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Linux System Administrator II (Remote - Northeast US)
New Britain, CT 06050 US
Job Description
Linux Systems Administrator II (Remote - Northeast)
Join a forward-thinking and growing organization as the Systems Administrator working heavily within the Linux infrastructure. Our client is gaining new business and expanding their internal team, if you value a collaborative environment with high potential for internal growth, this is the opportunity for you.
Compensation: Salary range of 90-105K with a strong benefits package (generous PTO, 401k matching and vesting)
Remote position with travel to DR site/data center (both located in Northeast), includes 1-2 days of on site work per visit
**Candidates must be located in Northeast US**
Duties and responsibilities:
- Assist with the planning, implementation, monitoring, and maintenance of the Linux infrastructure ensuring that all enterprise hardware is current
- Be responsible for routine updates and security by running all needed diagnostics
- Configure and install the Linux OS networks, all custom applications and any related peripherals
- Perform health checks on the Linux and cloud infrastructure on a daily/weekly/monthly schedule
- Troubleshoot and resolve issues related to complex system applications
- Take part in DR testing and document all system applications set ups and new deployments
Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science or any related field
- 2-5 years of hands-on IT troubleshooting experience in a corporate environment
- Strong knowledge of the Linux operating system required
- Working knowledge of NFS Exports, Samba, DHCP, DNS, and SCSI devices
- Experience with VMware vSphere, Shell scripting, and python or Perl a strong plus
- Prior experience with Ansible Tower, containers and or Kubernetes, CI/CD pipelines (Gitlab CI), Terraform or Ansible
- Strong knowledge of Red Hat Enterprise Linux
- Cloud experience, Google, AWS, Azure desired
- Cisco UCS hardware experience
Please send resumes to: Chrisg@jmorrissey.com
Meet Your Recruiter

Chris Gamber
Senior Recruiter, Information Technology
Chris Gamber Graduated from Hartwick College in Oneonta, New York with a Bachelor’s Degree of Business Administration and was a member of the Men’s Lacrosse Team. Chris has a passion to help IT professionals with their career goals has joined J Morrissey to represent our Information Technology recruitment team for Direct Hire and contract placements.