Job Description

• Proactively maintain and develop all Linux infrastructure technology to maintain a 24x7x365 uptime service.

• Maintain best practices on managing systems and services across all environments.

• Fault finding, analysis and of logging information for reporting of performance exceptions

 • Proactively monitoring system performance and capacity planning.

• Manage, coordinate, and implement software upgrades, patches, hot fixes on servers.

• Create and modify scripts or applications to perform tasks

• Provide input on ways to improve the stability, security, efficiency, and scalability of the environment

• Collaborate with other teams and team members to develop automation strategies and deployment processes Technical Skills

• Experience in Linux System Administration such as RedHat, CentOS, Ubuntu.

 • Hands-on experience in Linux security (for example, Kernel hardening, Linux permissions, capabilities, selinux).

• Solid knowledge of protocols such as DNS, HTTP, LDAP, SMTP and SNMP. • Additional Linux certifications (RHCT, RHCE and LPIC) will be considered an advantage. Functional Skills/Capabilities.

 • Good communication skills both written and oral.

• Analytical mind & attention to detail. • High level of Customer sensitivity, commitment & service orientation.

• IT supports knowledge and experience desirable.

 • High result orientation.

• Ability to take independent decision & meet stringent deadlines Day-to-day operational maintenance, support, OS installations and upgrades for enterprise servers.

• Monitor and tune systems to achieve optimum performance levels.

 • Experience with Enterprise Backups