Senior Linux System Administrator

Short Term Contract, Hybrid in Raleigh, NCMust Haves:Strong experience with Linux administration experience with Red Hat Enterprise Linux: RHEL on AWS platformStrong Experience with monitoring and troubleshooting Linux systems and applicationsHands-on experience in performance monitoring enablement to manage the Scaling up and down of the environmentsExperience with Linux OS Patch (including taking snapshots of instances before applying updates) and OS Level Vulnerability ManagementStrong experience with Cookie Security, Web Browser Security, Server side encryptions, Data Encryption at Rest and Key managementStrong experience with Image Management using Redhat ImageExperience with cloud infrastructure, specifically Amazon Web Services (AWS) like EC2, S3, RDS, ELB, SSM and EBS.Experience in installing, configuring, and maintaining services such as Bind, Apache, nginx, MYsql etcExperience with automation and configuration management tools such as Ansible, Cloudformation, Puppet, or ChefStrong scripting skills, specifically in Bash or PythonStrong understanding of networking concepts, including VPCs, subnets, and routingProficient with network tools such as iptables, Linux IPVS, HAProxy, etcExperience in capturing, interpreting, and analyzing network trafficSolid knowledge of protocols such as DNS, HTTP, LDAP, SMTP and SNMPTroubleshooting Apache issues like performance testing and tuning, failure to restart, and queuing of requestsExperience in performing multi-platform volume management using SVM, LVM, ZFS, NAS, and the VERITAS volume managerExperience with security best practices and implementing security controls in a AWS cloud environmentFamiliarity with wired and wireless networking hardware and architectures, Virtual LAN (VLAN) setup and configuration, VPN, Routing, IPV4, IPV6Experience in user account management for large organizationLinux certifications (RHCT, RHCE and LPIC) will be considered an advantageDue to client requirements, we are only eligible to work with permanent residents in the US. No Third Parties