EXPERIENCE REQUIRED

Toolcase LLC
Greenwood Village, CO, United States
14 days ago

Role details

Contract type
Permanent contract
Employment type
Full-time (> 32 hours)
Experience level
Expert
Experience required
5 years minimum
Compensation
$100,000.0 - $150,000.0
Working hours
Shift work
Job source

Tech stack

Proxmox Amazon Web Services Microsoft Azure Bash Shell Unix Computer Programming Databases Linux Document Management Systems File Systems Intrusion Detection and Prevention Intrusion Detection Systems
+22 more
Virtual Private Networks (VPN) PostgreSQL Linux Servers Logical Volume Manager Network Administration Network Management System Oracle Rac Performance Tuning Red Hat Enterprise Linux Ansible Shell Script Oracle Linux Virtualization Technology Network Routers Scripting SUSE Linux Firewalls (Computer Science) Information Technology Influxdb ZFS File System Docker Vmware

Job description

  • Administer and maintain Linux servers in mission-critical environments, ensuring optimal performance and uptime. This position requires participation in rotating on-call
  • A variety of commercial Unix and Linux platforms and distributions
  • System fault troubleshooting, analysis and resolution
  • System performance analysis, diagnosis and tuning
  • Document system configurations, changes, and procedures
  • Automate routine tasks using Bash and Python scripting and Ansible
  • Excellent organization and communication skills

Requirements

  • Networking skills including Bonding/Teaming interfaces, diagnosing network problems
  • This position requires Remote Install, Support, Monitoring and Maintenance of IT infrastructure
  • Linux (Red Hat / SuSE / Oracle Enterprise Linux) and Unix
  • Systems Patching and Backup/Restore
  • Crash diagnosis and resolution
  • Shell Scripting experience is essential, formal programming experience is a plus
  • File system and logical volume management (XFS, EXT4, ZFS, LVM, etc)
  • Installation and configuration of typical Linux software from both packages and source code
  • System hardening, intrusion detection and prevention

Desirable Skills:

  • Time Series database such as InfluxDB, TimescaleDB or QuestDB
  • PostgreSQL database
  • Docker
  • NAS and SAN Storage Administration experience
  • Virtualization technologies (VMware / Proxmox / XCP-NG, Azure, AWS)
  • Systems performance tuning
  • Network Management (switches, routers, firewalls, VPNs, IDS, NMS)
  • Experience supporting Oracle RAC (ASM / Grid / etc)

Qualifications:

Bachelor degree or higher in Computer Science, CIS or similar discipline, or equivalent

5+ years of Systems Administration experience

Benefits & conditions

Pulled from the full job description

  • 401(k)
  • Health insurance
  • 401(k) matching
  • Paid time off
  • Vision insurance
  • Dental insurance
  • Flexible spending account, Comprehensive Compensation and Benefits Package
  • Health, Dental, Vision, Life, STD & LTD
  • 120 hours Accrued PTO in first year
  • 401k Employer Match 100% vested

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: $100,000.00 - $150,000.00 per year, * 401(k)

  • 401(k) matching
  • Dental insurance
  • Flexible schedule
  • Flexible spending account
  • Health insurance
  • Life insurance
  • Paid time off
  • Vision insurance

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