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• Provide guidance and direction of technology solutions for the organization;
train and mentor junior-level administrators.
• Supply daily technical support and on-call consulting advice for the hardware
and operating system environment supporting the collection platform; adminis-
ter Linux server infrastructure to maintain stability as well as maximize efficien-
cies in the computing environment.
• Install, configure, and troubleshoot all hardware, peripherals, and equipment
necessary to meet integrated systems objectives; provide support functions on
escalated issues.
• Provide effective first/second-level support for a company’s Linux environment
across 300-plus servers, including Linux blades.
• Manage all aspects of the integrity of the environment, including security, moni-
toring (capacity and performance), change control, and software management.
• Interface with other internal support groups such as Change Control, Applica-
tion Development, Engineering, Database Administrators, Web Services, Stor-
age, Security, Operations, and Command Centers.
• Administer infrastructure services—DNS, NIS, LDAP, FTP, SMTP, Postfix/
Sendmail, NFS, Samba—and application and database servers, with an empha-
sis on automation and monitoring.
Linux is now a standard corporate platform, and Linux talent is in short supply. If
you want to learn Linux to boost your financial worth, plenty of