Linux Operations/Engineer , London
Through a network of 81 offices in 54 countries we source, store, blend and deliver essential raw materials and commodities to clients around the world. Commodities include crude oil and petroleum products, non-ferrous concentrates, refined metals and coal.
In 2011, we traded 110.7million tonnes of oil and petroleum products and shipped 26.7million tonnes of non-ferrous and bulk commodities. We operate responsibly, adding real value for our clients, our stakeholders and our shareholders. Founded in 1993, the company is owned by its founding shareholders and senior management. It has achieved substantial growth in recent years, growing turnover from USD18 billion in 2004 to USD122 billion in 2011.
This position is responsible for installation, configuration, maintenance and monitoring of all Linux systems. The systems administrator will support daily operations and help develop strategies to improve availability and utilization of Linux environments.
• Perform daily administration activities for all company Linux servers.
• Install new servers.
• Develop and implement administration standards and procedures.
• Monitor patch releases and develop patch installation strategies.
• Perform system backups.
• Provide input to the policies and procedures related to equipment purchase, use, support, Monitoring, security, and backup.
• Maintain and extend system monitoring frameworks.
• Support 24x7x365 datacenter operations.
• Support application installation and monitoring solutions.
• Provide after hours on-call support.
• Deploy applications to internal and customer facing environments.
• Support internal development and production departments
Requirements:
• circa 2 years administration experience in a Linux/Unix environment supporting business critical systems.
• Good interpersonal communication skills and written communication skills.
• Experience with DNS, SMTP, NFS, SNMP and configuration management tools.
• Scripting knowledge
• Experience running Apache/JBOSS in a Production environment
Preferred:
• Experience with RedHat Enterprise Linux 5.
• Experience with RedHat Network and Satellite
• Familiarity with Oracle RDBMS systems.
• Experience with virtualization technology.
• Experience with SAN/NAS technology.
Reporting directly to the Team leader of Operations, but working closely with the Unix Engineering team
| Linux Operations/Engineer | 617 | London | ||||
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