Job Description
Position:- Linux Operating System Engineer RHEL 8 ,
Location:- Minneapolis – Minnesota .
Client :- LTM ,
Duration Contract,
Job Description:
Position Summary
- We are seeking an experienced Linux Operating System Engineer to manage maintain and support enterprise Linux infrastructure across both On-premises Data Centers and AWS Cloud environments The ideal candidate will possess strong expertise in Red Hat Enterprise Linux RHEL 8 administration automation troubleshooting infrastructure operations and IT Service Management processes utilizing ITIL best practices and ServiceNow
Top 3 to 5 Requirements
1. Strong Handson experience with Linux distribution Red Hat Enterprise Linux RHEL
2. Proficiency in system installation configuration patching upgrades and troubleshooting
3. Experience with Bash Python or Perl scripting Ability to automate routine administration tasks system monitoring and deployments using tools such as Ansible
4. System Performance and Troubleshooting
· Strong knowledge of Linux processes memory management file systems networking and kernel concepts
· Ability to analyze logs identifyroot causes and resolve performance or availability issues
5. Security and Compliance
· Knowledge of Linux hardening user access management security patching SELinux auditing and vulnerability remediation
· Experience following enterprise security and compliance standards
Key Responsibilities
- Administer maintain and support RHEL 8 servers in both On-premises and AWS environments
- Perform Linux server provisioning configuration patching upgrades and lifecycle management
- Manage system performance capacity planning and availability to ensure compliance with service level agreements SLAs
- Monitor infrastructure health and proactively address performance bottlenecks and operational risks
- Troubleshoot complex Linux OS application storage and network related issues
- Implement OS hardening security controls vulnerability remediation and compliance requirements
- Manage AWSbased Linux workloads including EC2 instances EBS storage security groups and cloud networking components
- Collaborate with application database network and security teams to resolve incidents and support business services
- Develop and maintain automation scripts using Bash Python or Ansible to streamline operational tasks
- Support backup recovery disaster recovery and high availability solutions
- Execute change incident problem and request management activities in accordance with ITIL processes
- Utilize ServiceNow for incident tracking change implementation problem management and service requests
- Create and maintain operational documentation technical procedures and knowledge base articles
- Participate in on call support and major incident management activities as required
Required Skills Experience
- Linux Administration
- 5 years of Linux system administration experience
- Strong expertise in Red Hat Enterprise Linux RHEL 8
- Experience managing enterprise Linux environments at scale
Cloud Infrastructure
- Handson experience supporting Linux workloads in AWS Cloud
Experience with
- EC2
- EBS
- VPC
- IAM
- CloudWatch
- Auto Scaling
- Automation Scripting
Proficiency in
- Bash Shell Scripting
- Python
- Ansible
- Troubleshooting
Strong knowledge of
- Linux Kernel
- Systemd
- LVM
- File Systems XFS EXT4
- Networking TCPIP DNS SSH NFS
IT Service Management
- Strong understanding of ITIL Framework
Practical experience with
- Incident Management
- Change Management
- Problem Management
- Service Request Fulfillment
- ServiceNow
Experience using ServiceNow for
- Incident management
- Change requests
- Problem records
- CMDB updates
- Reporting and SLA tracking
Mandatory Skills: Bash/Shell scripting, CentOS Linux Administrator, RedHat Linux Administrator, SUSE Linux Administrator, Ubuntu Linux Administrator
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