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Linux Engineer State of Iowa only locals Des Moines, IA at Des Moines, Iowa, USA
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Job Title: Linux Engineer (Hybrid) 

Location: Des Moines, IA 

Note: Locals highly preferred 

Client: State of Iowa 

Job Description: 

System Administrator:  

The Systems Administrator is responsible for effective installation/configuration, operation, and maintenance of systems hardware and software and related infrastructure. 

The position requires someone that is detail oriented with a strong desire to provide exceptional service. The system administrator will be responsible for improving the stability and performance of various operating systems, maintaining and improving the security posture of the systems, continuous monitoring of system health, and troubleshooting issues that arise. 

The Systems Administrator is accountable as the primary resource for the Linux environment and will serve as a backup to the Windows System administrators as well as the applications that support the enterprise infrastructure and business critical services. Responsibilities on these systems include the administration, maintenance, troubleshooting, and performance of VMware systems, hosting hardware, Linux servers and Microsoft Windows servers. 

This is a 3-month contract with a high likelihood of extending.  Please limit submittals to candidates who are local, and who can work for any employer in the USA, making them eligible to be hired directly by the state if selected.  

Responsibilities include: 

 Engineering of Linux systems administration-related solutions for various project and operational needs. 

 Fluent in various flavors of Linux: CentOS, RHEL and Oracle Enterprise Linux 

 Install and configure Linux servers and application residing on Linux servers 

 Develops and maintains appropriate system documentation to ensure that documentation is current. 

Contribute to and maintain system standards. 

 Provide Tier III/other support per request from various constituencies. Investigate and troubleshoot issues. 

 Virtual Center administration and troubleshooting 

Strong knowledge of Windows Server administration 

Excellent oral and written communication skills; including documentation 

Apply OS patches and upgrades on a regular basis, and upgrade administrative tools and utilities. Configure/add new services as necessary. 

Upgrade and configure system software that supports infrastructure applications or Asset Management applications per project or operational needs. 

Perform ongoing performance tuning, hardware upgrades, and resource optimization as required. Configure CPU, memory, and disk partitions as required. 

Provides backup to Sr. Windows Engineer and Storage and Virtualization Engineer as needed 

Required/Desired Skills 

Skill 

Required /Desired 

Amount 

of Experience 

System administration experience in Linux environments and proficient in tasks such as analyzing log files, managing user accounts and groups 

Required 



Years 

Windows Systems Administration and Active Directory 

Required 



Years 

Strong knowledge of MS Windows 2008, 2012, 2016 servers 

Required 



Years 

Experience troubleshooting system level problems including server failure and OS tuning 

Required 



Years 

The ability to create and manage BASH scripting 

Required 



Years 

The ability to schedule and manage Cron Jobs 

Required 



Years 

Experience configuring and managing Apache Web servers including SSL Certificate configuration, reverse proxy and load balancing configuration 

Required 



Years 

Ability to effectively communicate (verbal & written correspondence) in a professional and courteous manner with technical and non-technical personnel 

Required 



Years 

Will be required to be accessible 24x7 in case of emergency 

Required 



Years 

Hands on VMware experience, including vSphere and administration of VMware clusters 

Desired 



Years 

Experience with Samba, CIFS and NFS mounts 

Desired 



Years 

Experience with Nagios monitoring software 

Desired 



Years 

associates degree or tech school 

Desired 



Years 

The ability to setup and configure system services 

Desired 



Years 

Experience with VMware Horizon View Virtual Desktop 

Desired 



Years 

Experience configuring and managing other application server and middleware technologies such as JBoss, AS/Wildly, IBM MQSeries 

Desired 



Years 

Configuring and managing Apache Tomcat is a plus 

Desired 



Years 

SOLR experience is a plus 

Desired 



Years 

Alfresco experience is a plus 

Desired 



Years 

Experience with DBMS software including, but not limited to, Oracle, MySQL, MS SQL Server and MongoDB 

Desired 



Years 

Strong knowledge of Active Directory and Terminal Services 

Desired 



Years 

Strong knowledge of DNS, DHCP, LDAP, SMTP and TCP/IP networking 

Desired 



Years 

Knowledge of SAN storage, VMFS, iSCSI, NFS, etc. 

Desired 



Years 

Sravani

Talent Acquisition Specialist

GSK Solutions Inc

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