Linux System Administrator

• Supporting customer service agents in resolving system related customer problems in compliance with the customer SLAs
  

• Provisioning customer services on the existing system
  

• Monitor and tune the performance of servers
  

• Maintain, troubleshoot, and tune the performance of Linux servers and virtual machines
  

• Carefully monitor the utilization of servers resources and respond immediately to system related issues.
  

• Ensure that backups are performed according to schedule and ensure that the backup can be restored correctly.
  

• Execute customer requested change on the customer’s environment.
  

• Perform and verify backups of internal and external data assets based on the backup plan and in accordance with the backup policy.
  

• Ensure zero data loss.
  

• Respond to and resolve help desk requests
  

• Upgrade systems with new releases
  

• Meet or exceed agreed-upon SLAs, in terms of response and fix time
  

• Keep a log of changes, and adhere to CM (Configuration Management) best practice
  

Requirements

• 2-4 years of experience
  

• Skills & Knowledge :
  

• Advanced Linux servers system administration skills
  

• Very good knowledge of Virtualisation (Proxmox, Xen, KVM, VMware, Openstack, etc.)
  

• Very good knowledge of opensource database technology both SQL and NoSQL (MySQL, postgreSQL, MongoDB, etc.)
  

• Good knowledge of Software development languages (Python, PHP, Java, Perl, Ruby, NodeJS, etc.)
  

• Very good knowledge of Linux firewalling (iptables, UFW, etc.)
  

• High Availability and Load Balancing Technologies
  

• knowledge of Out of Band Management (ILO, IDRAC, etc.)
  

• Good Network administration skills
  

• Experience with DevOps tools like (Docker, Kubernetes, LXC)
  

• Experience with Automation tools Like (Ansible, Vagrant, Puppet, Chef, etc.)
  

• Academic/Educational:
  

• B.Sc. in computer science, computer engineering, Information System or equivalent.
  

• Relevant Experience:
  

• Certificates (Good to have)
  
  RHCSA Red Hat Certified System Administrator
  
  RHCE - Red Hat Certified Engineer
  
  Microsoft Certified Solutions Expert (MCSE)
  
  CCNA - Cisco Certified Network Associate