Linux Administrator

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Job Description

Our client has a requirement for a Linux Administrator for 6 months Contract. The position is located in Toronto, Ontario

 

What makes this Special

Our client has a prestigious reputation and excellent work environment. This position offers an opportunity for personal learning and to contribute to important initiatives that make a difference. Our client is actively screening resumes and scheduling interviews to fill this position, so let one our professional resource managers represent you to the client, promote your skills, and help you prepare.

 

Requirements and Qualifications

• Ability to translate and articulate requirements;
• Good business knowledge;
• Ability to work with minimal supervision;
• Ability to work in a team;
• Good planning skills;
• Must be able to work effectively with multiple teams, multiple projects at once;
• Must thrive in a fast-paced, time compressed and dynamic environment;
• Solid skills and discipline for Change Management practices and processes;
• Demonstrated experience in deploying, maintaining and supporting server infrastructures;
• Strong Analytical Skills & use of Analytical Tools;
• Work closely with the client for certain applications that supports;
• 5 years with Linux Red Hat (v5 or V6)

 

Resource Responsibilities

• Complete the troubleshooting and upgrading of the different platforms;
• Building servers and supporting (operational support) for internal project;
• Assist appropriate teams in all phases of Production implementations;
• Script development for automating tasks;
• Perform system tuning activities where appropriate;
• Ensure all documentation for the systems (build books, network diagrams) is created & updated after changes;
• Make recommendations to improve health of the system where necessary;
• Participate in various projects and work orders as assigned and complete assigned tasks on time;
• Provide on-call support as scheduled (when required);
• Coordinate service calls and requests with team members where necessary;
• Respond to incident tickets and provide updates in a timely manner. Escalate where necessary;
• Coordinate and implement change records as a result of trouble tickets;
• Perform 1st level hardware diagnostics and installation of layered products where needed;
• Reduce costs where expedient to do so without impacting service availability;
• Recommend efficiencies in the organizations;
• Show leadership by training more junior members and being pro-active;
• Working proactively to make sure insure that services delivery are in lined with the evolution of the client need and the evolution of his technical environment.

 

Keywords: Linux, VMWARE, ESX Server, Cisco UCS, Tickets, System Tuning, Change Management

 

How to Apply

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