Path Solutions is looking for a Linux administrator who will be responsible for designing, implementing, and monitoring the infrastructure; also, to collaborate with other team members to develop automation strategies and deployment processes for our office in Karachi ,Pakistan.
Duties and responsibilities
· Proactively maintain and develop all Linux infrastructure technology to maintain a 24x7x365 uptime service.
· Engineering of systems administration-related solutions for various project and operational needs.
· Help tune performance and ensure high availability of infrastructure.
· Design and develop infrastructure monitoring and reporting tools.
· Develop and maintain configuration management solutions.
· Maintain best practices on managing systems and services across all environments.
· Fault finding, analysis and of logging information for reporting of performance exceptions.
· Proactively monitoring system performance and capacity planning.
· Manage, coordinate, and implement software upgrades, patches, hot fixes on servers, workstations, and network hardware.
· Create and modify scripts or applications to perform tasks.
· Provide input on ways to improve the stability, security, efficiency, and scalability of the environment.
· Collaborate with other teams and team members to develop automation strategies and deployment processes.
Qualifications and Experience Requirements :
· Working experience as a Linux Administrator for 8-12 years preferably in an IT company.
· Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems or similar relevant degree .
· Experience with Linux servers in virtualized environments.
· Good knowledge in the fundamentals of Linux scripting languages.
· Experience in installing, configuring, and maintaining services such as Bind, Apache, MySQL, nginx, etc.
· Familiarity with load balancing, firewalls, etc.
· Ability to build and monitor services on production servers
· Knowledge of servers and switches .
· IN depth knowledge of Linux: RedHat, CentOS, Debian, etc.
· Hands on experience with MySQL
· Familiarity with VMWare and SAN management and concepts
· Expert in Shell, Perl, and/or Python scripting
· Solid knowledge of protocols such as DNS, HTTP, LDAP, SMTP and SNMP
· Additional Linux certifications (RHCT, RHCE and LPIC) will be considered an advantage
· Strong problem solving and communication skills
Path Solutions Karachi.