ANSIBLE AUTOMATION AND RED HAT LINUX SYSTEM ADMINISTRATOR from ALTA IT Services
Chapel Hill, NC 27517
About the Job
ANSIBLE AUTOMATION AND RED HAT LINUX SYSTEM ADMINISTRATOR
Hybrid – Durham NC
$65/hr., Benefits available
Public Trust Clearance
ALTA IT Services has a 12-month+ contract opening (with potential for contract to hire) for an Ansible Automation and Red Hat Linux System Administrator to join the Health Systems Management sector of a respected system integrator. This position will be hybrid, located in Durham, NC.
US Citizenship or Permanent Residency is required. All hires will be processed for a Public Trust clearance.
The company’s Health Systems Management team focuses on Healthcare IT solutions for Federal, State, and Local government clients. The qualified candidate should have strong analytical, problem-solving, and communication skills with a keen attention to detail.
RESPONSIBILITIES
Develop Ansible playbooks and modules.
BASIC QUALIFICATIONS:
Minimum knowledge, skills, and abilities needed.
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:
Candidates with these skills will be given preferential consideration.
HOURLY RATE: $65/HR. Range, Benefits available.
Please send an updated resume to Melissa McNally via mmcnally@altaits.com, for consideration
Hybrid – Durham NC
$65/hr., Benefits available
Public Trust Clearance
ALTA IT Services has a 12-month+ contract opening (with potential for contract to hire) for an Ansible Automation and Red Hat Linux System Administrator to join the Health Systems Management sector of a respected system integrator. This position will be hybrid, located in Durham, NC.
US Citizenship or Permanent Residency is required. All hires will be processed for a Public Trust clearance.
The company’s Health Systems Management team focuses on Healthcare IT solutions for Federal, State, and Local government clients. The qualified candidate should have strong analytical, problem-solving, and communication skills with a keen attention to detail.
RESPONSIBILITIES
Develop Ansible playbooks and modules.
- Work collaboratively with the cyber security engineering team to create and deploy Ansible solutions for a distributed data center infrastructure environment.
- Administer Ansible infrastructure, perform maintenance and configuration, and provide SME-level support.
- Troubleshoot and resolve issues in our dev, test, and production environments.
- Update system and process documentation and user guides as needed diagrams and SOPs as needed.
- Responsible for designing database tables and structures.
- Create views, stored procedures, and functions in SQL.
- Design and maintain the 24x7 Linux server infrastructures that support SSA mission-critical web-based applications.
- Maintain the Red Hat Linux Servers and secure the servers according to the Policy Compliance Management requirements.
- Manage and work in a Red Hat Linux operating system and services.
- Installation, configuration, and tuning of Red Hat 6 (REHL 6) and Red Hat 7 (REHL 7) virtual servers
- Configure and maintain Red Hat Satellite System Management Platform.
- Troubleshoot and Resolve Linux Operating System-based issues from Performance to Configuration.
- Backing up and Protecting Linux environments using platform-specific tools.
- Perform daily system checks, review and respond to events reflected in various management tools, and perform server patch management.
- Notify Government representatives of issues involving the performance of the operating environment.
- Share technical best practices and serve as a point of contact for any major incidents, managing customer expectations and communications to a resolution of such incidents.
- Conduct system audit reviews and perform maintenance functions as required to ensure system health.
- Write and debug bash and Korn shell scripts to assist in all manner of server management.
- Work with the team and application sponsors to resolve issues that arise in the daily administration of the Linux environment.
- Troubleshoot and resolve problems for all applications.
- Support, implement, and maintain new applications coming into the environment.
- Present status information on issues and problems at the weekly team meetings.
- Document software changes and problem-resolution steps.
- Assist in troubleshooting and problem resolution on Linux systems – performance, health, and configuration.
- Assure best practices and standards are implemented and adhered to for software systems.
- Perform daily system checks, review, and respond to events reflected in various management and monitoring tools.
- Demonstrate strong oral and written communication skills, with the ability to communicate technical topics to management and non-technical audiences.
- Interface with the customer daily.
BASIC QUALIFICATIONS:
Minimum knowledge, skills, and abilities needed.
- Bachelor’s degree and 6 years of relative experience, Master's degree and 4 years of relative experience, or 10 years of
- Minimum of 4 years of experience with Ansible Core and Ansible Tower. (Experience with Ansible strongly preferred, however open to other DevOps (Chef, Salt, Puppet) tools experience)
- Minimum of 2 years strong experience coding and scripting (PowerShell, Bash, Batch files, etc.)
- 4 years strong experience with RHEL 6, RHEL 7 System Administration
- Strong knowledge of Source Code Control Systems (Git)
- 4 years RedHat Enterprise Linux v6.x/7.x Operating System experience (Installation and upgrade of the operating system)
- 2 years of WebSphere, ColdFusion, and Apache Application Server platforms for both configuration and troubleshooting of hosted applications experience
- 2 years of experience setting up and maintaining Red Hat Satellite System Management Platform
- 2 years of PERL and Python scripting
- 1 year XML
- 1 year of commonly used Linux tools such as JIRA, Confluence, BitBucket
- Must be able to obtain a Public Trust clearance
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:
Candidates with these skills will be given preferential consideration.
- Experience with version control (CVS, Subversion, Git, etc.)
- Strong background in VMware administration
- Knowledge of VMware Integrated OpenStack or OpenStack
- Demonstrate knowledge in Red Hat Cloud Computing discipline such as RedHat CloudForms, OpenShift, Docker, or other IaaS or PaaS solutions via training or seminars
- Strong understanding of and compliance with the IT development process (SDLC)
- Strong requirements planning and project implementation skills and be able to work with internal technical staff and outside contractors to deliver results
- Web-based and E-Commerce development or in-depth support experience a plus
- JavaScript, CSS, XML, and HTML 5 experience a plus
- Certification in one or more of the following:
- Red Hat Certified System Administrator (RHCSA)
- Red Hat JBoss Administration (RHCJA)
HOURLY RATE: $65/HR. Range, Benefits available.
Please send an updated resume to Melissa McNally via mmcnally@altaits.com, for consideration
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