What are the responsibilities and job description for the Linux Engineer position at TEK NINJAS?
Job Title : Senior Ansible Engineer
Location : Richmond, VA (Hybrid - 1 week onsite / 1 week offsite)
Contract : Long - Term
Job summary :
Seeking a talented and experienced Senior Linux Engineer to join our dynamic team. As a Senior Linux Engineer, you will be responsible for designing, implementing, and maintaining our Linux infrastructure to ensure optimal performance, security, and reliability.
Required Skills : Ansible Automation Platform (AAP) Linux Server Administration (Red Hat, Apache Tomcat, & WebLogic) Scripting (Bash / Shell / Python)
- Manage, support, and maintain Linux installed systems
- Install, upgrade, and maintain Linux based systems
- Ensure security of systems and data
- Manage system backups, restore, and recovery
- Manage and maintain printers and scanners
- Manage user accounts, groups, and services
- Manage and maintain storage
- Work with users to resolve account / system issues
- Provide support on all Linux applications and UNIX based applications
- Provide support to users on basic and advanced desktop and server tasks
- Assist with Linux server administration tasks
- Perform other related duties as assigned
- Help troubleshoot problems with Linux servers, running various versions of Linux, including Red Hat, Ubuntu, and CentOS
- Engage in continuous testing of new Linux versions and applications on an on-demand basis
- Perform change control
- Assist with user management, such as creating accounts for new hires and training seasoned professionals on company policies
- Install and maintain servers
- Help automate server maintenance, including running scripts and automated processes
- Maintain server uptime and network performance
- Assist with server documentation
- Maintain server security
- Ensure all administrative procedures are followed
- Document all server incidents and outages
