Sr. Linux Engineer - Rocklin, CA OR San Francisco, CA - Hybrid - 61649

Sr. Linux Engineer - 61649

We have an immediate contract opportunity with one of our prime clients for a senior-level position Sr. Linux Engineer to work in Rocklin, CA OR San Francisco, CA on a hybrid basis with 4 days a week on-site. This contract is long-term and expected to be ongoing.

Pay Rate :$40-$45/hr

Top Skills:

• Linux Admin/Engineering
  • RHEL, CentOS, Rocky
• Ansible writing playbooks from scratch, not just editing
• Virtualization/VMs
• Not looking for someone who's been doing heavy cloud work. This environment is like 99% on prem, and want someone who's experienced with hat.

Responsibilities:

Develop and implement the technical standards for Linux OS running RHEL and CentOS.

Kernel tuning

Implement capacity planning for Linux REPOs and support tools for Linux, (ie, GitHub, Satellite, Kubernetes, Docker, Ansible, Jenkins)

Work with the architects to evaluate new technologies and perform POCs (Proof of Concept labs) to extend the multi-year roadmap and set overall technical direction for our infrastructure team

Gather, analyze, and drive project requirements, design and implement Linux infrastructure components

Work closely with Level2 team(s) and help define their workflow and runbooks

Have the opportunity to be hands-on, working side by side with our people to get things done

Grow and develop your team's technical capabilities and manage individual's priorities and tasks.

Publish Build-To and review the As-Built documentation for current and new server-related design deployments

Provide insightful data to guide decision-making and offer proactive solutions.

Operate a computer and communicate via telephone

Transport materials and equipment and lift, move, and carry objects up to 50 pounds on a limited basis

Criteria

Bachelor's degree in Business, Computer Sciences, Engineering, or a related field (an equivalent combination of related education, training, and experience may be considered)

7 years of managing Linux Operating Systems in an enterprise environment

Fundamental understanding of deploying and supporting Linux servers in a highly available and fault-tolerant enterprise-level environment.

Delivery of fully integrated, automated, and highly available Linux provisioning process with enterprise-level tools and technologies

You have a deep and wide understanding of Linux Operating Systems, Virtualization platforms, Cloud Computing, Configuration Management tools (example: Ansible, Puppet), and strong familiarity with Oracle and/or SQL databases, VMWare, and/or HyperV

You have a firm grasp of scripting techniques including Linux scripting language, Python, ksh, bash, shell scripting is highly desired

You have strong working knowledge of security best practices for implementing highly secure Linux solutions

Ideally, you have experience deploying and maintaining a Satellite patch solution and experience configuring and managing AD SPN objects on Linux servers using keytab files

You have experience with configuration, administration and performance troubleshooting experience for Linux OS, apache/tomcat, and database servers running on Linux.

You have hands-on experience with Ansible, Satellite, REPOs, and Linux automation

You have knowledge of Server hardening, system monitoring, performance tuning and process mapping.

**ALL successful candidates for this position are required to work directly for PRIMUS. No agencies please only W2**

For immediate consideration, please contact:

Vishal Rajput
PRIMUS Global Services
Direct
Desk Ext. 423
Email:

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