Teradata Hiring for Linux Administration at Pune, Maharashtra Full Time

Full Job Description
Position Title : Linux Administrator
Job Category : Consultant
Location : Mumbai/Pune

Job Summary

First and second line support for all compute, storage, and networking infrastructure issues for On-prem. and public cloud hosted SLES Linux servers.

Drive OS and Application patching and upgrades as per the plan.

Set-up Alerts, reports, and dashboards for monitoring system health.

Delivery responsibilities in the areas of private cloud network administration, security administration, instantiation, provisioning, optimizing the environment, third party software support.

Key Responsibilities

Perform day to day support on the servers like administration, housekeeping, maintenance, upgrade of OS, performing Security related controls and checks.

Work on server related issues of major/minor/simple/complex in nature

Perform patching and upgrades as per the plan

Configuring Health checks and taking appropriate actions based on the alerts and checks

Backups, snapshot activity in preparation to changes being implemented

Automate the routine activities

Linux servers Performance and capacity management

Using the Change & Problem Management Tools to perform any planned/unplanned maintenance

Handling of the Day to Day House Keeping tasks by using tools & scripts

Preparation of RCA for all major/minor incidents

Identify improvement opportunities in existing processes and recommend actions

Build and deliver periodic SLA and other Reports to management

24 x 7 Environment in shift roaster based duties

Attend calls on calls basis whenever assigned

Coordination with Server managers/other teams and other stakeholders
Technical Skills : –

4+ years Linux system administration

Experience in handling Linux Systems Administration tasks on RedHat and SLES Linux.

Performance Monitoring and experienced in monitoring tools administration

Hands on experience on Virtualization Technologies such as KVM, VMWARE.

Hand on with implementing SSSD, LDAP, and other Identity and Authentication tools.

Experience with one or more of Shell/Perl/python scripting and other programming languages.

Experience with any of Chef/Puppet/Salt/Ansible automation.

AWS/Azure/Google Cloud Administration some hands-on experience is required or at least mid level cloud certifications.

Performance monitoring and reporting for the compute, storage and network resources

Good understanding for Networking and Storage concepts

Skills & Attributes

Ensuring that the processes are adhered to

Ensure maximum uptime according to the SLA

Executing tickets / requests

Monitoring and mentoring junior team members

Identifying and suggesting implementation of new technologies/products for enhancement

Helping team members in case of Issues/Technical Problems

Knowledge of ITIL best practice on incident management, change management and problem management

Basic Qualifications

Engineering Graduate

4 – 7 years of IT experience.

2 – 3 years of VMware experience

Excellent oral and written communication skills in the English language

Desirable Certifications

ITIL, RHEL or MCSE or other relevant certifications are desirable

Preferred Qualifications

4 Year Engineering Degree or 3 Year Masters of Computer Application.

Excellent oral and written communication skills in the English language

Must be willing to provide 24×7 on-call support on a rotational basis with the team.

Must be willing to travel – both short-term and long-term