Job Overview
- Company:
- Firm58 Inc.
- Title:
- Sr. Systems Administrator
- Skills:
- Linux, RedHat, CentOS, Network, SAN, Oracle, Weblogic, NetApp, EMC
- Date Posted:
- 5-17-2013
- Location:
- Chicago, IL
- Area Code:
- 312
- Employ. Type:
- FULLTIME
- Pay Rate:
- 110,000
- Job Length:
- Position ID:
- 577509
- Dice ID:
- RTX16d90e
- Travel Required:
- none
- Telecommute:
- no
Contact Information
- Contact:
- Jim Mullen
- Address:
- 118 South Clinton Street
- Suite 600
- Chicago, IL 60661
- Phone:
- (312) 863-2390 ext: 201
- Fax:
- (312) 275-7801
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Sr. Systems Administrator
Position Summary
Firm58 is looking for a bright, driven individual to be a part of our Operations team. The ideal candidate should have experience managing Linux servers (RedHat, Centos and Debian), desktop environments (Windows, Mac and Linux), Apache web servers, Oracle WebLogic application servers and Oracle 11g databases. The candidate should have experience building, monitoring, and maintaining complex environments with networks, fiber channel, SAN and database technologies. To be successful, the candidate must be self-motivated, excel at multitasking and feel comfortable working in a fast-paced, demanding environment.
Here are some examples of this jobs' activities:
• Building a server from the ground up, including connection to a centralized authentication system, shared file system, and SAN.
• Changing security settings (firewall / selinux) to meet a specific request.
• Automating repetitive tasks thru scripts or process change, continuously thinking of how to automate more functions
• Reviewing monitoring tools and monitoring tool usage to ensure proper server performance and potentially identified an area for improvement.
• Troubleshooting complex performance issues
Location
Chicago, IL
Type
Fulltime, Exempt
Job Description
- Sr. Systems Administrator
- Chicago, IL
Sr. Systems Administrator
Position Summary
Firm58 is looking for a bright, driven individual to be a part of our Operations team. The ideal candidate should have experience managing Linux servers (RedHat, Centos and Debian), desktop environments (Windows, Mac and Linux), Apache web servers, Oracle WebLogic application servers and Oracle 11g databases. The candidate should have experience building, monitoring, and maintaining complex environments with networks, fiber channel, SAN and database technologies. To be successful, the candidate must be self-motivated, excel at multitasking and feel comfortable working in a fast-paced, demanding environment.
Here are some examples of this jobs' activities:
• Building a server from the ground up, including connection to a centralized authentication system, shared file system, and SAN.
• Changing security settings (firewall / selinux) to meet a specific request.
• Automating repetitive tasks thru scripts or process change, continuously thinking of how to automate more functions
• Reviewing monitoring tools and monitoring tool usage to ensure proper server performance and potentially identified an area for improvement.
• Troubleshooting complex performance issues
• Assessing technologies such as Splunk or Amazon Web Services to determine fit
Responsibilities
• Assist in designing, implementing and supporting a 24/7 Linux server environment.
• Work with software engineers, Oracle DBA's and customer service personnel to resolve issues and keep our environments operating smoothly.
• Linux deployment, administration, performance tuning, monitoring and account management.
• Backup/Restore and Disaster Recovery management.
• Troubleshoot O/S, Application, Network and Performance issues.
• Process, monitor and prioritize trouble tickets.
• Automate any and all tasks that can be automated.
• In-house and off-site Datacenter management.
• Work with clients and vendors to support our custom application with data loading, system migrations, authentication issues and connectivity trouble.
• Support other key initiatives as the business dictates.
Qualifications
• 5+ years of Linux (RedHat, Centos and/or Debian) architecture, deployment, administration, networking, performance monitoring/tuning, security hardening, troubleshooting and production operations.
• Strong knowledge of standard Linux and network protocols, such as SMTP, DHCP, DNS, LDAP, NFS, SMTP, HTTP, SNMP and others.
• Strong system configuration experience (PXEboot, Kickstart, Puppet).
• Perl and Shell Scripting, with experience implementing automation and monitoring using shell scripting and other related tools.
• System monitoring experience (SNMP, Nagios, Cacti, Zabbix, Dell Open Manage, etc.).
• Strong Linux/Unix networking knowledge required.
• SAN experience with NetApp, IBM, and EMC.
• VmWare Infrastructure experience.
• Experience deploying and monitoring applications to Oracle WebLogic application servers.
Requirements
• 5+ years experience in network and system administration.
• Active or near completion of RHCT, RHCE, CCNA, or similar IT certification a plus.
• Excellent written and verbal communication. Must be able to thoroughly document implementations, modifications and removals.
• Highly organized, self-motivated, able to multitask, able to work independently as well as a team player.
• Must be willing to work some weekend shifts in support of maintenance and participate in on-call rotation duties.
Responsibilities
• Assist in designing, implementing and supporting a 24/7 Linux server environment.
• Work with software engineers, Oracle DBA's and customer service personnel to resolve issues and keep our environments operating smoothly.
• Linux deployment, administration, performance tuning, monitoring and account management.
• Backup/Restore and Disaster Recovery management.
• Troubleshoot O/S, Application, Network and Performance issues.
• Process, monitor and prioritize trouble tickets.
• Automate any and all tasks that can be automated.
• In-house and off-site Datacenter management.
• Work with clients and vendors to support our custom application with data loading, system migrations, authentication issues and connectivity trouble.
• Support other key initiatives as the business dictates.
Qualifications
• 5+ years of Linux (RedHat, Centos and/or Debian) architecture, deployment, administration, networking, performance monitoring/tuning, security hardening, troubleshooting and production operations.
• Strong knowledge of standard Linux and network protocols, such as SMTP, DHCP, DNS, LDAP, NFS, SMTP, HTTP, SNMP and others.
• Strong system configuration experience (PXEboot, Kickstart, Puppet).
• Perl and Shell Scripting, with experience implementing automation and monitoring using shell scripting and other related tools.
• System monitoring experience (SNMP, Nagios, Cacti, Zabbix, Dell Open Manage, etc.).
• Strong Linux/Unix networking knowledge required.
• SAN experience with NetApp, IBM, and EMC.
• VmWare Infrastructure experience.
• Experience deploying and monitoring applications to Oracle WebLogic application servers.
• Experience managing and monitoring Oracle 11g databases.
• Experience with AWS or other cloud services a plus.
Requirements
• 5+ years experience in network and system administration.
• Active or near completion of RHCT, RHCE, CCNA, or similar IT certification a plus.
• Excellent written and verbal communication. Must be able to thoroughly document implementations, modifications and removals.
• Highly organized, self-motivated, able to multitask, able to work independently as well as a team player.
• Must be willing to work some weekend shifts in support of maintenance and participate in on-call rotation duties.
• Must have operations experience in 24x7 environments.
Location
Chicago, IL
Type
Fulltime, Exempt