Linux Administrator

• Must be senior Red hat resource - 5-10 years' experience.
• Dedicated on-site resource who is trained and proficient in Red Hat administration.
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 6 & 7 instances (bare metal and virtualized).
• Candidates with Red Hat Certification and Other Industry certifications will be preferred
• Any specific 3 skill sets: Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 6 & 7 Administrator/ Automation Engineer (bare metal and virtualized)
• Configuring, designing, documenting, and implementing Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 6 & 7 instances (bare metal and virtualized) taking into account the following:

o Kernel parameters
o IDs and user groups
o Access methods
o Boot process
o File systems and mount points
o Storage
o Swap space
o Update processes
o Gold disk build and standards
o Disk type and layout
o Disk redundancy and zoning
o File systems
o Swap space
o SAN boot
o Security requirements
o Build and test (scripts) / process required in (Bash & Perl)
o Required drivers list
o Required packages list
o Requirements for grub2 against legacy grub
o NTP configuration and daemons
o Required environment relative to SAP and Oracle needs
o IQ/OQ development
o Infrastructure design
o Required network and VLANs
o Power sources for redundancy
o Firewall rules
o Provisioning
o Testing of RHEL 7 systems

Determine changes and updates in order to provide an Autobuild for new virtual and physical RHEL 7.x servers, including:

* Review RHEL 7.x configuration based on the hardware that will be included in the new Pods (C7000 enclosures with BL460 Gen 9 servers, 3PAR 7400 storage array, Brocade Fiber Channel network connection)
* Assist with the identification of the configuration parameters, data, services, and latest packs for the OS.
* Assist with identification of the RHEL7.x installation process
* Assist with the identification of the software required to support and monitor the server images to confirm integration of RHEL 7.x with existing CUSTOMER ITS tools.
* Assist with the identification of the backup software required for the server images to confirm integration with existing CUSTOMER ITS backup for RHEL 7.x.
* Confirm compliance with relevant regulatory requirements and mandates that CUSTOMER must follow.
* Confirm compliance with existing CUSTOMER RHEL standards.
* Provide ongoing assistance to allow automated provisioning into CUSTOMER's private cloud, SDDC.
* Build and execute test scripts to support unit testing of the RHEL 7.x configuration for the physical and virtual environment. CUSTOMER will provide the existing scripts for RHEL which will be used as the starting point for the creation of RHEL 7.x scripts by Supplier.
* Test the Autobuild deployment using the installation guide
* Verify OS operation and configuration per requirements for the Autobuilds
* Verify instructions in the installation guide
* Update RHEL test scripts for compatibility
* Execute test scripts for agents included in the Autobuild and report results
* Execute test scripts for RHEL 7.x configuration for Oracle and SAP in the Autobuild
* Execute scripts to configure RHEL 7.x for SAP and Oracle and report results