Job DescriptionWe need a Senior Linux Systems Administrator who will spend his/her time on 25% Plan, 45% Build, 30% Run activities for a mid-size (less than 300) environment consisting of clients/servers/specialized vehicle hardware. These activities involve stakeholders internal and external to Mercedes-Benz and across the US and in Germany. A variety of experience with Operations and Infrastructure will be helpful, but we emphasize Linux expertise coupled with Automation experience and a DevOps mindset. This role will be the Linux subject matter expert on the MBRDNA IT team but will work with highly skilled developers and vendors.
Non-technical skills & experience:- Ability to work with service architects/designers to establish an enterprise level Linux Service, with an emphasis on client work stations
- Manage environment to ensure baseline standards for availability and security
- Comfortable in a rapidly changing, complex environment with fast moving user/dev base
- Communication with technical/non-technical stakeholders
- Collaboration with international partners inside and outside of Mercedes
- Collaboration with peer sysadmins, junior Linux support personnel, and developers
- Demonstrated interest in continuous learning and experimentation
- Evaluating new technology, coordinate implementation of new services, support
- Lead process Design and Improvements
- Creating and updating process documentation to facilitate knowledge sharing
- Experience in working in DevOps/Agile environment
Technical skills & experience:- Configuration Management (Ansible)
- Automation to reduce cost and increase speed, giving developers more autonomy
- Monitoring, Alerting
- Patching
- Troubleshooting
- Backup/Recovery
- Implement new software releases, kernel upgrades, patches
- Resolve hardware and software problems
- PKI to facilitate IAM
- VMWare on Linux
- Active Directory
- Scripting (Python, Bash)
- Integration of Linux Service in larger enterprise environment (AD, LDAP, Network, etc.)
- Containers (Docker, Kubernetes)
- Experience with CI/CD environment
- Work with support personnel/stakeholders to improve Linux Operations
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