Lead Consultant - Linux Admin

Responsibilities

·       Manage, support, and maintain Linux installed systems.

·       Install, upgrade, migrate and maintain Linux based systems.

·       Ensure security of systems and data

·       Manage system backups, restore, and recovery.

·       Manage and maintain printers and scanners.

·       Manage user accounts, groups, and services.

·       Manage and maintain storage.

·       Work with users to resolve account/system issues.

·       Provide support on all Linux applications and UNIX based applications.

·       Provide support to users on basic and advanced desktop and server tasks.

·       Assist with Linux server administration tasks.

·       Perform other related duties as assigned.

·       Automate server maintenance, including running scripts and automated processes.

·       Maintain server uptime and network performance.

·       Assist with server documentation.

·       Maintain server security.

·       Ensure all administrative procedures are followed.

·       Document all server incidents and outages.

·       Familiarity with Security, OS Internals concepts

·       Understanding of Virtualization concepts and virtual system administration

·       Cloud experience preferred.

·       Familiarity with core OS services such as: SSH, SFTP, NFS, DNS, DHCP, Samba, LDAP

·       Familiarity with networking concepts including VIPs, NAT, DNS

·       Familiarity with networking tools (ping, tracert, tracemon, tcpdump, etc.)

·       Understanding of the OSI model and related concepts

·       Good years of experience administering infrastructure in Azure

·       Understanding of load balancing, geo-redundancy, CDN and VPN technologies preferred.

·       Experience in Domain and SSL provisioning and implementation

Minimum Qualifications

·       Bachelor’s degree in computer science or a related field

·       Good years of experience administering Linux (OEL) (boot process, file systems, network device and protocol configuration, updates, and patches)

·       Experienced in understanding and remediating security threats. 

Preferred Qualifications

/ Skills

Very good written and presentation / verbal communication skills with experience of customer interfacing role. In-depth requirement understanding skills with good analytical and problem solving ability, interpersonal efficiency, and positive attitude