Position: Sr. Linux Administrator
Location: Boston, MA

Details:
Sr. Linux Administrator - LAMP - Web - Boston, MA - Up to $85K+ DOE
Up to $85K DOE + Bonus + Benefits
Local Candidates Only - No Sponsorship
Stable Work History

Company:
Private, Leader in their space, successful, language learning firm -
Excellent Compensation Package - Bonus

Position Summary:
My client is currently seeking an experienced Senior Linux Administrator to
support their mission critical ecommerce websites. The ideal candidate will
be an expert Linux systems administrator and have extensive experience with
large-scale websites, providing advanced troubleshooting of virtual
infrastructure, websites, systems, networks, and databases.

Primary Responsibilities:
- Support and monitor critical customer-facing websites via
real-time tools and alerts
- Optimize and maintain the health of the customer-facing websites
environment via predictive analysis trending, capacity planning and load
testing
- Create and maintain thorough documentation
- Work hand in hand with developers in a Ruby on Rails/Agile
environment
- Plan, design and manage the deployment of highly available and
scalable IT infrastructure and associated support services, including Linux
servers, SAN storage, and infrastructure services (e.g. authentication, DNS,
NTP, etc.)
- Hands-on work building, patching, and maintaining Linux systems in
an ecommerce environment
- Work with internal customers to understand requirements and make
hardware/software recommendations based on those requirements
- Identify, troubleshoot and resolve system performance issues
- Develop and deploy server management policies, procedures and
standards

Required Skills and Competencies:
- The ideal candidate possesses a degree in computer science or a
similar program
- 5+ years’ hands-on experience with enterprise LAMP environments as
a System’s Administrator
- System Administration experience with multiple UNIX and Linux
platforms, including Red Hat & CentOS, as well as experience administering
Windows servers and Microsoft Exchange are helpful.
- Experience with VMs, clustering, replication, and other
high-availability and disaster recovery technologies
- Experience with HP and Dell servers and Isilon SAN storage
hardware
- Experience using scripting languages for task automation (Perl,
Python, Shell, etc.)
- Excellent communication skills
- The ability to succeed under pressure and in a customer-focused
environment
- Flexibility with the proven ability to excel in an entrepreneurial
environment

Compensation:
Competitive Base Salary + Bonus - Comprehensive Benefits Package
No Sponsorship Available - US Based Applicants Only - No Relocation
Available - Local Candidates only

Contact Information:
Gary Wright - President - Wright Associates
Phone - (508) 761-6354
Email - ReplyWrightAssociates AT Verizon DOT Net
WEB Site - www.WrightAssociates.org