Linux Admin

InnoSoul•Durham, NC

1d•Hybrid

About The Position

The Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) requires the assistance of Linux (RedHat) administrator(s) for the implementation and operational support of (NC FAST) Applications on AWS/Hybrid cloud. The primary role is to install and configure the Linux operating system as well as manage and maintain Linux-based systems on the Amazon Web Services (AWS) platform. The position will be responsible for the deployment, configuration, and ongoing maintenance of AWS services such as EC2, S3, RDS, and more. It will also be responsible for System maintenance by reviewing error logs, system backups, monitoring system performance to prevent slowdowns and disruptions, License deployments and setup, may include setting up a Linux Satellite server and deployment manager, and providing any needed technical support. This position will provide hands-on technical support for system security monitoring and optimizing the performance of these systems, as well as troubleshooting and resolving any issues that may arise. Additionally, this resource may be responsible for managing and maintaining other related technologies such as DDI (DNS, DHCP, and IPAM). Strong knowledge of Linux administration, AWS, and networking are required for this role. This position is required to be on call for evenings and weekends to meet business needs.

Requirements

Linux administration experience with Red Hat Enterprise Linux: RHEL on AWS platform (3 Years)
Monitoring and troubleshooting Linux systems and applications (5 Years)
Performance monitoring enablement to manage the Scaling up and down of the environments (3 Years)
Linux OS Patch (including taking snapshots of instances before applying updates) and OS Level Vulnerability Management (7 Years)
Cookie Security, Web Browser Security, Server side encryptions, Data Encryption at Rest and Key management (3 Years)
Image Management using Redhat Image (3 Years)
Cloud infrastructure, specifically Amazon Web Services (AWS) like EC2, S3, RDS, ELB, SSM and EBS (3 Years)
Installing, configuring, and maintaining services such as Bind, Apache, nginx, MYsql etc (5 Years)
Automation and configuration management tools such as Ansible, Cloudformation, Puppet, or Chef (5 Years)
Scripting skills, specifically in Bash or Python (7 Years)
Understanding of networking concepts, including VPCs, subnets, and routing (3 Years)
Proficient with network tools such as iptables, Linux IPVS, HAProxy, etc (3 Years)
Capturing, interpreting, and analyzing network traffic (3 Years)
Protocols such as DNS, HTTP, LDAP, SMTP and SNMP (2 Years)
Troubleshooting Apache issues like performance testing and tuning, failure to restart, and queuing of requests (3 Years)
Performing multi-platform volume management using SVM, LVM, ZFS, NAS, and the VERITAS volume manager (5 Years)
Security best practices and implementing security controls in a AWS cloud environment (3 Years)
Familiarity with wired and wireless networking hardware and architectures, Virtual LAN (VLAN) setup and configuration, VPN, Routing, IPV4, IPV6 (1 Years)
User account management for large organization (7 Years)

Nice To Haves

Linux certifications (RHCT, RHCE and LPIC) will be considered an advantage

Responsibilities

Install and configure the Linux operating system.
Manage and maintain Linux-based systems on the Amazon Web Services (AWS) platform.
Deployment, configuration, and ongoing maintenance of AWS services such as EC2, S3, RDS.
System maintenance by reviewing error logs, system backups.
Monitoring system performance to prevent slowdowns and disruptions.
License deployments and setup.
Setting up a Linux Satellite server and deployment manager.
Providing any needed technical support.
Hands-on technical support for system security monitoring.
Optimizing the performance of these systems.
Troubleshooting and resolving any issues that may arise.
Managing and maintaining other related technologies such as DDI (DNS, DHCP, and IPAM).
Be on call for evenings and weekends to meet business needs.