SeniorLinux Systems Administrator – Cyprus, Greece or Remote
Reference Number: LSA1022
The Role:
As our new Senior Linux Systems Administrator, you will be a key member of our team, which is responsible for building and supporting various Linux systems/services within our Global IT Infrastructure including HQs / DataCenters and Cloud assets. You will work directly with the various system/service owners, lead automation, troubleshoot, fix, and escalate issues to the appropriate teams and drive the team to improve operational efficiency for all maintained systems.
The main responsibilities of the position include:
- Effectively install, configure, operate, and maintain Linux Systems (RHEL/CentOS / Fedora) software and related infrastructure
- Patch updates on OS and Applications, maintain package sources and compliance reports and patch scheduled deployments
- Maintain and improve the security posture and hardening of the Linux environments, vulnerability remediation deployments
- Automate managing users, groups, password policies and other user configurations within the NetSec department requirements
- Automate identification, categorisation, sensitivity and ownership of Linux OS and Software Assets
- Perform continuous health monitoring, improve the stability/performance of the Linux Systems and troubleshoot issues that may arise
- Evaluate new technologies, review/ improve current ones
- Perform backup/restore/rollback and disaster recovery operations in Linux Infrastructure environments
- Communicate with other teams for mitigation of any issues with managed environments
- Create, update and organise technical documentation and knowledge base for the team and other departments
Main requirements:
- 3+ years of Linux Systems administration;deep knowledge and experience with RedHat based Operating Systems
- Working experience with shell command line usage, scripting, using automation tools, experience with Ansible are considered as an advantage
- Hands-on experience in administering, provisioning, configuring, tuning and monitoring of application web servers (Apache / Nginx), databases (SQL and NoSQL), logging (ELK) and HA systems (AWS ELB / HAProxy)
- Experience with the best practices of virtualised and/or containerised environments (VMware / VirtualBox / Docker)
- Experience with Content Delivery Networks (AWS CloudFront / Akamai Ion)
- Experience with technologies and methodologies of CI/CD processes (GitLab / Jenkins)
- Self-driven, with ability to take ownership of issues and follow them through to complete resolution
- Ability to use own initiative, prioritise tasks and work either independently and / or within a team
- Strong technical documentation abilities
- Excellent verbal and written English communication skills
The following will be considered an advantage:
- RHEL / LPI Certification
- AWS Certification
- Terraform experience
Benefit from:
- Attractive remuneration package
- Intellectually stimulating work environment
- Continuous personal development and international training opportunities
- Attractive relocation package and support for a smooth relocation for you and your family
Type of employment: Full time
Location: Cyprus / Greece / Remote
Please visit our website www.xm.com/careers to submit your online application for this position.
All applications will be treated with strict confidentiality!