Senior Linux Systems Administrator

Job Overview:

• Job Title: Senior Linux Systems Administrator
• Hiring Company: XM
• Company Website: https://www.xm.com/
• Remote Locations: Europe
• Job Type: Remote, Full-Time

As our new Senior Linux Systems Administrator, you will be a key member of our team, which is responsible for building and supporting various Linux systems/services within our Global IT Infrastructure including HQs / DataCenters and Cloud assets. You will work directly with the various system/service owners, lead automation, troubleshoot, fix, and escalate issues to the appropriate teams and drive the team to improve operational efficiency for all maintained systems.

Job Responsibilities:

• Effectively install, configure, operate, and maintain Linux Systems (RHEL/CentOS / Fedora) software and related infrastructure
• Patch updates on OS and Applications, maintain package sources and compliance reports and patch scheduled deployments
• Maintain and improve the security posture and hardening of the Linux environments, vulnerability remediation deployments
• Automate managing users, groups, password policies and other user configurations within the NetSec department requirements
• Automate identification, categorization, sensitivity and ownership of Linux OS and Software Assets
• Perform continuous health monitoring, improve the stability/performance of the Linux Systems and troubleshoot issues that may arise
• Evaluate new technologies, review/ improve current ones
• Perform backup/restore/rollback and disaster recovery operations in Linux Infrastructure environments
• Communicate with other teams for mitigation of any issues with managed environments
• Create, update and organize technical documentation and knowledge base for the team and other departments

Job Requirements:

•  3+ years of Linux Systems administration; deep knowledge and experience with RedHat based Operating Systems
• Working experience with shell command line usage, scripting, using automation tools, experience with Ansible are considered as an advantage
• Hands-on experience in administering, provisioning, configuring, tuning and monitoring of application web servers (Apache / Nginx), databases (SQL and NoSQL), logging (ELK) and HA systems (AWS ELB / HAProxy)
• Experience with the best practices of virtualised and/or containerised environments (VMware / VirtualBox / Docker)
• Experience with Content Delivery Networks (AWS CloudFront / Akamai Ion)
• Experience with technologies and methodologies of CI/CD processes (GitLab / Jenkins)
• Self-driven, with ability to take ownership of issues and follow them through to complete resolution
• Ability to use own initiative, prioritise tasks and work either independently and / or within a team
• Strong technical documentation abilities
• Excellent verbal and written English communication skills

The following will be considered an advantage:

• RHEL / LPI Certification
• AWS Certification
• Terraform experience

Employee Benefits:

• Attractive remuneration package
• Intellectually stimulating work environment
• Continuous personal development and international training opportunities
• Attractive relocation package and support for a smooth relocation for you and your family

How To Apply:

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