Linux System Administrator

Job Description:

• The Linux System Administrator, under the supervision of the Engineering manager maintains all of OpenCraft's operational systems.

• The System Administrator is responsible for maintaining the integrity and security of servers and systems used for development and running OpenCraft's applications.

• The System Administrator will also conduct system analysis and development, with limited support and direction from professional staff, to keep our systems current with changing technologies.

• As new technologies emerge and impact our systems, the System Administrator is expected to learn these technologies very quickly and resolve any problems involved in integrating new technologies with our systems.

• The System Administrator is a key technical resource for other Staff members, providing advice, training and technical support for various projects.

• In addition, the System Administrator works closely with professional technical staff in the engineering and customer solutions teams in evaluating current systems and making decisions on future deployments.

Specific Responsibilities:

• Manages Linux servers and workstations ensuring smooth operation.

• Manages LDAP directory services.

• Manages networking infrastructure services.

• Plans and implements standard data backup infrastructures.

• Plans and implements system security policy, to include firewalls, host and client access, file permissions, and user accounts.

• Conducts growth analysis and capacity planning, and develops capital and operating budget proposals.

• Documents the design of the operating environment.

• Researches, evaluates, purchases, installs, configures, and troubleshoots all hardware, peripherals, and equipment necessary.

• Troubleshoots networks, systems, and applications to identify and correct malfunctions and other operational problems.

• Performs miscellaneous job-related duties as assigned.

Qualifications

• Minimum

  1. -5 years experience working with Linux systems.

• Knowledge of Perl and Shell scripting.

• Proficiency with Linux and Windows operating systems.

• Understanding of the administration of SQL database servers such as PostgreSQL and MySQL, and secure web servers such as Apache with mod_ssl.

• Experience with different Java frameworks;Tomcat, and Jboss experience is a plus.

• System-level security procedures, familiarity with cryptography tools (e.g. secure shell, OpenSSL, IPSec).

• Experience maintaining servers for standard Internet services such as DNS, NFS, DHCP, Samba, printing(e.g. CUPS), and LDAP services.

• Experience with troubleshooting hardware.

• Ability and motivation to learn new technologies quickly and with minimal support and guidance.

• Effective communication skills and the ability to interact professionally with a diverse group of clients and staff.

• Experience in Configuration Management and knowledge of a versioning system- (SVN, CVS) is desirable.

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering or related technical discipline (diploma holders need not apply