Senior Linux Systems Administrator

Position: Senior Linux Systems Administrator Location: Reston, VA ( face to face is required) Duration : 12 Months Job Description: • Deploys the release of new technologies as well as designs, installs, configures, maintains and performs system integration testing of PC/server operating systems, related utilities and hardware. • Responsible for troubleshooting server problems as reported by users. • Researches, evaluates and recommends software and hardware products. • Supports Web access and electronic messaging services and maintains a secure systems environment. • Provides new hardware specifications to users based on application needs and anticipated growth, installs new servers and maintains the server infrastructure. • Requires a high level of expertise in multiple system environments. Job Requirements: • At least 7 years of Linux systems administration, performance tuning, and troubleshooting experience in a large-scale (100+ servers), customer-facing, high availability environment. • At least 4 years Administration, maintenance, support, tuning and scaling of Application Servers (Tomcat, Weblogic JBoss, etc.) • At least 2 years supporting large scale applications in addition to providing system support, • At least 3 years supporting large application software clusters (Riak, RabbitMQ, Redis, etc.) and with a clear understanding of their issues and bottlenecks. • Tools development in Perl, PHP, Python, Ruby, or similar languages. • Creation of shell scripts to automate tasks and perform basic data analysis • Experienced in managing a highly available customer facing applications be able to define and design applications based on LB and GSLB • Experience managing servers remotely in a distributed environment. • Experience in automation and configuration management. • Design and implementation of monitoring and notification approaches which maximize system stability, function and performance. • Demonstrated ability to stay organized while multi-tasking between several projects, and to adapt to change. • Clear and effective verbal and written communication skills. • Team player with professional work ethic and positive attitude. • Demonstrated ability to produce results with a minimum of day-to-day direction and be able to deliver on the contracted deliverables • Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or other related field. Or equivalent work experience. Thanks & Regards Nagesh Saxon Global Inc. 1320 Greenway Drive, Suite 660 Irving, TX-75038 Phone: 972 363 1009 X - 102 Bachelors Interview process: phone screen, followed by Face to Face.