Linux Administrator

Company Description

vTech can help you avoid the daunting task of writing and posting job offers, shifting through resumes and laboring through the lengthy interview process. Our Staffing solutions will allow you to elude those tasks and place topnotch, high-caliber professionals in the position you need to fill.

We use our expertise, knowledge, and global resources to deliver top-quality candidates and tailor our IT and Non-IT recruitment services to your needs. This allows us to deliver the required results in a timely manner that meets your schedule at a substantially reduced cost.

We pride ourselves for having one of the fastest growth rate and also the lowest turnover rates in the industry just 2.5 percent annually. We focus on the training and retaining qualified professionals with high personal and work ethics. With the help of our extensive database of internal candidates and CATS applicants tracking system, we can provide quality resources within the limited time frame.

We have also successfully placed hundreds of candidates in the areas related to Information Technology, Engineering, professional, Scientific & Clinical, etc. for both our commercial and government clients.

1. Source: A recruiter sources candidates from various sources; the search starts from our proprietary database. Using advanced sourcing methods like social media, professional networking media, internal, and 3rd party job boards, we identify qualified candidates.
2. Validate: A recruiter validates the candidates’ experience and skill sets against our client’s position.
3. Initial Screening: Based on the position and the client’s work culture, the recruiter uses initial screening questions to determine the most suitable candidates.
4. Submit: the recruiter will submit to the technical team qualified candidates who have passed the initial screening.
5. Technical Screening: The technical team then prepares a matrix of the particular requirements and required experience for the position and using a list of questions and the results, re-validates the candidates’ technical skills.
6. Background Check: Administrative personnel will provide a detailed background check, as required, per client agreement.
7. On board: On successfully completing the above steps, the candidates are welcomed on board and assisted to ensure a smooth integration at the client’s location.

Job Description

• Experienced Linux Administrator with proven professional experience in the design, development and management/monitoring of a system infrastructure inclusive of enhancements and configuration management.

• The Client is looking for a Linux administrator who will be responsible for designing, implementing, and monitoring the system infrastructure. The incumbent will collaborate with other team members to develop automation strategies and deployment processes.

• The incumbent will become an integral part of the Team, making every problem associated to the platform a problem of their own and will demonstrate the required initiative and critical thinking abilities necessary to resolve all problems and challenges accordingly.

The Core duties associated with the role are as follows:

• Help tune performance and ensure high availability of infrastructure.

• Design and develop infrastructure monitoring and reporting tools.

• Develop and maintain configuration management solutions.

• Develop test automation frameworks in collaboration with rest of the team.

• Create tools to help teams make the most out of the available infrastructure.

• Other related duties as assigned.

Qualifications

1. Provides assessments of technical and operational practices based on leading industry standards specific to the requested technology.

2. Plans, organizes, and conducts research in a variety of areas, such as new or existing products, science, social science, law or business in support of an IT initiative.

3. Searches sources such as reference works, literature, documents, newspapers, statistical records, and other sources of information. May use Internet, Intranet, magazines, periodicals, journals, and other media to perform research.

4. Analyzes information and statistical data to prepare reports and studies for use by professionals.

· Professional experience with Linux servers in virtualized environments.

· Professional experience installing, configuring, and maintaining services such as Apache, MySQL, nginx, etc.

· Strong grasp on configuration management tools, such as Ansible, Puppet and Chef.

· Proven professional familiarity with load balancing firewalls, etc.

· Professional experience with virtualization technologies, such as vmWare.

· Professional exp. mentoring junior technical staff.

· Proven professional ability to build and monitor services on production servers.

· Professional knowledge of servers and switches.

· Professional knowledge of Drupal, especially Drupal Administration is strongly preferred.

· 16+ yrs as SME in complex enterprise level projects

· Master’s degree in IT or related field or equivalent experience

Additional Information

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.