Circana - Senior System Administrator - Red Hat / CentOS

The Senior Administrator provides hands-on day-to-day technical support for Linux & UNIX systems at an experienced level.

The scope of this position includes mission critical support for Linux & UNIX servers, all of which are in our Global Datacenters and Regional Datacenters.

This individual will be part of a team that is responsible for the following operational areas : support, administration, monitoring, and troubleshooting, and participating in technology driven projects to enhance our Responsibilities :

• Provide technical support for Red Hat / CentOS / OEL OS both Physical and Virtual Environments
• Support and administration of 4000+ Linux servers in a highly commercial and agile environment
• Install / Troubleshoot hardware as necessary
• Build servers following standard procedures and deliver them as per agreed timelines
• Work with users to troubleshoot and solve operational issues
• Provide operating system level support to application developers and performing server migrations as necessary
• Responsible for coordinating planned and unplanned outages and potential recovery efforts in the event of system failure
• Building CentOS / RHEL / OEL using the Golden Image and perform Image backups
• Responsible for deploying security patches to the server environment by following standard patching methodology
• Perform Firmware updates as per the recommendation from Vendor
• Monitor system logs, activity and performance on all servers daily
• Utilize ticketing system to address and resolve customer work requests
• Know-how in infrastructure support, data center operations and service delivery
• Understanding of ITIL methodology and effective operations governance methods and processes
• Manage and monitor server uptimes and not impacting SLA levels
• Willingness to work in rotational shifts including US / EU / APAC Business hours
• Join Team meetings & provide updates on Action items / initiatives
• Support VMs in Azure / Cloud environment
• Provide RCA for Sev1 / Sev2 Outages and work towards permanent resolution of the issue
• Experience with Cisco UCS, HP-UX, DELL PowerEdge and HP Proliant hardware preferred
• Document the procedures and follow best practice :
• Bachelors Degree required in Marketing, Business, or related field with a quantitative component
• Total 5+ years of experience in supporting Linux & UNIX systems
• 1-2 years of analytical experience preferred - Retail knowledge a plus.
• Passion for consulting utilizing data and analytics.
• An inquisitive orientation to problem-solving and analysis
• Strong verbal communication skills
• Responsiveness and speed with an eye for detail & accuracy
• Ability to work well in teams and with clients
• Ability to balance and prioritize multiple competing tasks

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