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Senior Linux Engineer

Job Description:

Senior Linux Engineer Summary:

Signature Consultants is seeking a Senior Linux Engineer for an opportunity in Chicago, IL. The Senior Linux Engineer will provide operational support, project delivery and other system administration responsibilities as required by the business. Successful candidates will need to have strong Puppet experience, and Redhat Linux 7.0. U.S. Citizens, Green Card Holders, and those authorized to work in the U.S. for any employer will be considered.

Responsibilities:

  • Understand overall departmental and business unit goals and how existing programs/products/processes are designed to support these goals
  • Provide solutions to a wide range of difficult problems, balancing technical viability with business requirements and constraints
  • Assist in the design, planning and implementation of server and cloud solutions
  • Require limited supervision: No instructions needed on routine work, and general instructions given on new lines of work or special assignments
  • Guide the successful completion of major initiatives that impact cross-functional teams within their department
  • Provide technical leadership for systems on cross-functional incident resolution teams
  • Provide technical leadership and guidance to junior administrators

Qualifications:

  • Broad knowledge of Systems technologies and industry trends with subject matter specialization in Linux systems administration or advanced knowledge of specific practices
  • Able to successfully contribute in cross-functional teams containing a mixture of technical and non-technical peers
  • Extensive experience with installing, configuring and maintaining systems with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6/7 required
  • Demonstrated knowledge of scripting technologies using bash, Perl, Python (preferred), and similar tools
  • Demonstrated background in Linux system administration automation
  • Strong experience with NAS and SAN as related to Operating System
  • Administrative exposure to the following technologies would be helpful: Puppet, Red Hat Satellite Server, IBM GPFS, Splunk, and ITIL
  • Experience in a large environment (> 500 hosts) with 24x7 support requirements
  • Experience with administration or implementation in AWS public cloud and on-prem private cloud technologies like OpenStack is a great plus
  • Experience or Exposure to virtualization and containerization technologies (VMWare, Docker, Kubernetes, OpenShift and others) is a plus
  • AWS design AND Docker Container design and implementation experience

 About Signature Consultants, LLC

Headquartered in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, Signature Consultants was established in 1997 with a singular focus: to provide clients and consultants with superior staffing solutions. For the seventh consecutive year, Signature was voted as one of the “Best Staffing Firms to Work For” and is now the 14th largest IT staffing firm in the United States (source: Staffing Industry Analysts). With 25 locations throughout North America, Signature annually deploys thousands of consultants to support, run, and manage their clients’ technology needs. Signature offers IT staffing, consulting, managed solutions, and direct placement services. For more information on the company, please visit www.sigconsult.com.



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