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#Linux System Administrator

##Job Description This position is responsible for installation, configuration, maintenance and monitoring of all Linux systems.The systems administrator will support daily operations and help develop strategies to improve availability and utilization of Linux environments.

##Essential Functions

  • Personally identify and carry out administration tasks on the servers when required.
  • Manage your own priorities and work flow
  • Identify new requirements and implement them
  • Provide input to the policies and procedures related to equipment purchase, use, support, monitoring, security, and backup.
  • Maintain and extend system monitoring systems.
  • Support the development team when required.
  • Provide DR contingency and data recovery across all platforms.
  • Monitor system availability and provide out of hours support for all web systems when necessary.

##Requirements

  • 2 years administration experience in a Linux environment supporting business critical systems.
  • Good interpersonal communication skills and written communication skills.

##Technologies

###Required Experience with the following: Apache2, Ubuntu/Debian, BASH, postfix/exim/sendmail, Mysql, TCP/IP, DNS, Bind and Nagios. ###Desirable Not essential but would be seen as advantageous: Rails, Passenger, Solr, Capistrano, Chef, Puppet, Munin, Git/Subversion, Rackspace cloud/Amazon EC2 and Ruby

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