Linux System Administration

Who Needs You?

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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