CooperVision · 4 hours ago
Senior Linux Administrator
Victor, NY
Full-time
Hybrid
Mid, Senior Level
$118K/yr - $157K/yr
5+ years expCooperVision, a division of CooperCompanies, is a leading manufacturer of soft contact lenses. The Senior Linux Administrator will maintain and support critical Linux and UNIX systems in a highly virtualized environment, ensuring optimal performance and reliability while collaborating with various IT departments.
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Responsibilities
Installs, configures, and deploys Red Hat Linux and Oracle Enterprise Linux systems
Supports Linux/Unix systems in an Oracle RAC environment
Performs problem troubleshooting, diagnosis, and resolution of kernel panics, system hangs, performance issues, and any other O/S related issues
Proactively monitors systems to ensure optimal performance, systems health, and availability
Provides assistance and support to the application teams in identifying root cause, corrective action, and resolution
Performs ongoing performance tuning and resource optimization as required
Performs systems capacity planning
Provides trending, utilization, and availability reports on a regular basis
Works closely with various IT groups to schedules and coordinates preventative and corrective maintenance, perform installations of hardware, software, and operating systems changes and configurations
Follows CooperVision’s change management practices
Monitors incoming service requests, incidents, and projects to ensure that they are completed in a timely and high quality manner
Documents all policies, procedures, standards, system administration activity, and disaster recovery procedures around the build and continuing operation of the Linux/UNIX systems
Performs Operating System management tasks, including upgrades, patch maintenance, performance tuning, and O/S hardening
Leverages scripting skills and available tools to automated processes
Ensures systems configuration follows best practices and adheres to CooperVision’s security and SOX policies/guidelines
Conducts routine hardware and software audits; and provide recommendations for hardware and system software planning
Works closely with various IT groups including but not limited to project management, database administration, network and security teams, application team and assists in overall architectural design, implementation and troubleshooting
Diagnosis hardware and software problems and recommends solutions and performs necessary system repairs
Ensure backup services are configured to serve and functions as a line of defense against inadvertent system damage
Researches, analyzes and recommends backup/security strategies as required
Works with the Manager in establishing policies on system use and services
Planning of the future of the operating system environment
Provides on-call support for problem resolution
Qualification
Required
Experience with logical volume management and clustering solutions
Strong scripting skills in any common scripting language available on Linux
Experience with Linux deployments on VMWare (Redhat/Oracle)
Experience with WebLogic, Apache
Strong Oracle Database understanding
Performance monitoring and capacity planning
Excellent problem solving and analytical expertise
The ability to prioritize demands for mission critical systems
Excellent written, oral, and interpersonal communication skills
Excellent time management
Highly self-motivated, self-directed, and attentive to detail
Ability to effectively prioritize and execute tasks in a high-pressure environment
Extensive experience working in a team-oriented, collaborative environment
Ability to suggest technological solutions
Ability to communicate effectively with management
Adapts readily to changes in workload, staffing and scheduling
Complies with all company policies and procedures
Conducts self in a professional manner with co-workers, management, customers and others
Minimum 5-10 years' experience in systems administration and/or related areas
University Degree in relevant field or equivalent experience in field is required
Preferred
Understanding of SAN concepts preferred
IBM Netezza experience a plus
Experience with containers
Centrify Active Directory Bridging experience a plus
Knowledge of Directory Services
Company
CooperVision
CooperVision is one of the world’s leading manufacturers of soft contact lenses and related products and services. It is a sub-organization of The Cooper Companies.
5001-10000 employees
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