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Job DescriptionPrimary Responsibilities:
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Daily security related administration of approximately 200 Linux servers
Work with other Systems Administrators on a daily basis in team setting
Work with clients on security issues for Linux servers
Using vulnerability reports for patching of systems
Manage daily work through ticketing system
Patching and hardening of Linux servers
Linux Email administration
Linux backup maintenance
Linux DNS administration
Secondary Responsibilities:
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Networking administration within the Linux infrastructure
Planning and implementation of Linux server rebuilds
High Performance Computing systems administration
Linux certificate maintenance
Ansible system automation
Required Qualifications:
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BA/BS (or equivalent experience), 3+ years of experience
Advanced Level Linux command line interface/CLI experience
Intermediate Level Shell Scripting (Bash, KSH, ZSH, FISH, etc.)
Intermediate Level Webserver configuration experience (Apache/NGINX)
Intermediate Level Linux Networking experience (tcpdump, ss, ip, nmap, nmcli, etc.)
Intermediate Level Linux Firewall experience (iptables, firewalld, or nftables)
Intermediate Level Linux Virtualization experience (KVM/QEMU, OpenVZ, etc.)
Intermediate Level Linux Documentation experience
Intermediate Level Linux Database experience (MySQL, MariaDB, PostgreSQL, Influx, etc.)
Preferred Qualifications/Experience:
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Security+ certification, equivalent, or ability to attain within 6 months
Nessus (or similar SW) Vulnerability Scanning
Dovecot IMAP
Postfix SMTP
HAProxy/Nginx load balancing
Ansible automation
Windows Server/Client 2008+ Experience
MacOS Client Maintenance
Server/Computer Hardware Maintenance
Windows/Linux Software Maintenance
Python
Perl
Ruby
Lua
Tcl
PHP
More Details
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Independently provides advance level technical interpretation and solutions in the management of networks, software, hardware, configurations, and architectures.
Troubleshoots system hardware and software specific issues that are moderate to high complexity in scope.
Trains end users on the proper use of hardware and software.
Performs advance software installations and upgrades to operating systems and layered software packages.
Monitors and tunes the system to achieve optimum performance levels.
Ensures workstation/server data integrity by implementing standard software and hardware solutions.
Independently ensures data/media recoverability by following a schedule of system backups and database archive operations.
Conducts advance hardware and software audits of workstations and servers to ensure compliance with established standards, policies, and configuration guidelines.
Ensures that performance and security of computers meet the needs of network users.
Applies practical knowledge of job area typically obtained through advanced education and work experience. May provide guidance to less-experienced personnel.
Evaluates existing systems and assists with planning long-term strategies.
May coach and review the work of less-experienced professionals.