Senior Linux Unix Kubernetes Administrator

Primary Responsibilities

• Architecture and design of complex Linux/Unix and Kubernetes computing environments.
• Support both on-prem and Cloud/AWS arenas.
• AIX/RHEL administration, Kubernetes, virtualization, and storage technologies.
• Support Disaster Recovery processes.
• Collaborate closely with developers and other technology personnel.
• Create, configure, and manage Enterprise Linux based systems.
• Develop, migrate and manage services in the Amazon Web Services (AWS) cloud environment.
• Support services in physical data centers.
• Participate in on call rotation as required.

Required Technical Skills

• Proven ability to create, configure, and manage Enterprise Linux based systems.
• Strong understanding of TCP/IP networking services, setup, and troubleshooting.
• Demonstrated experience creating and managing shell scripts (bash, korn shell, python).
• Experience maintaining secure, hardened systems, certificate and key management, ACLs, PAM, IAM, vulnerability scanning & remediation.
• Solid understanding and implementation of Linux storage technologies (SAN, NAS, Object (S3), LVM, RAID, backup & recovery).
• Good understanding of virtualization and container technologies (KVM, VirtIO, Xen, QEMU, Podman, Docker, LXC).

Preferred Qualifications

• Strong Kubernetes implementation and management skills (Rancher container management platform).
• Ability to create, manage, and troubleshoot Manifest Files.
• Ability to develop, read, and update Helm Charts.
• Familiarity with CI/CD concepts and tooling.
• Experience using Git and GitLab.
• Ability to review and troubleshoot Java VM / Tomcat errors and configuration options.
• Understanding of PostgreSQL deployment and configuration.
• Knowledge of Gradle or Maven build processes.
• Experience deploying containerized applications in a public cloud provider (AWS EKS / ECS, Azure ACI / AKS).