Duration: 6+ Months (Possible Extension)
Contract Type: W2 Only
Job Description:
The Client Extreme Storage Architecture and Development division is seeking an experienced Linux System Administrator to work onsite in Rio Rancho, NM to support a software development infrastructure consisting of physical servers, VMs, Omni-Path and Infiniband networks, and applications used for CI.
Responsibilities:
- Install, configure, and support a wide variety of hardware such as servers, switches, and disk storage devices. Involves racking, running cable, configuring server BIOS, etc. in the data center.
- Install, configure and support Omni-Path and Infiniband high speed networks (switches, cabling, Fabric Manager).
- Perform BIOS and firmware upgrades.
- Troubleshoot and resolve issues with bare metal provisioning via PXE and disk imaging.
- Troubleshoot and resolve issues with KVM VMs, disk imaging, networking, etc.
- Develop and test Ansible code to install, configure and upgrade applications and services.
- Write bash and python scripts for ad-hoc automation and monitoring.
- Work closely with the CI team to quickly troubleshoot and resolve infrastructure issues.
- Create and maintain infrastructure documentation, how-to articles.
Required Skills:
- Strong Linux System Administration experience. Preferably with RedHat based distros.
- Experience with TCP IPv4 networking
- Experience with configuring and troubleshooting SSH, DNS, DHCP, NFS
- Experience with Git, GitHub and/or GitLab
- Experience with Ansible
- Experience with Bash and Python scripting
- Must be capable of lifting 1U and 2U rack mounted servers up to 35 pounds
- Ability to work independently and as part of a distributed team.
Desired Skills:
- Experience working in very large data centers
- Experience supporting multiple Linux distros – Fedora, CentOS 8.x, openSUSE 15.x, and Ubuntu 20.04
- Experience with installing and configuring Omni-Path and Infiniband networks
- Experience with KVM/QEMU, libvirt
- Experience with High Performance Computing (HPC) tools – Slurm, Powerman, Conman, ClusterShell, pdsh, Open MPI
- Experience with bare metal provisioning via PXE with Cobbler, or via cloud-init
- Experience with remote consoles and power management via IMPI
- Experience with centralized user authentication with FreeIPA, sssd, autofs
- Experience testing Ansible roles with Molecule
- Experience with Ansible AWX
- Experience installing and configuring Jenkins
- Experience with Zabbix
- Experience with Nexus and Artifactory
- Experience with HTTP load balancing using Corosync, Pacemaker, HAProxy
- Experience using JIRA for tracking work requests and Confluence for documentation
To follow up with any questions, please contact Swagatam Ghosh at 408-907-6413
Akraya is an award-winning IT staffing firm and the staffing partner of choice for many leading companies across the US. We offer comprehensive benefits including Health Insurance (medical, dental, and vision), Cafeteria Plan (HSA, FSA, and dependent care), 401(k) (enrollment subject to eligibility), and Sick Pay (varies based on city and state laws).
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