Unix System Administrator
About the role
The Unix Operations team is responsible for implementing and managing the Linux infrastructure. The group is involved in evaluation, certification, integration, and maintenance of various products, including hardware, Operating Systems, such as Red Hat Linux and Solaris, system services (DNS, DHCP, NTP, syslog, etc.), file systems (NFS, AFS, Hadoop and various cluster file systems), High Availability, Virtualization technologies and a variety of in- house developed tools. We interact with a high number of customers from numerous business units to generate improvements that ensure the smooth operation of the plant without being hard to manage. We also liaise with engineering groups to set direction for the many disciplines that are part of our day-to-day service portfolio (storage, core infrastructure services and special projects) and create different solutions for the low-level components that makes our infrastructure tick.
Location: Montreal (Day 1 onboarding onsite/in office presence 3x/week)
Required Skills
2 - 5 years of experience in a similar role. Must have strong knowledge and experience with Linux, preferably Redhat, and/or any other Linux distributions. Strong knowledge and experience of various services i.e. DNS, DHCP, NTP, Kerberos, SSHD, PXE, SFTP, HTTPD, Docker etc. Knowledge of various enterprise server hardware models [blades, rackmount, standalone] networking, routers and switches. Must be able to read, understand and write intermediate to complex scripts using KSH, Bash, Perl, Python etc. Good understanding and workings of configuration management tools, Redhat Satellite servers, Quattor, Puppet, Chef etc.
Good knowledge and understanding of Clustering, Virtualization, NAS, NFS and SAN
Excellent communication and written skills. Being able to explain technical problems to a non-technical audience. Available for on-call (1 week out of every 4-6 weeks), rotated weekly within the team, and become a point person for any production issues. Ability to work in a global distributed team.
Nice to have
Experience with trouble shooting incidents involving compute resources, network problems, remote storage related problems [SAN, NAS] etc. Experience with analyzing and diagnosing kernel carsh/core dumps, network packet captures and identifying the root cause of problem Sound knowledge of networking, TCP/IP, Layer 2/3 network design, firewall, switches and routers etc. Experience working in a DevOps environment. Knowledge and experience with various server hardware models and vendors i.e. IBM, Dell, HP etc. Ability to identify performance bottlenecks and tune the system parameters to provide more throughput. Good understanding and knowledge of Load Balancing, High Availability and BC.
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About Randstad Enterprise
Randstad Enterprise is the leading global talent solutions provider, enabling companies to create sustainable business value and agility by keeping people at the heart of their organizations. As part of Randstad N.V. — a global talent leader with revenue of € 25.4 billion — we combine unmatched talent data and market insights with smart technologies and deep people expertise. Our integrated talent solutions – talent acquisition (RPO, MSP, services procurement/SOW and talent BPO) delivered through Randstad Sourceright, and talent development and transition (talent mobility, career coaching and outplacement) delivered through Randstad RiseSmart – help companies build a skilled and agile workforce that moves their business forward.
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Unix System Administrator
About the role
The Unix Operations team is responsible for implementing and managing the Linux infrastructure. The group is involved in evaluation, certification, integration, and maintenance of various products, including hardware, Operating Systems, such as Red Hat Linux and Solaris, system services (DNS, DHCP, NTP, syslog, etc.), file systems (NFS, AFS, Hadoop and various cluster file systems), High Availability, Virtualization technologies and a variety of in- house developed tools. We interact with a high number of customers from numerous business units to generate improvements that ensure the smooth operation of the plant without being hard to manage. We also liaise with engineering groups to set direction for the many disciplines that are part of our day-to-day service portfolio (storage, core infrastructure services and special projects) and create different solutions for the low-level components that makes our infrastructure tick.
Location: Montreal (Day 1 onboarding onsite/in office presence 3x/week)
Required Skills
2 - 5 years of experience in a similar role. Must have strong knowledge and experience with Linux, preferably Redhat, and/or any other Linux distributions. Strong knowledge and experience of various services i.e. DNS, DHCP, NTP, Kerberos, SSHD, PXE, SFTP, HTTPD, Docker etc. Knowledge of various enterprise server hardware models [blades, rackmount, standalone] networking, routers and switches. Must be able to read, understand and write intermediate to complex scripts using KSH, Bash, Perl, Python etc. Good understanding and workings of configuration management tools, Redhat Satellite servers, Quattor, Puppet, Chef etc.
Good knowledge and understanding of Clustering, Virtualization, NAS, NFS and SAN
Excellent communication and written skills. Being able to explain technical problems to a non-technical audience. Available for on-call (1 week out of every 4-6 weeks), rotated weekly within the team, and become a point person for any production issues. Ability to work in a global distributed team.
Nice to have
Experience with trouble shooting incidents involving compute resources, network problems, remote storage related problems [SAN, NAS] etc. Experience with analyzing and diagnosing kernel carsh/core dumps, network packet captures and identifying the root cause of problem Sound knowledge of networking, TCP/IP, Layer 2/3 network design, firewall, switches and routers etc. Experience working in a DevOps environment. Knowledge and experience with various server hardware models and vendors i.e. IBM, Dell, HP etc. Ability to identify performance bottlenecks and tune the system parameters to provide more throughput. Good understanding and knowledge of Load Balancing, High Availability and BC.
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About Randstad Enterprise
Randstad Enterprise is the leading global talent solutions provider, enabling companies to create sustainable business value and agility by keeping people at the heart of their organizations. As part of Randstad N.V. — a global talent leader with revenue of € 25.4 billion — we combine unmatched talent data and market insights with smart technologies and deep people expertise. Our integrated talent solutions – talent acquisition (RPO, MSP, services procurement/SOW and talent BPO) delivered through Randstad Sourceright, and talent development and transition (talent mobility, career coaching and outplacement) delivered through Randstad RiseSmart – help companies build a skilled and agile workforce that moves their business forward.