Linux Systems Administrator – Level 2

Job Description:

• Perform daily operations tasks during scheduled shifts
• Participate in a weekly on-call rotation
• Conduct system maintenance and patching during scheduled maintenance
• Provide daily operational care and maintenance of server environments
• Troubleshoot, triage, and resolve issues across all environments
• Assist with scheduled code releases as needed
• Manage load balancing equipment and configurations as needed
• Use configuration management tools to maintain and update the environment
• Ensure platform integrity by following compliance and security standards
• Build new servers using corporate virtualization infrastructure
• Participate in project work under supervision as needed
• Serve as an escalation point for Level 1 System Administrators
• Perform other duties assigned by management

Requirements:

• 2-5 years’ experience managing Linux hosts in production environments
• 2-5 years’ experience with VMWare virtualization products in a production environment
• 2-5 years’ experience with Apache webservers, Apache Tomcat, Java, and Perl
• Experience with event management, incident handling, and problem resolution
• High technical aptitude and motivation to take on challenges
• Strong communication, documentation, and analytical skills
• LAMP stack experience (desired)
• Exposure to Puppet, Chef, or other configuration management tools (desired)
• Experience with source control such as git, svn, cvs, or similar (desired)
• Exposure to Jenkins, Travis CI, or other automation tools (desired)
• Familiarity with MySQL, PostgreSQL, or other SQL databases (desired)

Benefits:

• Full-time employment
• Weekly rotating on-call schedule participation
• Opportunity to work with a highly innovative and creative team in a great working environment