Urgent Opening :: UNIX/Linux System Engineer :: Onsite Role

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InfiCare has been providing contingent and direct hiring staffing services across the United States since 2001. We are based outside of Washington D.C. and our diverse client base is comprised of Fortune 500 companies all the way to niche enterprises.

We are currently hiring a [Unix/Linux System Engineer in Eagan, MN] for one of our clients - please find a complete description of the role and requirements below. If you are interested, please feel free to reply to this email or give me a call at [703-652-7500].

Duration: 6+ Months

Location work will be performed: Eagan, MN 55121

Job Description:

We are searching for a top-notch UNIX/Linux System Engineer to join our team of qualified, diverse individuals. This position will be in Eagan, MN. This is an on-site position with potential hybrid remote possibilities. First month will be full time on-site. Details to be discussed during screening.

You will join the Midrange System Administration teams and provide UNIX / Linux System Operational Upgrade/Availability services teams for an assigned set of US Postal Service applications. The scope includes the full range of system life-cycle phases including, Build, Application /Service Provisioning, Operations and Decommissioning.

This position will primarily be working with the team to build and/or upgrade virtual and physical hosts with the SUSE Linux Enterprise Server Distribution from SLES 11 to SLES 12/15 using Ansible and adding storage using VMWare tools. Other duties assigned will include contribution to break/fix activities, Disaster Recovery assistance and other Operational Availability tasks.

The engineer should have a deep familiarity with automation and typical applications support associated with these platforms. This role will heavily contribute to the team responsible for design, implementation and maintenance of central IT infrastructure and applications.

Roles and Responsibilities include but not limited to:

Upgrade of SUSE Linux Enterprise Server Distribution from SLES 11 to SLES 12.x / SLES 15.x

SME level Unix / Linux System Administration, infrastructure support and automation support.

Installation and maintenance of OS

Contributor to Incident, Problem and Change Management processes.

User Support / Problem resolution

Automating existing processes

Basic Qualifications:

Bachelor's Degree and minimum of 7 years' experience. Additional experience may be considered in lieu of degree.

Experience dealing with management of large (>1000 systems) environments

Experience with Linux (SuSE and Red Hat)

Experience upgrading SUSE environments.

Experience with patch management.

Experience with VMWare

Have some understanding with configuration management of large environments, utilizing automation tools such as: AWX Tower, Ansible or other configuration management frameworks.

Ability to take customer requirements and create scalable configuration models to support them

Process Implementation and documentation

Experience using Change/Incident Management tools (ServiceNow)

Senior in Linux OS Administration.

Ability to troubleshoot problems from the Application tier, through the OS and Network tiers.

Unix Shell Scripting

Must be able to obtain a Position of Public Trust Clearance US Citizen or Permanent Resident (Green Card Holder), and must not have traveled outside the US for a combined total of 6 months or more in last 5 years.

Must have resided in the US for the last 5 years

Preferred Qualifications:

Expertise with CONTROL-M

Expertise with SMT and custom patch solutions for SuSE and Red Hat systems

Expertise with GIT/ GitLab/Ansible/Anisible Tower (AWX)

Experience with Cassandra

Experience with Oracle CRS (installation/configuration/maintenance)

Expertise with custom AutoYaST and Kickstart deployments

SOX/PCI Compliance Management