Linux Administrator

Allere

Wilmington, DE

Medical , Retirement
Contractor

Job Description

At ALLERE GROUP, we pride ourselves in creating the perfect match for our candidates. We work tirelessly to build relationships with top companies across the nation, so we always have exciting opportunities for the right candidates. If you are excited about emerging technologies and would love to be a part of a progressive company, we want to talk to you!

Job Title: Linux Administrator

Location: Wilmington, DE

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How you will make an impact:

Responsible for ongoing vulnerability management by coordinating and deploying patches and server rebuilds throughout the estate.
Responsible for operational support and maintenance of 5,000+ servers located globally, running Red Hat Enterprise Linux with some Solaris. This includes server builds, monitoring, configuration, and ongoing maintenance of servers.
Perform system administration duties across the environment to provide support services for customer.
Perform system recoveries.
Maintain server availability for all sites and periodically participate in DR exercises.
Must have good problem solving, teamwork, communication, and customer service skills.
Resolve help desk escalations and process items in a ticket queue.
Troubleshoot and resolve system issues and provide operations support for bridge calls.
Participate in the implementation of UNIX related projects for server builds.
Monitor servers and remediate alerts that get raised.
Being able to follow documented processes and procedures is critical.

What you bring to the table:

RHEL 5/6/7
TCP/IP, NFS, DNS, LDAP, FTP, NTP, Samba
Knowledge of kickstart/jumpstart
Security and performance monitoring and analysis
Virtualization (VMware and/or RHEV)
HPOV tool suite (monitoring software experience)
Veritas products: VxVM, VxFS, VCS and VVR
Experience with Puppet and shell scripting; Perl or python is a plus.
Server hardware (HP ProLiant, DELL)
Knowledge of private/public cloud technologies (OpenShift/Kubernetes/Docker/AWS/Azure)
Conceptual knowledge of storage and networking components
3 - 5 years comparative industry experience is a plus

ALLERE GROUP is committed to our community and diversity. We are a proud woman-owned business (WBENC certified) and active supporters of numerous philanthropic, volunteer, and fundraising endeavors.

ALLERE GROUP offers direct hire, contract to hire, and statement of work placements. We offer access to employer healthcare benefits, and a 401k retirement plan. Allere Group provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local laws.