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Pinnacle Group

Linux System Administrator

Pinnacle Group, Alpharetta, Georgia, United States, 30239


Linux System AdministratorWork Locations - Alpharetta GA 30004Positions Requested - 5Hours per Day - 8Hours per Week - 40Total Hours - 1-year contract initiallyUS Citizen or Permanent Resident

Project - Cloud Platform Growth

Local candidates onlyOnsite in Alpharetta, GA 3 days/week in the office

Experience Level:

3-5 Years

Job Summary/ Description

: Network Cloud Operations is responsible for 24x7 operations, administration and maintenance of server infrastructure in NC (Network Cloud) Linux based environment. This job performs deployment of software updates on this cloud platform comprised of Linux OS, BIOS/ firmware, Openstack, Kubernetes, Calico, Ceph, Maria DB and other software components.

Roles and Responsibilities

Performs work focusing on software, maintenance, and operations of systems used by clients to conduct business.Performs feasibility assessments, creates requirements, manages projects, and integrates and tests technical solutions for software.

Primary / Mandatory skills

This position requires a broad-spectrum skill set across Linux, KVM, OpenStack, Kubernetes, Containers, Cloud Infrastructure platforms and monitoring of the server Infrastructure. The candidate should have minimum of 3-5 years of working experience on Production Environment.Should have excellent trouble-shooting and analytical skills in Systems Administration of Linux, Cloud, OpenStack and Kubernetes environment.Should be well versed and worked on operations and maintenance of Openstack modules like Keystone, Nova, Neutron, Swift, Cinder, Heat, Glance, Horizon, and Fuel.Should be well versed with concepts like High Availability, DRS, Fault Tolerance, Scalability, Reliability, shared resources etc.Creating, reviewing, approving, and implementing changes in NC server environment.Restoration of applications/services in NC infrastructure from hardware/ OpenStack/ OS perspective in outage / service degradation scenarios.Python & shell scripting.Deployment of NC Server infrastructure (Linux, OpenStack & Kubernetes).Knowledge and Understanding of CI/CD Pipeline in Jenkins, GitHubCoordination with OS vendors, development teams, production support teams for root cause analysis, configuration changes etc.Coordination with hardware vendors for faulty Hardware replacement.Should have very high level of customer focus, to provide effortless customer experience. Should display a positive attitude working with various peers/ customers / clients/ vendors etc.The candidate should be ready to work in 24*7 rotational shift operations.Should have strong analytical/logical/problem solving skills.Should have to work across diverse teams across regions/cultures.Certification in Systems Administration of Linux, Open Stack and Kubernetes is preferable.The candidate should have high level of coordination and communication skills (verbal and written).

Technical Skills

Linux System Administration 3-5 yearsDell and HP x86 based Hardware Break/fix 3-5 yearsKubernetes 1-3 yearsCI/CD Jenkins Pipeline Executing and Merging (Cert Rotations, OS and Code Upgrades, Firmware upgrades) 1-3 yearsGitHub Repository Management 5 yearsNagios 1-3 yearsPrometheus 1-3 yearsGrafana 1-3 yearsKibana 1-3 yearsAPI 1-3 yearsCeph 1-3 yearsOpenstack 1-3 yearsAnsible 1-3 yearsTCP/IP Networking 1-3 yearsCalico 1-3 yearsSSL/TLS Certificates 1-3 years

Top 5 Skills

Linux System Administration 5 yearsKubernetes 1-3 yearsJenkins Pipeline Executing and Merging (Cert Rotations, OS and Code Upgrades, Firmware upgrades) 1-3 yearsGitHub Repository Management 1-3 yearsDell Server Hardware Break/fix 5 years

Education

: Engineering/ Graduation/ Equivalent in Computer Science, Electronics and Communications.

Pay Range: $50 - $65/HR W2The specific compensation for this position will be determined by a number of factors, including the scope, complexity and location of the role as well as the cost of labor in the market; the skills, education, training, credentials and experience of the candidate; and other conditions of employment. Our full-time consultants have access to benefits including medical, dental, vision as well as 401K contributions as well as any other PTO, sick leave, and other benefits mandated by applicable state or localities where you reside or work.