Unix/Linux Engineer - Suse Linux Enterprise

                      UNIX/Linux Engineer – SUSE Linux Enterprise

                          long-term contract; Eagan, MN (hybrid)

SUMMARY:

• Tier One Technologies is seeking a UNIX/Linux Engineer who primarily will 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 team will be responsible for design, implementation and maintenance of central IT infrastructure and applications.
• This hybrid position will be located in Eagan, MN. 
• SELECTED CANDIDATES WITHOUT REQUIRED CLEARANCE WILL BE SUBJECT TO A FEDERAL GOVERNMENT BACKGROUND INVESTIGATION TO RECEIVE IT.

• Upgrade of SUSE Linux Enterprise Server Distribution from SLES 11 to SLES 12.x / SLES 15.x.
• Provide SME level Unix / Linux System Administration, infrastructure support and automation support.
• Installation and maintenance of OS.
• Contribute to Incident, Problem and Change Management processes.
• Provide User Support / Problem resolution and automating existing processes.
• Process Implementation and documentation.

• Bachelor’s Degree and minimum of 7 years of experience. Additional experience may be considered in lieu of a degree.
• Experience dealing with management of large (>1000 systems) environments.
• Expertise in Linux OS Administration.
• Strong experience with Linux (SuSE and Red Hat).
• Experience upgrading SUSE environments and VMWare.
• Familiarity with patch management.
• Experience with Unix Shell Scripting.
• Good understanding of 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.
• Experience using Change/Incident Management tools (ServiceNow).
• Ability to troubleshoot problems from the Application tier, through the OS and Network tiers.
• Excellent communication and customer support skills.
• Must be able to obtain a Position of Public Trust Clearance.
• Must be US Citizen or Permanent Resident (Green Card Holder), and 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.