Jr. Linux System Administrator

Are you looking to take the next step in your IT Career? Let's chat and see if we are a good match!

Opportunity:

Virtual Service Operations is searching for highly motivated and career-driven individuals to join our growing team as a Jr. Linux System Administrator. In this role, you would be a part of our growing relationship with one of our great clients and performing administration and maintenance activities on over 8,000 Linux servers!

Responsibilities:

• Support O&M (operations and maintenance) activities.
• Monitoring the Client ServiceNow ticketing system and responding to system alerts and emails according to established procedures and guidelines.
• Working on assigned Change Requests/Incident tickets and continuously updating status, activities, and progress in ServiceNow
• Investigate and respond to alerts generated by the various monitoring systems in use at the Client.
• Perform hardware repair procedures and activities.
• Create and manage user accounts and permissions
• Monitor system performance and ensure high availability and reliability
• Perform regular backups
• Update and patch system software and applications
• Implement new tools and technologies. Troubleshoot hardware, Operating System, configuration (services, file systems, etc.), and software problems with Rocky Linux servers. 
• Perform server builds, configurations, and scheduled maintenance activities.
• Perform detailed analysis of incidents - utilize log management tools and performance data to author and document status.
• Perform cyber-security remediation and server hardening as needed.

Preferred Qualifications:

• RHCE Certification 
• Knowledge of Red Hat Virtualization (RHV) and/or VMware. 
• Cisco UCS 
• Ansible 
• Foreman, Katello 

• 3 - 5 years of relevant experience 
• Must be willing to undergo a government Public Trust (SF-85) background investigation.
• Must be willing to work remotely 

What is Important to Us:

• You are an excellent communicator in writing and speaking.
• You have the ability to work independently but also value teamwork.
• Your problem-solving skills are excellent.
• You are looking for a job where performance appraisals occur regularly, and you look forward to advancing your career.
• You seek a community of virtue-centered co-workers and clients.

What we offer you: As part of the VSO company, you will be part of a virtue-centered team who value their work and teammates. This is a no-jerk zone. We provide ongoing learning and development opportunities to foster continuous growth. We offer competitive salaries, health benefits, and flexible work arrangements.

More About VSO: VSO is a hybrid cloud and managed services consulting firm. Much of VSO’s success can be attributed to our deep partnerships with IT services industry leaders such as AWS, IBM, Microsoft and others. VSO leverages numerous other partner relationships so as to provide our customers with optimal support. Additionally, we take pride in taking care of our employees. We offer a wide variety of benefits for eligible employees related to health, retirement, professional development, and more! For more information, please visit our website at https://vso-inc.com/careers