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

Job Title:  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).

• 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