Linux Administrator (100% Remote)

Our customer offers automobile, homeowners, and other personal lines of insurance to members across 23 states and the District of Columbia. For decades, they’ve brought peace of mind to members by looking to protect their belongings, find solutions to problems, settle claims, and get their lives back on track. With more than 100 years of history, our Customer is one of the most trusted brands in America.

We are looking for a contract Linux Administrator to help support our Customer's business needs. This role is 100% remote or on-site in Phoenix, AZ.

The Linux Administrator needs to have a deep and broad knowledge of computer software, hardware, and networks, and will be responsible for designing, organizing, modifying, and supporting the systems.

Responsibilities:

• Linux systems implementation
• Full IT system lifecycle administration from installation to decommissioning of systems in both physical data center and cloud
• Perform end-to-end management of on-premise and cloud-based Linux systems
• Responsible for ensuring the uptime of critical business systems and infrastructure through monitoring and timely remediation of critical infrastructure issues
• Measurement, optimization, and tuning of system performance, and ensuring that systems will run reliably and are highly available in a 24/7 production environment
• Proactively monitor the health and utilization of systems
• Install, harden, and patch Linux operating systems
• Plan, coordinate, and execute the installation of new releases and upgrades of hardware/software
• Develop automation with Ansible, bash, Python, or related technologies
• Serve on a rotating 24/7 on-call support team
• Embrace Infrastructure-as-Code
• Support incident management resolution and root cause analysis
• Assist in defining and designing system specifications and procedures
• Ensures adherence to all regulatory compliance processes and requirements
• Support security audits, accreditation, and certification processes
• Partner with GRC teams to lead deployment of secure and compliant systems and services on-prem and in the cloud
• Partner with application teams to understand the performance and capacity requirements of solutions and services
• Create procedure documentation and develop SOPs, and run books
• Update existing documentation and identify and draft new documentation where appropriate
• Stay up to date on best practices involving Linux-based systems and recommend changes to keep systems and infrastructure secure and robust

Skills and Qualifications:

• Information Systems, Computer Science, or Computer Engineering degree or equivalent experience
• Intimate and extensive knowledge of Linux Administration and Engineering
• 4+ years of hands-on IT systems or relevant experience in a commercial production environment
• 4+ years of experience in Linux Administration
• 4+ years of experience in troubleshooting skills in a multi-user, high-availability environment.
• Working knowledge of Red Hat Satellite
• Experience with Veritas Infoscale preferred.
• Experience with compliance and patch management tools like Tanium & Qualys
• Familiar with DevOps toolchain, i.e., BitBucket, JIRA, Jenkins Pipeline
• Strong collaboration and problem-solving skills, with the ability to work alternative coverage schedules.
• Strong initiative and passionate about learning new technologies.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• AWS configuration, deployment, and support experience
• Exposure to distributed systems, networking concepts & protocols
• Experience with monitoring tools
• Fundamental Understanding of Networking & Security

We offer a competitive salary range for this position. Most candidates who join our team are hired at the median of this range, ensuring fair and equitable compensation based on experience and qualifications.

Contractor benefits are available through our 3rd Party Employer of Record (Available upon completion of waiting period for eligible engagements) Benefits include: Medical, Dental, Vision, 401k.

An Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, or protected veteran status and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability.