Empyrean Services
Enterprise Linux System Administrator
Empyrean Services, Houston, Texas, United States, 77246
Company Description
The Lead Enterprise Linux administrator will be responsible for designing, implementing, and monitoring the infrastructure; also, to collaborate with other team members to develop automation strategies and deployment processes. You will become an integral part of the team, making every problem of the platform a problem of your own, and solving them accordingly.
ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
Daily maintenance of our Linux environment, which includes additional server builds, upgrades, and patching. Performance tuning and ensuring high availability of infrastructure. Design and develop infrastructure monitoring and reporting tools. Develop and maintain configuration management solutions. Develop test automation frameworks in collaboration with rest of the team. Create tools to help teams make the most out of the available infrastructure. Perform other job-related duties as assigned. REQUIRED SKILLS AND ABILITIES
Experience with Linux server builds, maintenance, administration, and patching. Experience with Linux servers in virtualized and Cloud environments Experience with AWS and Linux web servers Experience installing, configuring, and maintaining services such as Bind, Apache, MySQL. Installation, configuration, and maintenance of m Let's Encrypt management. Creation and maintenance of Ansible scripts for automation. Experience with installation, configuration, and maintenance of the DNS service, on premise and AWS R53. Proficient with network tools such as iptables, Linux IPVS, HAProxy, etc. Administration and maintenance of HAProxy configurations. Maintenance and monitoring of FTP (SFTP) services. Installation, configuration, and maintenance of multiple Postfix Smarthost email servers. Maintenance, configuration, and monitoring of CRM (Customer Relationship Management) application. Maintenance of cloud-hosted status sites on Linode. Monitoring and maintenance of scheduled cron jobs. Familiarity with the fundamentals of Linux scripting languages Strong grasp on configuration management tools Familiarity with load balancing, firewalls Familiarity with infrastructure monitoring tools such as ELK, Zabbix, ELMA, Prometheus, Grafana. Ability to build and monitor services on production servers Knowledge of servers and switches Excellent written and verbal communication skills Strong attention to detail and problem solving skills Able to work independently or as a member of the team. Creative thinking and ability to 'think outside the box' Well organized, attentive to details, and able to meet demanding deadlines KNOWLEDGE, EXPERIENCE AND/OR EDUCATION
7+ years as a Linux Systems Administrator Experience with Apache, Litespeed, CentOS, Ubuntu, Cacti, DNS, hosted services, MySQL, R1soft, WordPress, cPanel, ELK, Zabbix, Ansible, HA Proxy Background in IT or on a Data Center teams System Monitoring and Automation Good knowledge of network design - Working with Firewalls, DNS, Load Balancers Strong sense for security - both internally and on the hosting systems Advanced Linux System Administration, Configuration, and System Security Advanced systems troubleshooting skills Prefer some programming experience (particularly Perl, PHP, HTML, MySQL) Prior experience in software as service architectures (SaaS) OTHER REQUIREMENTS
Strong preference to Houston area because of the Datacenter location. Participate in the on-call rotation. Empyrean is an Equal Opportunity Employer: including disability and veterans
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The Lead Enterprise Linux administrator will be responsible for designing, implementing, and monitoring the infrastructure; also, to collaborate with other team members to develop automation strategies and deployment processes. You will become an integral part of the team, making every problem of the platform a problem of your own, and solving them accordingly.
ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
Daily maintenance of our Linux environment, which includes additional server builds, upgrades, and patching. Performance tuning and ensuring high availability of infrastructure. Design and develop infrastructure monitoring and reporting tools. Develop and maintain configuration management solutions. Develop test automation frameworks in collaboration with rest of the team. Create tools to help teams make the most out of the available infrastructure. Perform other job-related duties as assigned. REQUIRED SKILLS AND ABILITIES
Experience with Linux server builds, maintenance, administration, and patching. Experience with Linux servers in virtualized and Cloud environments Experience with AWS and Linux web servers Experience installing, configuring, and maintaining services such as Bind, Apache, MySQL. Installation, configuration, and maintenance of m Let's Encrypt management. Creation and maintenance of Ansible scripts for automation. Experience with installation, configuration, and maintenance of the DNS service, on premise and AWS R53. Proficient with network tools such as iptables, Linux IPVS, HAProxy, etc. Administration and maintenance of HAProxy configurations. Maintenance and monitoring of FTP (SFTP) services. Installation, configuration, and maintenance of multiple Postfix Smarthost email servers. Maintenance, configuration, and monitoring of CRM (Customer Relationship Management) application. Maintenance of cloud-hosted status sites on Linode. Monitoring and maintenance of scheduled cron jobs. Familiarity with the fundamentals of Linux scripting languages Strong grasp on configuration management tools Familiarity with load balancing, firewalls Familiarity with infrastructure monitoring tools such as ELK, Zabbix, ELMA, Prometheus, Grafana. Ability to build and monitor services on production servers Knowledge of servers and switches Excellent written and verbal communication skills Strong attention to detail and problem solving skills Able to work independently or as a member of the team. Creative thinking and ability to 'think outside the box' Well organized, attentive to details, and able to meet demanding deadlines KNOWLEDGE, EXPERIENCE AND/OR EDUCATION
7+ years as a Linux Systems Administrator Experience with Apache, Litespeed, CentOS, Ubuntu, Cacti, DNS, hosted services, MySQL, R1soft, WordPress, cPanel, ELK, Zabbix, Ansible, HA Proxy Background in IT or on a Data Center teams System Monitoring and Automation Good knowledge of network design - Working with Firewalls, DNS, Load Balancers Strong sense for security - both internally and on the hosting systems Advanced Linux System Administration, Configuration, and System Security Advanced systems troubleshooting skills Prefer some programming experience (particularly Perl, PHP, HTML, MySQL) Prior experience in software as service architectures (SaaS) OTHER REQUIREMENTS
Strong preference to Houston area because of the Datacenter location. Participate in the on-call rotation. Empyrean is an Equal Opportunity Employer: including disability and veterans
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