Sr. Linux AdministratorStart Date: Within a few weeks of accepting offer (ASAP) Job Duration: 6-month contract to extend or convert Remote Info (& Covid Policy for on-site): Consultant should be on-site 4 days per week and remote 1 day per week (preference is Winston-Salem, NC but they are open to Radnor, PA).Project Details:Must be able to work in a team setting and help manage ~150 RHEL 7 OS installations that are installed on a mix of physical hardware, VMware VM's, and Amazon EC2.Work with RedHat Satellite to maintain OS patching and security updates.They will also develop automation tasks using technologies such as Ansible w/Tower, Python, Terraform and Bash scripting.They will also perform CIS hardening and regular review of NESSUS security appliance compliance scan reports.We perform user management through a HelpSystems BoKS application.Candidate performs SFTP administration for incoming, outgoing, pickup of EDI files.Candidate will also be expected to participate in an on-call rotation.During this time the on-call person will monitor a team inbox for any requests / issues as well as respond to any Solarwinds/Everbridge alerts.Must Have Skills: 1. 5 years of Linux Admin experience (Red Hat is strongly desired) 2.
Scripting knowledge - Shell (Bash, ksh) - Python - Ansible - Splunk query language 3. VMware experienceNice to Have Skills:SAN experience preferred.Firewall experience required.IPtables/NFtablesBIND DNS Management experience preferred.Basic networking understandingRoutingVlanNIC bondingUCS Hardware knowledge preferred.UCS Blade hardwareUCS ManagerSNMP OS monitoring knowledge preferred.Ability to provide technical documentation.Day to day responsibilities:Managing the infrastructure in the data centerScriptingTroubleshooting problems, administering discs, creating virtual machines on VMwareClosing ticketsWorking on operating systems/storage tasks