Job Description This is a contract to hire role and need local candidates who can do F2F interview. Qualifications The successful candidate will have: • BA/BS degree. • 5 - 8 years’ experience administering Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) in a medium to large datacenter. • Any combination of education and experience, which would provide an equivalent background. • Comprehensive knowledge of RHEL kernel tuning, security, and diagnostic tools. • Comprehensive knowledge of RHEL patching and software management tools, including Red Hat Satellite, Pulp, or similar. • Experience managing, tuning, and troubleshooting, VMware based virtual machines. • Experience creating, maintaining, and deploying RHEL templates in VMware vSphere. • Experience with Centrify, or other centralized authentication technologies. • Experience supporting fiber channel storage on RHEL. • Experience with HIPAA, SOX, and/or PCI compliance. • Experience working in a fast-paced, rapidly evolving environment while interfacing with multiple internal clients. • Experience with EMC Networker, EMC Avamar, or other enterprise backup solutions. • Strong communication and documentation skills. • Strong configuration management and automation skills using SaltStack, or similar technologies. • Strong scripting experience in bash, ksh, python, perl • Working knowledge of TCP/IP and related protocols (HTTP, FTP, NFS, etc…) • Working knowledge of MySQL, MongoDB, PostgreSQL, and other databases on RHEL. • Working knowledge of Microsoft Active Directory. • Working knowledge of SELinux. Desirable Skills: • Experience with DataDomain. • Experience with BMC Remedy. • Experience with Amazon Web Services. • Experience with AIX, and IBM Power7/Power8 systems. • Experience with CyberArk. • Experience with VMware vSphere Integrated Containers. • Experience with Docker Enterprise Edition. • Experience with Dell EMC vRack. • Experience with git, or other revision control systems. • Experience with Vormetric, or other encryption technologies Additional Information All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.