What are the responsibilities and job description for the Senior Red Hat Linux Administrator Consultant position at Tri-Force Consulting Services, Inc.?
Job Title:Senior Red Hat Linux Administrator Consultant
Duration: 05 Years
Client: Maryland Judiciary
Location: 187 Harry S. Truman Parkway, Annapolis, MD 21401.
NOTE: This is a hybrid position with two days remote and three days onsite.
Job Description:
- Installing, configuring, and maintaining Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) servers across development, testing, and production environments.
- Performing system upgrades, patch management, and security hardening to ensure compliance with industry standards.
- Monitoring system performance and troubleshooting issues to minimize downtime and optimize efficiency.
- Implementing automation scripts using Ansible, Bash, or Python to streamline system administration tasks.
- Configuring and maintaining Red Hat Satellite, Identity Management (IdM), and other Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) ecosystem tools.
- Collaborating with security teams to ensure systems are protected against vulnerabilities and comply with security policies.
- Maintaining and optimizing storage, backup, and disaster recovery solutions.
- Supporting application teams by providing guidance on best practices for Linux-based deployments.
- Maintaining documentation for system configurations, procedures, and troubleshooting guides.
- Participating in on-call support and incident resolution activities as required.
- Setup Network File Server (NFS) and mount points.
- Configuring Chron jobs for both systems and applications.
Required Skills:
- Working in a complex networked system environment with strong networking.
- Administering Unix (AIX) IBM pSeries systems.
- Administering systems including, but not limited to, the applications below:
- Oracle WebLogic Servers
- Oracle Database Servers
- Progress 4GL/Database Servers/Open Edge
- Apache Web Servers
- vSphere-hosted RHEL servers.
- Rubrik backup systems.
- Oracle Database backups.
- PeopleSoft
- Mobius
- Elastic
- Oracle OBI
- CVS (Concurrent Version System)
- Red Hat performance tuning.
- Load balancing, partitioning, back-up / recovery, and disaster recovery.
- Working in an environment that requires 24/7 system availability.
- Application development.
- Red Hat Support.
- Electronic Imaging Support.
Ability to:
- Work in a team environment.
- Communicate effectively with internal and external personnel.
- Demonstrate leadership skills.
- Interface with users and helpdesk for day-to-day support.
- Provide Back up/recovery and networking methodologies.
- Troubleshoot at the Operating System (OS), database, and application levels.
Required Education and Certification:
- Bachelor’s degree, or postgraduate degree, in engineering, computer science, or related field (as determined by the AOC).
- Red Hat Certified Systems Administrator.
- Certification must be issued by Red Hat and include the resource’s valid certification number.
- Ten (10) or more years of experience as a Red Hat system administrator.
- Ten (10) or more years of experience administering Unix (AIX) IBM pSeries systems.
- Fifteen (15) or more years of experience in the Information Technology (IT) field.
Knowledge of:
- Red Hat administration including configuration and tuning
If you are: bright, motivated, skilled, a difference-maker, able to get things done, work with minimum direction, enthusiastic, a thinker, able to juggle and multi-task, communicate effectively, and lead, then we would like to hear from you. We need exceptionally capable people for this role for our client, so get back to us and tell us why you think you are a fit.
About Us:
Since 2000, Tri-Force Consulting Services (https://triforce-inc.com) has been an MBE/SDB certified IT Consulting firm in the Philadelphia region. Tri-Force specializes in IT staffing, software development (web and mobile apps), systems integration, data analytics, system automation, cybersecurity, and cloud technology solutions for government and commercial clients. Tri-Force works with clients to overcome obstacles such as increasing productivity, increasing efficiencies through automation, and lowering costs. Our clients benefit from our three distinguishing core values: integrity, diligence, and technological excellence.
Tri-Force is a six-time winner among the fastest-growing companies in Philadelphia and a four-time winner on the Inc. 5000 list of the nation's fastest-growing companies.
