Linux System Administrator

Linux System Administrator Job#: 3052050

Job Description:

Linux System Administrator

Location:

Plano, Texas (Hybrid)

Role Overview This position involves leading the administration, monitoring, and performance tuning of Oracle Enterprise Linux (OEL) environments within a large-scale enterprise ecosystem. The role will oversee the design, build, and lifecycle management of Linux servers and drive the implementation of Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) principles to improve system resilience and automation.

Key Responsibilities Lead the administration, monitoring, and performance tuning of Oracle Enterprise Linux (OEL) environments.

Oversee the design, build, and lifecycle management of Linux servers, including storage and virtualization.

Manage high availability (HA) configurations, clustering, and load-balanced environments.

Define and implement SRE principles, including SLIs, SLOs, and error budgets.

Lead initiatives for infrastructure automation using tools such as Ansible.

Install, configure, and maintain OEL operating systems and related software.

Manage Logical Volume Manager (LVM) configurations and distributed file systems.

Implement and enhance monitoring, alerting, and observability frameworks.

Lead incident response, root cause analysis (RCA), and postmortem reviews.

Ensure systems are secure, hardened, and compliant with enterprise security standards.

Provide technical leadership and mentorship to infrastructure teams.

Required Qualifications

Experience:

5+ years of experience in Linux system administration in enterprise environments.

Technical

Skills:

Strong expertise in Oracle Enterprise Linux (OEL) systems.

Proven experience in high availability systems, virtualization, and storage management.

Hands-on experience with automation and configuration management tools, with a preference for Ansible.

Proficiency in at least one scripting language, with a preference for Bash or Python.

Experience with infrastructure troubleshooting, performance tuning, and incident management.

Solid understanding of enterprise infrastructure, including compute, storage, and network.

Professional

Skills:

Excellent analytical, problem-solving, and organizational skills.

Strong communication and collaboration skills in a global team environment.

Work Environment This role requires a hybrid schedule with a minimum of three days per week on-site. Approved locations for this position are Plano, TX, Charlotte, NC, or Jersey City, NJ.Everforth Apex is a world-class IT services company that serves thousands of clients across the globe. When you join Everforth Apex, you become part of a team that values innovation, collaboration, and continuous learning.

We offer quality career resources, training, certifications, development opportunities, and a comprehensive benefits package.

Our commitment to excellence is reflected in many awards, including Clearly Rateds Best of Staffing in Talent Satisfaction in the United States and Great Place to Work in the United Kingdom and Mexico.

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Everforth Apex offers a range of supplemental benefits, including medical, dental, vision, life, disability, and other insurance plans that offer an optional layer of financial protection. We offer an ESPP (employee stock purchase program) and a 401K program which allows you to contribute typically within 30 days of starting, with a company match after 12 months of tenure. Everforth Apex also offers a HSA (Health Savings Account on the HDHP plan), a Support Linc Employee Assistance Program (EAP) with up to 8 free counseling sessions, a corporate discount savings program and other discounts.

In terms of professional development, Everforth Apex hosts an on-demand training program, provides access to certification prep and a library of technical and leadership courses/books/seminars once you have 6+ months of tenure, and certification discounts and other perks to associations that include CompTIA and IIBA. Everforth Apex has a dedicated customer service team for our Consultants that can address…