Senior Linux Administrator (IL) - Next Step Systems



Company

Next Step Systems

Posted 8/31/2010
Salary

Depends on Experience

Job Skills Linux
Job Type W2
Job Duration Full Time
Job Location

US-IL-Chicago

Start Date asap
Internal Job # SrLinuxAdmin-IL-PP
Travel none required
Job Requirements

Senior Linux Administrator

Responsibilities:
-Assist in designing, implementing and supporting a 24/7 Linux/Windows trading environment.
-Linux deployment, administration, performance tuning, monitoring, and account management.
-Linux and Windows Active Directory authentication integration.
-Disaster Recovery management and testing.
-Assist in hardware/software purchases.
-Train new employees/existing staff as directed.
-Troubleshoot advanced TCP/IP and multicast issues.
-Process, monitor and prioritize trouble tickets.
-Automate any and all tasks that can be automated.
-Datacenter management.
-On-call rotation as needed.
-Support other key initiatives as the business dictates.

Qualifications:
-Thorough knowledge (5+ years) of Linux (CentOS, Debian and/or Redhat) architecture, deployment, administration, networking, performance monitoring/tuning, security hardening, troubleshooting and production operations.
-Experience administrating Microsoft Windows servers (2003, 2008) a plus.
-In-depth knowledge of real-time operating system concepts and implementations.
-Strong knowledge of SMTP, DHCP, DNS, NIS, LDAP, CIFS, NFS, Postfix, BIND, SNMP, and Linux system security.
-Experience with packet sniffing applications (snort, wireshark, netmon, etc.).
-Linux and AD authentication integration (winbind, Kerberos, LDAP, SFU).
-Strong system configuration experience (Altiris, Puppet or CFEngine).
-Strong knowledge of Kickstart procedures.
-Fluent in Perl and Shell Scripting, with experience implementing automation and monitoring using shell scripting and other related tools.
-System monitoring experience (SNMP, Nagios, Cacti, HP OpenView, Dell Open Manage, etc.).
-Strong Linux/Unix networking knowledge required (knowledge of Cisco and IOS a plus).
-Backup experience. Veritas Netbackup preferred.
-VMWare Infrastructure experience.
-Experience with Source code control systems, and bug tracking systems like JIRA.
-Ability to manage build environment, including familiarity with source control and standard build tools (make, ant).


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About Our Company CONTACT INFORMATION:
Mike Stapinski
Email Mike Stapinski
 
Next Step Systems
1212 S. Naperville Blvd.
Suite 119
Naperville, IL 60540
630.428.0600 T
http://www.nextstepsystems.com
      

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