RedHat Engineer/Linux Admin/ Linux Engineer/ Linux System Architecture

Location: Rockaway, NJ, us

Company Description

Established in 1991, Collabera has been a leader in IT staffing for over 22 years and is one of the largest diversity IT staffing firms in the industry. As a half a billion dollar IT company, with more than 9,000 professionals across 30+ offices, Collabera offers comprehensive, cost-effective IT staffing & IT Services. We provide services to Fortune 500 and mid-size companies to meet their talent needs with high quality IT resources through Staff Augmentation, Global Talent Management, Value Added Services through CLASS (Competency Leveraged Advanced Staffing & Solutions) Permanent Placement Services and Vendor Management Programs. 

Collabera recognizes true potential of human capital and provides people the right opportunities for growth and professional excellence. Collabera offers a full range of benefits to its employees including paid vacations, holidays, personal days, Medical, Dental and Vision insurance, 401K retirement savings plan, Life Insurance, Disability Insurance.

Job Description

Location : Rockaway, NJ 07866

Job Title : Enterprise Systems Engineer

Duration : 06+ Months (possible extension)

Job Details and requirements: 

Expert Linux/RedHat Engineer: 

****** PRIMARY focus is expert level Linux/RedHat. Must also have Cisc0 UCS and VMWare ESXi ******

• Must be strong in VMWare Linux configuration and implementation (including cluster builds and firmware upgrades).

• Must be an expert in Cisc0 UCS platform: 

• Design the best hardware solution for the cluster build 

• Work in conjunction with Operations to rack and stack all Cisc0 UCS hardware 

• Responsible for fabric design on the Cisc0 UCS environment 

• Configure Cisc0 UCS hardware and software, including Fabric Interconnects 

• Build and configure ESXi hosts and join them to clusters. 

• Supports operational activities such as level three system support, root cause analysis, systems validation, performance tuning and capacity management. Works with Operations staff to improve monitoring and alerting activities.

• Represents IT Engineering Services on global project teams through the implementation of new infrastructure systems, including, project planning and adherence to Company’s global project methodologies. Provides status reports and attends team meetings

• Applying best practices for performance tuning of servers 

• Upgrades system software and hardware components as required to meet customer needs.

• Maintaining system configuration documentation, including SOPs and IQ/OQ, software installation instructions, operating system installation and system configuration sheets.

• Comply with SOX and IT Compliance protocols. 

Qualifications

• 5-10 years recent experience Installing, configuring, patch and automate Redhat Linux server builds using kickstart/puppet automation.

• System migrations in the Redhat Linux and UNIX (AIX) environments. 

• Expert in installation, administration, maintenance, and troubleshooting of Redhat Linux and AIX Unix servers.

• 5+ years experience with server administration of VMware 5.1 or later (VMware 6 a plus).

• 5+ years of Cisc0 UCS implementation and configuration experience. 

• Experience with 100+ VMware ESX hosts or 500+ virtual servers a plus. 

Tech Specs: 

• Redhat Linux System Architecture and Administration 

• Redhat 5.10, 6.2 and 6.5 

• System build automation using Puppet 

• SME in VMware and Linux virtualization 

• SME in Cisc0 UCS and Linux virtualization 

• EMC Storage implementation 

• Script writing 

• Single-Sign-on implementation experience (Centrify) 

Preferred Job Qualifications (not required): 

• Experience with other flavors of Linux a plus 

• Experience with other flavors of Unix a plus (AIX)

Additional Information

To set up an Interview, please contact:

Himanshu Prajapat

973-606-3290

himanshu.prajapat(at)collabera.com