Network & System Administrator Ref: JS0412L076

Position Responsibilities:

-      On going maintenance, growth and development of a large scale server farm running primarily on Linux.

-      Rolling out new systems, maintaining, upgrading, replacing, and improving the long-term performance of the systems as well as supporting networking equipment.

-      Supporting the installation, optimization, integration, troubleshooting, backup, recovery, modification, security, and upgrading of IT systems and components to provide services that enable customers to effectively apply IT to business requirements while working with the networks team

-      Has knowledge of tools and mechanisms for distributing new or upgraded software to ensure customers receive current versions of supported software, as they become available.

-      Recommending and designing systems architecture and topology from both general and specific perspectives.

Technical Skill set:

-      Extensive sysadmin experience with Red Hat Linux and Windows2003

-      Must have good working knowledge of the following, but not limited to, CPanel, Apache 1.3.x and 2.0, ProFTPd, MySQL, PHP, Sendmail, Exim, SSHd, Qmail, Qpopper, Bind, Nagios, etc.

-      Extensive experience running mailservers

-      Experience with SpamAssassin-tuning strongly preferred 

-      Scripting experience, specifically with Perl and bash 

-      In-depth knowledge of TCP/IP, BIND, LDAP and other core technologies 

-      Must be able to determine when a server is in a "distressed" state, e.g. network performing badly, short of swap space, short of RAM, overloaded CPU, overloaded I/O subsystem. Understand how to gather more information and recommend a solution. 

-      Knowledge of how to modify kernel and device driver behavior.

-      Strong understanding of network and server security.

-      Understanding of PHP and HTML.

Behavioral Traits:

-          Assertive

-          Strong Decision Making Skills

-          Leadership Abilities

-          Team Management Skills

-          Must have can-do- attitude

-          Excellent time management skills to meet deadlines

Educational Background:

-          BS (Networking)

-          Linux certification and/or training is PLUS

Experience Requirement:

-          Atleast5 years of working experience in Linux side.

-          Must have managed team for at least 2 years.

Send resume to jobs@salsoft.net