Senior Linux System Administrator - Kochi, India - CONNECTING 2 WORK

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JOB OVERVIEWThe Senior Linux Systems Administrator is responsible for the maintenance and administration of a high availability environment as well as providing leadership in transitioning technical operations from traditional administration and deployment management to infrastructure as application leveraging automation/configuration management technologiesREQUIREMENTSMinimum 4‐6 years' experience in a small to mid‐size software company in a Systems Administrator role.

Post‐secondary education in computer science or technology support services or equivalent capability from relevant work experienceStrong background in Linux/Unix administration and understanding of code and script (PHP, Python, Perl and/or Ruby) Strong technical problem solving skills and experience in IP networking and static routing FTP, SSH, SMTP, DNS, HTTP/S, DHCP, Syslog logging facilityExperience in a high‐availability and mission critical environmentExperience with automation/configuration management using Puppet, Chef or an equivalent.

Competency in administrating the OS for very large database systems (TB+)Experience with Firewalls (IPTABLES/IPCHAINS)Experience with Oracle, PostgreSQL and Mongo database.

ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIESAdministration of Redhat Linux systemsExplore and integrate new technologies, transitioning operations from traditional administration and deployment to infrastructure as application leveraging automation/configuration management technologies.

Daily maintenance/administration of multiple Unix systemsPrepare for new product related releases and assists with new initiatives and upgradesWork with our product development team to implement and support client offeringAssists with Veritas Back‐ups and recoveryConfiguration and maintenance of the monitoring systemOccasional work after hours or weekends at our co‐location facilityRotational after‐hours support with 24/7 pager duty