LINUX System Administrator (Red Hat Enterprise Linux, AWS platform, Linux OS Patch, Bash or Python)

NCDHHS-730338

The Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) requires the assistance of Linux (RedHat) administrator(s) for the implementation and operational support of (NC FAST) Applications on AWS/Hybrid cloud. REQUIRED/DESIRED SKILLS Skills Required/
Desired Experience Strong experience with Linux administration experience with Red Hat Enterprise Linux: RHEL on AWS platform Required 3 Years Strong Experience with monitoring and troubleshooting Linux systems and applications Required 5 Years Hands-on experience in performance monitoring enablement to manage the Scaling up and down of the environments Required 3 Years Experience with Linux OS Patch (including taking snapshots of instances before applying updates) and OS Level Vulnerability Management Required 7 Years Strong experience with Cookie Security, Web Browser Security, Server side encryptions, Data Encryption at Rest and Key management Required 3 Years Strong experience with Image Management using Redhat Image Required 3 Years Experience with cloud infrastructure, specifically Amazon Web Services (AWS) like EC2, S3, RDS, ELB, SSM and EBS. Required 3 Years Experience in installing, configuring, and maintaining services such as Bind, Apache, nginx, MYsql etc Required 5 Years Experience with automation and configuration management tools such as Ansible, Cloudformation, Puppet, or Chef Required 5 Years Strong scripting skills, specifically in Bash or Python Required 7 Years Strong understanding of networking concepts, including VPCs, subnets, and routing Required 3 Years Proficient with network tools such as iptables, Linux IPVS, HAProxy, etc Required 3 Years Experience in capturing, interpreting, and analyzing network traffic Required 3 Years Solid knowledge of protocols such as DNS, HTTP, LDAP, SMTP and SNMP Required 2 Years Troubleshooting Apache issues like performance testing and tuning, failure to restart, and queuing of requests Required 3 Years Experience in performing multi-platform volume management using SVM, LVM, ZFS, NAS, and the VERITAS volume manager Required 5 Years Experience with security best practices and implementing security controls in a AWS cloud environment Required 3 Years Familiarity with wired and wireless networking hardware and architectures, Virtual LAN (VLAN) setup and configuration, VPN, Routing, IPV4, IPV6 Required 1 Year Experience in user account management for large organization Required 7 Years Linux certifications (RHCT, RHCE and LPIC) will be considered an advantage Required