Senior Linux System Administration - Rose International

Our client is seeking a Linux System Administrator/Cloud Applications System Engineer for their Network Cloud Operations. This person will be responsible for 24x7 operations, administration and maintenance of server infrastructure in NC (Network Cloud) Linux based environment. This Senior Systems Administrator 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. 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.

Education Qualification:
• Engineering/ Graduation/ Equivalent in Computer Science, Electronics and Communications.
• Certification in Systems Administration of Linux, Open Stack and Kubernetes is preferable.

Technical Skills:
• Linux System Administration 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
• Dell Server Hardware Break/fix 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

Skills and Abilities:
• The candidate should have high level of coordination and communication skills (verbal and written).
• 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.
• Python & shell scripting.
• Deployment of NC Server infrastructure (Linux, OpenStack & Kubernetes).
• Knowledge and Understanding of CI/CD Pipeline in Jenkins, GitHub
• 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.

Roles and Responsibilities:
• Performs work focusing on software, maintenance, and operations of systems used by Client or its clients to conduct business.
• Performs feasibility assessments, creates requirements, manages projects, and integrates and tests technical solutions for software.
• 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.
• Co-ordination with OS vendors, development teams, production support teams for root cause analysis, configuration changes etc.
• Co-ordination with hardware vendors (Dell, HP) for faulty Hardware replacement.

Benefits:

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