Sr. Linux Administrator (VMware)(Python)(RHEL) :: Winston- Salem, North Carolina

Sr. Linux Administrator Start Date: Within a few weeks of accepting offer (ASAP) Job Duration: 6-month contract to extend or convert Remote Info (& Covid Policy for on-site): Consultant should be on-site 4 days per week and remote 1 day per week (preference is Winston-Salem, NC but they are open to Radnor, PA). Project Details: Must be able to work in a team setting and help manage ~150 RHEL 7 OS installations that are installed on a mix of physical hardware, VMware VM's, and Amazon EC2. Work with RedHat Satellite to maintain OS patching and security updates. They will also develop automation tasks using technologies such as Ansible w/Tower, Python, Terraform and Bash scripting. They will also perform CIS hardening and regular review of NESSUS security appliance compliance scan reports. We perform user management through a HelpSystems BoKS application. Candidate performs SFTP administration for incoming, outgoing, pickup of EDI files. Candidate will also be expected to participate in an on-call rotation. During this time the on-call person will monitor a team inbox for any requests / issues as well as respond to any Solarwinds/Everbridge alerts. Must Have Skills: 1. 5 years of Linux Admin experience (Red Hat is strongly desired) 2. Scripting knowledge - Shell (Bash, ksh) - Python - Ansible - Splunk query language 3. VMware experience Nice to Have Skills: SAN experience preferred. Firewall experience required. IPtables/NFtables BIND DNS Management experience preferred. Basic networking understanding Routing Vlan NIC bonding UCS Hardware knowledge preferred. UCS Blade hardware UCS Manager SNMP OS monitoring knowledge preferred. Ability to provide technical documentation. Day to day responsibilities: Managing the infrastructure in the data center Scripting Troubleshooting problems, administering discs, creating virtual machines on VMware Closing tickets Working on operating systems/storage tasks Cedent Life Talent