Linux Administrator

Responsibilities

• Acquire knowledge and detailed understanding on customer’s landscape and architecture
  Validate Scope of Work and Due Diligence of Data and identify gaps
  Validate RLS and identify skill gaps
  Gather required and detailed information and develop SMTD with complete understanding of customer’s architecture.
  Responsible for giving reverse knowledge transfer to BAU and getting sign-off from customer and internal stakeholders
  Effectively articulate risks and get sign-off on SMTD, Risk Register and other technical / operational documents. Propose risk mitigation plan and options.
  Responsible for implementing best practice, hardening, service assurance rollout
  Knowledge and ability to identify the technical and operational risks well in advance and make recommendations of solution options
  Changes management in customer devices for remote management of devices and onboarding of Monitoring tool
  Self-driven and self-motivated individuals who can lead from the front, take end-to-end ownership transition, and smooth Go Live of services from the perspective of People, Process and Technology.

Skills

Should have minimum of 5+ years of hands-on experience Linux (RHEL)
Good experience in Linux product engineering and maintain software / hardware life cycle management.
Experience in Linux (RHEL) infrastructure design including Data Centre.
Proficient in Linux (RHEL) design and Implementation.
Good Experience in LVM, User Management and troubleshooting.
Able to work with OEMs to maintain product life cycle, important patch, and firmware updates etc.
Experience on patch management for complete Linux (RHEL) infrastructure.
Good understanding of various tools that are used to perform patching of the Linux (RHEL) servers
Good understanding of various Clusters Solutions such as Veritas Cluster, PowerHA, REDHAT Cluster, High Performance Computing (HPC), GPFS, PCS cluster etc.

Process and tools :

• Expert in ITIL processes , Good exposure in various ticketing and monitoring tools; Vendor coordination; Capacity management tools; ITIL certification

Behavioral skills:

• Good Written & Verbal Communication Skills; Highly dynamic in terms of managing workloads and working under pressure; Experience in handling global customers ; Onshore experience