Linux Engineer - American Technology Consulting

HybridDes Moines, IAThe position requires someone that is detail oriented with a strong desire toprovide exceptional service. The system administrator will be responsible forimproving the stability and performance of various operating systems,maintaining and improving the security posture of the systems, continuousmonitoring of system health, and troubleshooting issues that arise.The Systems Administrator is accountable as the primary resource for the Linuxenvironment and will serve as a backup to the Windows System administrators aswell as the applications that support the enterprise infrastructure and businesscritical services. Responsibilities on these systems include the administration,maintenance, troubleshooting, and performance of VMware systems, hostinghardware, Linux servers and Microsoft Windows servers.This is a 3 month contract with a high likelihood to extend. Please limitsubmittals to candidates who are local, and who can work for any employer in theUSA, making them eligible to be hired directly by the state if selected.Responsibilities include:• Engineering of Linux systems administration-related solutions for variousproject and operational needs.• Fluent in various flavors of Linux: CentOS, RHEL and Oracle Enterprise Linux• Install and configure Linux servers and application residing on Linux servers• Develops and maintains appropriate system documentation to ensure thatdocumentation is current.• Contribute to and maintain system standards.• Provide Tier III/other support per request from various constituencies.Investigate and troubleshoot issues.• Virtual Center administration and troubleshooting• Strong knowledge of Windows Server administration• Excellent oral and written communication skills; including documentation• Apply OS patches and upgrades on a regular basis, and upgrade administrativetools and utilities. Configure/add new services as necessary.• Upgrade and configure system software that supports infrastructureapplications or Asset Management applications per project or operational needs.• Perform ongoing performance tuning, hardware upgrades, and resourceoptimization as required. Configure CPU, memory, and disk partitions asrequired.• Provides backup to Sr. Windows Engineer and Storage and VirtualizationEngineer as needed