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SalaryThis is a non-merit system, employment-at-will, long-term contract position.
The Linux Systems Administrator is responsible for the implementation, design, maintenance, and support of Red Hat Linux servers and other versions of Linux on WSSC Water’s platform. He/she will ensure maintenance, availability, and security of these systems and other related systems to address incident responses, and maintain 24×7×365 availability of the systems. The Linux Systems Administrator will also contribute to achieving the IT departmental work plan and will actively support development and execution of Commission-wide annual action items.
The Linux Systems Administrator is responsible for the implementation, design, maintenance, and support of Red Hat Linux servers and other versions of Linux on WSSC Water’s platform. He/she will ensure maintenance, availability, and security of these systems and other related systems to address incident responses, and maintain 24×7×365 availability of the systems. The Linux Systems Administrator will also contribute to achieving the IT departmental work plan and will actively support development and execution of Commission-wide annual action items.
Essential Functions
- Installs, configures, operates, and maintains Linux Systems (RHEL/CentOS / Fedora and the like) software and related infrastructure
- Maintains and improves the security posture and hardening of the Linux environments, vulnerability remediation deployments
- Evaluates new technologies, reviews and improves current technologies
- Performs backup/restore/rollback and disaster recovery operations in Linux Infrastructure environments
- Communicates with other teams to mitigate any issues with managed environments
- Patches updates on OS and applications, maintains package sources and compliance reports, and patches scheduled deployments
- Automates managing users, groups, password policies, and other user configurations within the WSSC Water IT Department requirements
- Creates, updates, and organizes technical documentation and knowledge base for the team and other departments
- Performs continuous health monitoring, improves the stability/performance of the Linux systems, and troubleshoots problems
- Creates, updates, and organizes technical documentation and knowledge base for the team and other departments
Other Functions
- Assists IT Security efforts by deploying server anti-malware solutions
- Assists other IT Application team members with problem resolution
- Assists desktop and help desk teams with problem resolution; resolves escalated tier 3 tickets
- Racks and moves physical servers and runs cables and fiber between servers and switches
- Provides systems support at WSSC Water’s 20+ remote sites
- Performs related IT functions and duties, as assigned by manager
Work Environment And Physical Demands
Business casual office setting
Required Knowledge, Skills, And Abilities
- Solid knowledge of Linux systems administration
- Strong knowledge and experience with RedHat and Oracle based operating systems
- Skill in shell command line usage, scripting, and using automation tools
- Solid experience with the best practices of virtualized and/or containerized environments (e.g. VMware , Nutanix and cloud-based platforms)
- Proactive with the ability to take ownership of issues and follows them through to complete resolution
- ability to perform backup and restore functions and participate in disaster recovery exercises
Minimum Education, Experience Requirements
· Bachelor’s degree and 3+ years experience supporting Linux OS server systems administration in a large, complex IT environment
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- High School diploma (or equivalent) and 7+ years experience supporting Linux OS server systems administration in a large, complex IT environment
