Linux Engineer Hybrid
Location: Des Moines, IA
Duration: 3 Months+
Pay Rate: $65/hr on C2C / 1099 All Inclusive
Note: Locals highly preferred
Client: State of Iowa
Job Description:
System Administrator:
The Systems Administrator is responsible for effective installation/configuration, operation, and maintenance of systems hardware and software and related infrastructure.
The position requires someone that is detail oriented with a strong desire to provide exceptional service. The system administrator will be responsible for improving the stability and performance of various operating systems, maintaining and improving the security posture of the systems, continuous monitoring of system health, and troubleshooting issues that arise.
The Systems Administrator is accountable as the primary resource for the Linux environment and will serve as a backup to the Windows System administrators as well as the applications that support the enterprise infrastructure and business critical services.Responsibilities on these systems include the administration, maintenance, troubleshooting, and performance of VMware systems, hosting hardware, Linux servers and Microsoft Windows servers.
This is a 3-month contract with a high likelihood of extending. Please limit submittals to candidates who are local, and who can work for any employer in the USA, making them eligible to be hired directly by the state if selected.
Responsibilities include:
Engineering of Linux systems administration-related solutions for various project and operational needs.
Fluent in various flavors of Linux: CentOS, RHEL and Oracle Enterprise Linux
Install and configure Linux servers and application residing on Linux serversDevelops and maintains appropriate system documentation to ensure that documentation is current.
Contribute to and maintain system standards.
Provide Tier III/other support per request from various constituencies. Investigate and troubleshoot issues.
Virtual Center administration and troubleshooting
Strong knowledge of Windows Server administration
Excellent oral and written communication skills; including documentation
Apply OS patches and upgrades on a regular basis, and upgrade administrative tools and utilities. Configure/add new services as necessary.Upgrade and configure system software that supports infrastructure applications or Asset Management applications per project or operational needs.
Perform ongoing performance tuning, hardware upgrades, and resource optimization as required. Configure CPU, memory, and disk partitions as required.
Provides backup to Sr. Windows Engineer and Storage and Virtualization Engineer as needed
Required/Desired Skills
SkillRequired /Desired
Amount
of Experience
System administration experience in Linux environments and proficient in tasks such as analyzing log files, managing user accounts and groups
Required
5
Years
Windows Systems Administration and Active Directory
Required
3
Years
Strong knowledge of MS Windows 2008, 2012, 2016 servers
Required
3
Years
Experience troubleshooting system level problems including server failure and OS tuning
Required
3
Years
The ability to create and manage BASH scripting
Required
3
Years
The ability to schedule and manage Cron Jobs
Required
3
Years
Experience configuring and managing Apache Web servers including SSL Certificate configuration, reverse proxy and load balancing configuration
Required
3
Years
Ability to effectively communicate (verbal & written correspondence) in a professional and courteous manner with technical and non-technical personnel
Required
3
Years
Will be required to be accessible 24x7 in case of emergency
Required
3
Years
Hands on VMware experience, including vSphere and administration of VMware clusters
Desired
3
Years
Experience with Samba, CIFS and NFS mounts
Desired
3
Years
Experience with Nagios monitoring software
Desired
3
Years
associates degree or tech school
Desired
3
Years
The ability to setup and configure system services
Desired
3
Years
Experience with VMware Horizon View Virtual Desktop
Desired
3
Years
Experience configuring and managing other application server and middleware technologies such as JBoss, AS/Wildly, IBM MQSeries
Desired
3
Years
Configuring and managing Apache Tomcat is a plus
Desired
3
Years
SOLR experience is a plus
Desired
3
Years
Alfresco experience is a plus
Desired
3
Years
Experience with DBMS software including, but not limited to, Oracle, MySQL, MS SQL Server and MongoDB
Desired
3