Systems/Network Administrator- Redhat/Centos

NETWORK/SYSTEMS ADMINISTRATOR

 

The candidate will help manage our local and production systems. Candidates for this position will be knowledgeable in all things Linux with familiarity working with Apache and MySQL and other assorted Open Source Software packages. In addition, they must be comfortable in all of the technological/network underpinnings that make a high traffic volume Internet facing site tick, such as load balancing, firewalls, and DNS.

The day to day

- Administer a co-located network environment supporting web services provided by the company
- Candidate must be able/willing to cross over between NE and SA work
- Optimize server and application configurations to achieve the best practical performance of the system
- Respond to and resolve system/network outages and performance degradation issues
- Make recommendations on improvements that can be made throughout the system
- Implement processes and controls to maintain integrity of the system
- Implement technology to facilitate near real-time monitoring of the systems performance characteristics
- Perform updates to the configuration of the various servers and applications that comprise the system
- Assist in the deployment of new versions of the applications that reside on the system
- On call rotation pager required full time

Skills

- Linux, RHEL, CentOS
- Apache, JBoss, MySQL
- Experience with F5 Load Balancers, Cisco/Force10 switching, Juniper firewalls
- BGP, OSFP, DNS, SMTP, SNMP
- Experience working with Open Source Software
- Experience with Ganglia, Cacti, OpenNMS, Nagios monitoring packages
- Ability to rapidly learn new technologies
- Self-motivated with strong problem solving and analytic skills
- Ability to handle multiple tasks

Qualifications

- BS in a technical field or significant relevant experience
- 4+ years experience network

Experience managing a large number of servers

CentOS, RedHat

Open Source Management Software- Nagios, OpenNMS, Ganglia, Cfenginesy