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Linux Administrator

San Mateo Metro Area, CA

Posted: 07/15/2024 Job Number: JN -072024-4859

Job Description

Our client, in the autonomous driving vehicle space, is looking for a Linux administrator to manage physical and virtual endpoints at scale to ensure employees have productive, secure and reliable endpoints. This person will play a key role in developing and implementing a new, secure management system to support up to 2,000 Linux desktop machines. This is a contract opportunity with a hybrid schedule of 3 days (minimum) onsite at their Foster City office.


Responsibilities
  • Perform Linux installations, configurations, upgrades and ongoing maintenance activities on bare metal hardware and virtual environments, installation of software releases, patches of the operation system and utilities, third-party products, and open-source software
  • Manage SaltStack infrastructure, distributing and enforcing standard configurations
  • Perform system administration tasks across thousands of Linux hosts
  • Contributor to Incident, Problem and Change Management processes
  • Understand and anticipate business needs and address issues reported by customers
  • User Support / Problem resolution

Requirements
  • 6+ years experience in managing large scale Linux Desktop deployments in production environments
  • Strong Hands-on experience in Linux (Ubuntu / Debian) Systems Administration
  • Demonstrated experience in handling day-to-day Linux operating system installation, migration, and break-fix support
  • Advanced knowledge of and experience distributing and enforcing standard configurations using tools such as SaltStack, Puppet, Chef or Ansible
  • Hands-on experience in building Shell scripts for automation of systems monitoring
  • Experience using Change/Incident Management tools (Jira)
  • Familiarity with distributed compute and storage systems, high-performance computing systems, and networking
  • Familiarity with object-oriented programming concepts, large-scale software architecture, networking and distributed systems, and Linux environments
  • Ability to work effectively in a team environment with excellent organizational and communication skills
  • Ability and willingness to learn and promote best practices
  • Must be residing locally and work onsite minimum 3 days a week

Expected hourly pay range
  • $65 - $70 per hour
Exact compensation may vary based on skills, experience, and location.


About Vivo

Having been in business since 2006, Vivo is a full-service recruiting and consulting company, specializing on mid to senior level technology resources. Our brand promise is simple: we get people. We get that our clients don t want to waste time, and that our candidates and employees thrive when given honest feedback and an opportunity to grow.

Whether you re onsite at our Pleasanton headquarters or working for one of Vivo s clients the best brand names out there our promise to you is unwavering: we will treat you like you are our most important employee.

Do you think you get people get what they really need, and get how to deliver? We re not perfect but we re accountable. We re not in 32 countries, but we are in the heart of it all. So, if you are looking for a flexible, fun and high-energy work environment, along with the opportunity to work with some of the world s technology leaders, we can t wait to talk to you.

Vivo We Get People!


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