Linux admin consultant

Company: Masis Professional Group
Location: Holyoke
Posted on: November 25, 2022

Job Description:

*Linux Patch management administrator*

Masis Professional Group is seeking a *long-term contract role* for Linux Patch management administrator at *Holyoke, MA.*

Monday to Friday - *Hybrid or remote*

*This position will be responsible for planning, coordination, and execution of our patch management operations for Red Hat Linux and third party applications. In addition to conducting patch management operations, this position will improve efficiency in the patch process where possible.*

*Primary Responsibilities*

Assist with server upgrades and develop change schedules for infrastructure assets that ensure disruption to business operations are minimized

Review and ensure all Vulnerability assessments are mitigated within defined windows of execution

Configuration and support of Red Hat Satellite Server

Spearhead efforts around the maintenance of defined patch levels for all applications, as well as provide timely compliance status reports to management

Participate in company's change management program by authoring the required change management paperwork

Maintain compliance and other procedural documentation in order to meet NERC CIP and SOC1 compliance requirements

Coordinate downtime and outages to applicable systems with application and business support areas

Apply Red Hat Linux and 3rd party patches in the required compliance timelines

Provide Tier 1 troubleshooting support for patch related issues, escalating to appropriate support teams as needed

Work closely with systems engineers and compliance personnel to successfully maintain reliability and compliance metrics

Where applicable, improve overall efficiency and scalability of operational procedures and task

*Minimum Requirements*

Covid Vaccination required.

Four year degree or equivalent years of experience

3+ years supporting teams that manage change

2+ years working with enterprise IT

Solid understanding coding and scripting (BASH, Python, etc.)

Experience with backup solutions (Rubrik, NetBackup)

Experience with monitoring tools (CloudWatch, DynaTrace, etc. ) a plus

Experience documenting technical solutions utilizing Atlassian Confluence and Gliffy a plus

Experience implementing security standards such as CIS Benchmarks, AWS Foundational Security Best Practices, etc.

Experience with AWS services, such as IAM, EC2, VPC, SSO, SSM etc.

Job Type: Contract

Pay: $30.00 - $60.00 per hour

Schedule:
* 8 hour shift

Ability to commute/relocate:
* Holyoke, MA: Reliably commute or planning to relocate before starting work (Required)

Experience:
* RedHat: 1 year (Preferred)
* Linux: 1 year (Preferred)

Work Location: Hybrid remote in Holyoke, MA%58047475%

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