Linux System Administrator

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Linux Systems Administrator
New Haven, CT
Full Time Perm position.
Salary up to 95K
This position will provide Linux and Unix systems administration to support mission-critical administrative, academic and research servers and services.
The technical environment includes 300 virtual and physical servers running Red Hat, OpenSuse, CentOS, AIX, Apache, Tomcat, JBoss, Ruby on Rails, MySQL, OpenLdap, Oracle and OpenVZ.
The Linux Systems Administrator will install, configure, document and maintain servers, applications and services with a focus on automation, standardization, high availability and reliability. The position is part of a technical team that provides leadership for emerging IT services including the cloud based ITIL service management suite and central configuration management database (CMDB).
Responsibilities
Provides technical expertise in resolving user system deficiencies and determines appropriate action.
Provides system services and analyze system performance for stakeholders and intended end users. Performs all activities necessary to activate a new operating system or new release of an existing system, including analysis, design, implementation, and related documentation. Analyzes systems performance and modifies programs to increase the efficiency of the operation. Reinstates integrity of system as quickly as possible following an outage in order to minimize item and data loss.
Recommends and authorizes system upgrades and software installations.
Designs, develops and implements new system tools.
Analyzes execution time of commonly used instruction to identify and replaces those that are inefficient or slow to operation.
Analyzes, evaluates and takes steps to circumvent problems and restores systems to operating condition.
Required
Bachelor's degree plus four years of experience supporting production Linux/Unix systems in a 24/7/365 environment
Extensive knowledge of and experience with Linux / Unix operating systems, utilities, tools and applications.
Broad technical knowledge in related areas such as web application programming, database administration, networking, identity management and Windows server operating systems.
Demonstrated ability with automated configuration management tools such as CFengine, Chef or Puppet.
Demonstrated scripting/programming proficiency.
Familiarity with ITIL service management concepts and processes.
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