Manager Linux Server Administration Full Time

*WILL SPONSOR H1B*

*Hybrid, 3 days onsite, 2 days remote*

A prestigious financial firm is on the search for a Manager, Server Administration (Linux). This manager will lead a team of Linux engineers to support a large, complex Linux environment and will help the transition to infrastructure into the cloud. They will help drive infrastructure as a code and automation concepts. They will need heavy experience with Linux, AWS, RedHat, Ansible, Python, Jenkins, Terraform, CICD, etc.

Responsibilities

• Manage day to day operations of highly virtualized Linux compute infrastructure
• Provide status reporting (availability, performance capacity utilization)
• Create and maintain process & policy documentation
• Drive automation of Linux systems
• Develop Linux server team to align with the company future technology roadmap.
• Forecast System demands and recommend upgrades, expansions and reconfiguration
• Resource planning
• Provide input into strategic compute infrastructure plans and help drive alignment with application teams, security and business
• Collaborate with application support teams to drive improvements in communication, architecture, and performance
• Act as a liaison for customer relations and represent server teams
• Manage enterprise server environment related projects
• Lead audit and security responsibilities that include routine reviews and reporting of technology policies and security compliance
• Work with auditors to remediate and closeout all remediation, regulatory, and audit findings
• Draft proposals to tackle technology challenges and work with vendors to provide best solution at optimal cost
• Responsible for change management process for server infrastructure

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree (or equivalent) in Computer Science or a related discipline
• Minimum 7 years of experience in Compute (Linux) administration
• Minimum 3 years of experience in Cloud technologies and CI/CD technologies
• Minimum 3 years of experience in managing people and leading projects.
• Experience in a regulated/financial industry a plus
• Experience with disaster recovery testing and creating technical/process documentation
• Strong background in Compute (Linux) administration
• Working knowledge of Virtualization and Storage infrastructure
• Working knowledge and experience in Cloud Infrastructure
• Linux Systems (Redhat and Amazon linux)
• EMC storage
• VMWare virtualization
• Cloud technologies (AWS)
• CI/CD (Terraform, Jenkins, Artifactory, Github)
• Automation (Ansible, Python)

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