UNIX / Linux / Apache Administrator - Kforce Inc (New York, NY)

Reference Code: 1214777-AQGDescription: Our client is seeking a SeniorSystems Administrator - UNIX for their New York, New York (NY)location. Job Summary: The primary responsibility of the SeniorSystems Administrator at this firm is to take leadership both in leading a team of fellow Systems Administrators as well as technical leadership on projects. These projects support both the day to dayoperations of keeping the lights on but also encourage the development and improvement of in house tools. Life as aSystems Administrator at this firm is very rewarding. As a result of the massive growth they have been experiencing Systems Administrators are constantly facing new challenges. Responsibilities of SeniorSystems Administrator(UNIX):

• Provide senior systems and networking expertise to the IT Operations team
• Assist in ensuring 24/7 availability of key services and infrastructure in our production Linux environment
• Research, develop, and implement new systems configuration management technologies and practices
• Develop internal documentation for key systems and services
• Proactively monitor and audit the health and availability of systems
• Develop tools and processes to automate tasks to help scale IT Operations
• Participate in capacity planning
• Help foster data collection practices that help ensure completeness and availability of technical infrastructure to support system performance
• Establish and follow operations best practices
• Participate in scalability and growth decisions
• Assist and support development troubleshooting complex application issues

Requirements: Requirements for SeniorSystems Administrator(UNIX):

• 5+ years experience with UNIX systems administration, with the 2 most recent years being Linux
• BS in Computer Science or related field, or equivalent experience is required
• Guru-level systems and networking expertise (Strace / GDB / SystemTap debugging, custom kernels, various firewalls and load balancers, IDS)
• Extensive experience with standard Linux/UNIX daemons (Apache, ssh, cron, bind, ldap, heartbeat, syslog, ntp)
• Demonstrated deep understanding of TCP/IP networking concepts
• Understanding of configuration management concepts and tools (Bcfg2, CFEngine, Puppet, Chef)
• Ability to diagnose complex networking issues using standard tools
• Excellent written and communication skills
• Ability to work independently and within a team
• Time management skills and ability to meet deadlines
• Recent experience handling on-call duties in a critical production datacenter
• Ability and desire to mentor others, both within and outside the team

Preferred Skills for SeniorSystems Administrator(UNIX):

• Specific experience with Red Hat is a very strong plus
• Familiarity with ITIL best practices and ITIL certification a plus
• Red Hat Certification (RHCE) is a plus
• Experience with SAN storage technologies is a plus
• Experience with virtualization and VMware technology is a plus
• Experience with Splunk, R, logstash, gnuplot, and other data analysis / graphing tools is a plus
• Experience with Cloud Computing (AWS) is a plus

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