L Linux Admin

Xurpas Enterprise, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Xurpas Inc., provides custom IT solutions that help organizations with their digital transformation. These solutions result in improved business processes, employee productivity, and customer experiences. Our company offers a unique set of tools from Digital Products, Talent Solutions, and Software Development to address the ever-changing business and market requirements of our customers. The Role You Will Be Responsible For

• Maintain under operational conditions the current Linux platforms and the new platforms in respect of the Support processes.
• Build, deploy, and administer/manage the current and future platforms on-premise or in Cloud
• Operational support on troubleshooting, incidents, and problem management, and reporting and communication
• Assist new implementations of all system infrastructure components such as physical and virtual servers, on-premise and in the Cloud, middleware components (backup, scheduling, monitoring, etc.), and security
• Proactive in ensuring stability, response time, operational consistency, and lifecycle over the Linux operating systems.
• Optimize the infrastructure in terms of performance and automation
• Ensure appropriate documentation, including procedures for Level 2 and Level 3 support
• Contribute to search and qualification for new solutions
• Provide monthly reports on activity, quality, and performance

Ideal Profile

• Minimum 5 years of Senior Enterprise Linux experience
• Minimum RHCE certified
• Experience working with high-density HPE Enterprise Hardware – (E.g HPE MoonShot and Proliant Servers)
• Extensive experience working with Linux automation on a large scale in IaC format. (E.g., Ansible, Azure/AWS APIs, Terraform)
• Experience in managing Microsoft Azure-based cloud platform.
• Extensive experience with Linux deployment on a large scale
• Extensive knowledge in at least one of the major UNIX/Linux scripting languages (Shell/Perl/Python).
• Experience creating Linux binary packages from source (RPM/DPKG)
• Enterprise Linux administration skills, preferably based on RedHat Enterprise Linux, CentOS, and Debian/Ubuntu LTS.
• Experience with Linux virtualization, especially QEMU (Linux KVM)
• Extensive experience in automation of Linux system monitoring (E.g. Zabbix/Nagios/Prometheus/Icinga/Cacti)
• Extensive experience with automated Linux OS and application installation. (e.g. Kickstart)
• Working knowledge of FreeBSD
• Working knowledge with Enterprise SIEM (E.g., Splunk).
• Working knowledge of embedded Linux.
• Working knowledge of Microsoft Active Directory.
• Working knowledge of Azure AD and SAML-based Single Sign-On solutions.
• Working knowledge with VMWare.
• Working knowledge of Microsoft Windows Server and desktop operating systems.
• Working knowledge of IT security concepts.
• Detailed understanding of TCP/IP networking concepts
• High-level understanding of Web Services / SOA architecture, SaaS, and PaaS in Microsoft Azure.
• Experience of Thin/Zero Client architecture
• Experience with Microsoft Azure cloud architecture
• Experience with Linux Kernel internals
• Other UNIX/UNIX-like OS experience
• Experience in supporting UNIX/Linux systems running SAP
• Knowledge of working within the ITIL framework.

What's on Offer

• Work alongside & learn from best in class talent
• Great work environment
• Excellent career development opportunities