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Linux Engineer

IO Tech Solutions Limited · China · back to the listing

HR standards

58/100

needs work

Title ↔ description

82/100

solid

Reads as

Systems Administrator

100% confident

What this role officially is

ICT system administrator — ESCO, the EU occupation classification

ICT system administrators are responsible for the upkeep, configuration, and reliable operation of computer and network systems, servers, workstations and peripheral devices. They may acquire, install, or upgrade computer components and software; automate routine tasks; write computer programs; troubleshoot; train and supervise staff; and provide technical support. They ensure optimum system integrity, security, backup and performance.

Also known as: enterprise administrator, IT system administrator, ICT systems administrator, ICT sysadmins, IT systems administrator, ICT sysadmin

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What the listing never says

  • 24 bullet points. Long requirement lists deter qualified candidates, who read them as hard gates. Scope clarity
  • No pay range published. Candidates cannot tell whether applying is worth their time. Pay transparency

The listing, marked up

Nothing in the wording of this listing tripped a check. The scores above still judge how complete and coherent it is.

Key Areas of Responsibilities

• Proactively maintain and develop all Linux infrastructure technology to maintain a 24x7 service

• Maintain best practices on managing systems and services across all environments

• Provide L1,L2,L3 level server support similar to current team

• Manage, coordinate, and implement software upgrades, patches, hot fixes on servers

• 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

• Provide weekend support on scheduled weekend changes

• Provide on-call support during off hours if needed

• Participate in Disaster Recovery and BCP drills

• Manage Physical server infrastructure using remote access

• Manage and maintain virtual machines in internal ESX farm as well as in AWS

• Build new physical and virtual servers as per standards

• Fault finding, analysis and of logging information for reporting of performance exceptions

• Proactively monitoring system performance and capacity planning

• Knowledge on servers installed with cluster software and databases

Requirements

• Degree in IT/Computer Science or related discipline(s)

• Around 8-10 years working experience as a Linux Administrator
Less experienced (5-8yrs) candidates could considered as Sr. Infra Analyst

• Previous working experience with VMWare Tanzu/Kubernetes etc. deployed in internal infra.

• In-depth knowledge of Linux: RedHat both physical and virtual environment

• Hands on experience with physical/VM server deployments and commissioning

• Experience / knowledge on various HPE or other server hardware and architecture

• Strong problem solving and communication skills

• MS Windows OS knowledge will be added advantage

Originally posted on Himalayas