TCI has an immediate need for a UNIX/Linux System Engineer in Egan, MN. This is not a Corp2Corp opportunity . This is a long-term contract opportunity with the possibility of hire. In addition to competitive, market-rate based pay, TCI provides all our Consultants with Comprehensive Medical/Dental Insurance, 401k, Life Insurance and Long-Term Disability benefits.

THIS POSITION REQUIRES US CITIZENSHIP AND PUBLIC TRUST CLEARANCE

Work schedule is Hybrid - 2 days per week on-site; 3 days local/remote

SUMMARY

The perfect candidate must have a passion for improving process, eliminating waste in workflows and enjoy the technical challenges in a dynamic environment. Provides direction, communication and coordination between the infrastructure support teams and the applications development team(s) in their continuous deployment activities. The Engineer ensures that there are never repetitive tasks and that the infrastructure is kept up to date as the stack evolves. As processes change and the need grows, the Engineer automates as much as possible to accelerate work so the platforms infrastructure teams can deliver products earlier, consistently and more reliably.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Upgrade of SUSE Linux Enterprise Server Distribution from SLES 11 to SLES 12.x / SLES 15.x.
• SME level Unix / Linux System Administration, infrastructure support and automation support.
• Installation and maintenance of OS.
• Contributor to Incident, Problem and Change Management processes.
• User Support / Problem resolution.
• Automating existing processes.

REQUIREMENTS

• Bachelor's Degree is associated discipline and minimum of 10 years of System Administration experience. Additional experience may be considered in lieu of degree.
• 7 years of experience in Systems Administration of Solaris or SuSE Linux systems in a large-scale production environment.
• Knowledge of the following product support practices and concepts:
• Linux system build design and administration.
• Scripting languages (e.g. bash, ksh, perl, python, ruby, etc.).
• IT service level agreements.
• Performance monitoring, tuning, and debugging (e.g., GTF traces, and region and transaction dumps).
• Process/product testing and verification.
• Knowledge of one or more IT platforms or products:
• Red Hat OPEN SHIFT.
• Puppet.
• Ansible, Ansible Tower.
• VMWare/vSphere.
• Build automation into daily processes, including server builds, patching, and configuration analysis.
• Must be a US Citizen with the ability to obtain a Public Trust Security Clearance.

Preferred (but not required) Qualifications

• Knowledge of Oracle CRS.
• Solid understanding of RHEL 7.
• Proven knowledge with Python or Ruby scripting.
• Proven knowledge of Docker or Jenkins.
• Red Hat Certifications are a plus.