Job Title: Sr. Linux Administrator
Location: Pasadena, CA

Description:

My client is seeking 2 Linux System Administrators who will be responsible for the management of software and hardware infrastructure in a high volume environment. You must be very organized and able to build and manage a high-volume production operations environment at two or more bi-costal data centers. This position requires flexibility and willingness to be on call and available 24 hours a day, including weekends, on a rotating schedule.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS

• Manage Intel hardware and Linux operating system across a multi-rack site
• Manage web Apache, Tomcat and Java EE applications in a very high-volume environment
• Have first-line responsibility for isolating application-level configuration, performance and database problems
• Manage mail servers for a high-volume mail farm
• Set up standard operating procedures including how software is deployed, change management practices are implemented, and performance tuning is performed, etc.
• Setup system monitoring and performance monitoring frameworks
• Setup and maintain alert and security policies
• Work closely with Senior Network Operations Engineers and the Database Administration team
• Partner closely with the Engineering team to assist them in isolating and debugging code-related problems

JOB QUALIFICATIONS:

• 5-7+ years of IT/Internet industry
• Extensive UNIX/Linux Systems Administration experience
• Strong Java EE application server experience (WebLogic, JBoss)
• Strong Apache and Tomcat experience
• Some Windows experience
• Mail administration for high-volume production mail farms desirable

Contact information

Zack Wright      

Pro-Tem Solutions, Inc.

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249 E. Ocean Blvd., Suite 500
Long Beach, CA 90802
Toll Free: 888-541-0400
Fax: 562-216-6412
www.pro-temsolutions.com

• Installing and upgrading DBMS Servers. utilities, and application tools.
• Allocating system storage and planning future storage requirements for the database system.
• Managing primary database structures (tablespaces)
• Managing primary objects (table, views, indexes)
• Enrolling users and maintaining system security.
• Ensuring compliance with DBMS vendor license agreements
• Controlling and monitoring user access to the database.
• Monitoring and optimizing the performance of the database.
• Planning for backup and recovery of database information.
• Maintain archived data on tape/recovery media
• Backing up and restoring the database.
• Contacting DBMS vendor for technical support.
• Coding in system commands and shell scripts
• This database administrator (DBA) is responsible for the environmental aspects or “itilities” of a database.
• Recoverability - Creating and testing Backups
• Maintainability - Verifying proper deployment and operation
• Integrity - Verifying or helping to verify data integrity
• Security - Defining and/or implementing access controls to the data
• Availability - Ensuring maximum uptime
• Performance - Ensuring maximum performance

Location:
Caltech

Duration:
9-12 months

Start:
Immediately/as soon as possible

Contact Claude Felizardo at Mailto:// This email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it for details on resume submission.

This workshop will provide a brief overview/intro to EC2 followed by a step-by-step walkthrough to creating an Amazon EC2 account and starting your first EC2 instance (server) running Ubuntu, Debian, Fedora, or CentOS (others may also be available).

Bring a laptop and a credit card with the ability to charge up to $0.25 in EC2 service fees.

Eric is a veteran EC2 user, maintains a popular series of Ubuntu and Debian machine images for EC2 at http://alestic.com and fosters a global EC2 Ubuntu community at http://groups.google.com/group/ec2ubuntu