Linux System Administrator
Macro Solutions
Atlanta, GA | Posted: 4 years ago
Macro Pros has an immediate opening for a full-time Systems Administrator. The role is located in Sandy Springs. The Systems Administrator is accountable for systems availability, functionality, security, and monitoring and performance optimization. A demonstrated ability to work in a high availability environment is required. You will be working in a technology-driven payment processing company where security and reliability are paramount.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities: include the following and other duties may be assigned:
Provide administration support to the internal server enterprise
Maintain and deploy systems within our virtual and cloud enterprise
Work on projects pertaining to deployment of server environments as a
technical representative
Create automation/script processes to further streamline team workflows
Maintain and conduct daily work using a ticket queue
Provide limited after-hours support to servers (on-call)
Work closely with software and hardware vendors
Create documentation to support systems implementations
Expand and maintain our automation infrastructure
Maintain and upgrade our existing Linux and Windows Infrastructure
Design, implement, and manage complex systems and configurations in a
multi-site environment
Provide assistance in troubleshooting production issues
Create and maintain high-quality documentation of all relevant
specifications, systems, and procedures
Work as a partner with development to optimize product performance and
manageability
Provide assistance in maintaining Corporate IT infrastructure
Protects organization's value by keeping marketing and product information
confidential.
Qualifications:
Ability to troubleshoot issues in complex production environments.
Ability to plan, document, and execute tasks effectively given minimum
supervision within a structured, highly available environment.
Knowledge of TCP/IP network protocols and common system protocols such
as SNMP, SMTP, DNS, FTP(S), SSH, HTTP.
Experience with Cloud infrastructure administration a strong plus (AWS)
Expert knowledge of Server Virtualization (VMWare 6.x)
Apache httpd and Tomcat, NGINX
Some familiarity with PHP, Perl and Node.js
Maintain distributed and replicating MySQL and Mongo databases
Experience with load balancers and GSLB implementations.
Experience with Web App firewalls (Imperva, F5 WAF)
Maintain SAN
Experience with Logging technologies (Splunk, Graylog)
Understanding of Encryption techniques (SSS/TLS, 3DES, AES, RSA, etc)
Strong familiarity a understanding of security standards and best practices
such as PCI DSS and OWASP
Advanced computer skills with word, excel and outlook
Ability to multi-task
Education/Experience:
BS or equivalent experience in Computer Science, MIS, Engineering or other sciences
3+ years of experience in an engineering operations role within a production ops team
3+ years of hands on experience with Linux, especially CentOS
Scripting skills desired, PHP is preferred
Knowledge of operating system and network concepts including NFS, HTTP, TCP
If you, or any of our professional friends or colleagues, are interested in this position, please apply immediately!