Linux System Administrator - Pinnacle Group
Alpharetta, GA
About the Job
Linux System Administrator
Work Locations – Alpharetta GA 30004
Positions Requested - 5
Hours per Day - 8
Hours per Week - 40
Total Hours – 1-year contract initially
US Citizen or Permanent Resident
Project - Cloud Platform Growth
Experience Level: 3-5 Years
Job Summary/ Description : Network Cloud Operations is responsible for 24x7 operations, administration and maintenance of server infrastructure in NC (Network Cloud) Linux based environment. This job performs deployment of software updates on this cloud platform comprised of Linux OS, BIOS/ firmware, Openstack, Kubernetes, Calico, Ceph, Maria DB and other software components.
Roles and Responsibilities
Primary / Mandatory skills
Technical Skills
Top 5 Skills
Education : Engineering/ Graduation/ Equivalent in Computer Science, Electronics and Communications.
Pay Range: $50 - $65/HR W2
The specific compensation for this position will be determined by a number of factors, including the scope, complexity and location of the role as well as the cost of labor in the market; the skills, education, training, credentials and experience of the candidate; and other conditions of employment. Our full-time consultants have access to benefits including medical, dental, vision as well as 401K contributions as well as any other PTO, sick leave, and other benefits mandated by applicable state or localities where you reside or work.
Work Locations – Alpharetta GA 30004
Positions Requested - 5
Hours per Day - 8
Hours per Week - 40
Total Hours – 1-year contract initially
US Citizen or Permanent Resident
Project - Cloud Platform Growth
- Local candidates only
- Onsite in Alpharetta, GA 3 days/week in the office
Experience Level: 3-5 Years
Job Summary/ Description : Network Cloud Operations is responsible for 24x7 operations, administration and maintenance of server infrastructure in NC (Network Cloud) Linux based environment. This job performs deployment of software updates on this cloud platform comprised of Linux OS, BIOS/ firmware, Openstack, Kubernetes, Calico, Ceph, Maria DB and other software components.
Roles and Responsibilities
- Performs work focusing on software, maintenance, and operations of systems used by clients to conduct business.
- Performs feasibility assessments, creates requirements, manages projects, and integrates and tests technical solutions for software.
Primary / Mandatory skills
- This position requires a broad-spectrum skill set across Linux, KVM, OpenStack, Kubernetes, Containers, Cloud Infrastructure platforms and monitoring of the server Infrastructure. The candidate should have minimum of 3-5 years of working experience on Production Environment.
- Should have excellent trouble-shooting and analytical skills in Systems Administration of Linux, Cloud, OpenStack and Kubernetes environment.
- Should be well versed and worked on operations and maintenance of Openstack modules like Keystone, Nova, Neutron, Swift, Cinder, Heat, Glance, Horizon, and Fuel.
- Should be well versed with concepts like High Availability, DRS, Fault Tolerance, Scalability, Reliability, shared resources etc.
- Creating, reviewing, approving, and implementing changes in NC server environment.
- Restoration of applications/services in NC infrastructure from hardware/ OpenStack/ OS perspective in outage / service degradation scenarios.
- Python & shell scripting.
- Deployment of NC Server infrastructure (Linux, OpenStack & Kubernetes).
- Knowledge and Understanding of CI/CD Pipeline in Jenkins, GitHub
- Coordination with OS vendors, development teams, production support teams for root cause analysis, configuration changes etc.
- Coordination with hardware vendors for faulty Hardware replacement.
- Should have very high level of customer focus, to provide effortless customer experience. Should display a positive attitude working with various peers/ customers / clients/ vendors etc.
- The candidate should be ready to work in 24*7 rotational shift operations.
- Should have strong analytical/logical/problem solving skills.
- Should have to work across diverse teams across regions/cultures.
- Certification in Systems Administration of Linux, Open Stack and Kubernetes is preferable.
- The candidate should have high level of coordination and communication skills (verbal and written).
Technical Skills
- Linux System Administration 3-5 years
- Dell and HP x86 based Hardware Break/fix 3-5 years
- Kubernetes 1-3 years
- CI/CD Jenkins Pipeline Executing and Merging (Cert Rotations, OS and Code Upgrades, Firmware upgrades) 1-3 years
- GitHub Repository Management 5 years
- Nagios 1-3 years
- Prometheus 1-3 years
- Grafana 1-3 years
- Kibana 1-3 years
- API 1-3 years
- Ceph 1-3 years
- Openstack 1-3 years
- Ansible 1-3 years
- TCP/IP Networking 1-3 years
- Calico 1-3 years
- SSL/TLS Certificates 1-3 years
Top 5 Skills
- Linux System Administration 5 years
- Kubernetes 1-3 years
- Jenkins Pipeline Executing and Merging (Cert Rotations, OS and Code Upgrades, Firmware upgrades) 1-3 years
- GitHub Repository Management 1-3 years
- Dell Server Hardware Break/fix 5 years
Education : Engineering/ Graduation/ Equivalent in Computer Science, Electronics and Communications.
Pay Range: $50 - $65/HR W2
The specific compensation for this position will be determined by a number of factors, including the scope, complexity and location of the role as well as the cost of labor in the market; the skills, education, training, credentials and experience of the candidate; and other conditions of employment. Our full-time consultants have access to benefits including medical, dental, vision as well as 401K contributions as well as any other PTO, sick leave, and other benefits mandated by applicable state or localities where you reside or work.
Source : Pinnacle Group
