Opening: Senior Linux Systems Administrator

["Mark Steffenson" <user=1559@nabble.blu.org>]

My client in Waltham is looking for a solid Senior Linux Systems 
Administrator.  This is full-time regular employment.  No Contract. 


Responsible for installation, configuration, maintenance and monitoring of 
all Linux systems. You will work closely with the rest of the Corporate IT 
team as well as internal application development groups to support daily 
operations and develop strategies to improve availability and utilization of 
Linux environments and the Corporate applications running on the Linux 
platform. 
. Perform daily administration, monitoring and support activities for all 
company Linux servers. 
. Install new servers according to Company security and server policies. 
. Develop and implement administration standards and procedures. 
. Monitor patch releases and make sure all servers are patched with up to 
date firmware, driver and OS and application platform patches. 
. Assist backup group with performing system backups of Linux servers. 
. Provide input to the policies and procedures related to equipment 
purchase, use, setup, administration, support, monitoring, security, and 
backup. 
. Maintain and extend system monitoring frameworks. 
. Support 24x7x365 data center operations. 
. Support and develop application integration solutions. 
. Provide after hours on-call support. 
. Deploy applications to staging and live internal and customer facing 
environments. 
. Support internal development and production departments. 
. Work closely with development and test departments to help define and 
implement strategies for improving how the Linux OS and applications 
platforms used by the Company Linux applications is configured for maximum 
performance and resilience. 
. Work closely with development departments to define and implement 
improvements in the software platform used by the Company Linux applications 
with focus to improve manageability, scalability and high availability of 
the Company Linux applications. 
. 2+ years administration experience in a Linux environment supporting 
business critical systems. 
. Good interpersonal communication skills and written communication skills. 
. Experience with network protocols and Linux security management 
. Experience with Linux configuration management tools. 
. Perl or other scripting language. 
. Experience with HTTP/HTTPS configuration. 
. Experience with Novell SuSE or Red Hat Enterprise Linux. 
. Experience and good knowledge of how hardware effects performance and 
resilience of Linux applications 

Desired: 

. Familiarity with Java application deployment would be a plus! 
. Familiarity with MySQL databases would be a plus! 
. Experience with virtualization technology would be a plus! 
. Experience with iSCSI SAN technology would be a plus! 

Education: 
. Bachelors of Science 
. Red Hat or Novell SuSE Linux certification 


If interested and qualified for this position please send your current 
resume to me at email address below. 

Thank you, 

Mark Steffenson 
Commonwealth Staffing Inc. 
101 Central Street 
Andover, MA 01810 
O: 978-747-6128 
C: 978-804-8855 
F: (978) 945-6145 
[hidden email] 
www.commonwealthstaffing.com 




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