UNIX / Linux System Engineer 42339

TCI has an immediate need for a UNIX/Linux System Engineer in Egan, MN. This is not a Corp2Corp opportunity. This is a long-term contract opportunity with the possibility of hire. In addition to competitive, market-rate based pay, TCI provides all our Consultants with Comprehensive Medical/Dental Insurance, 401k, Life Insurance and Long-Term Disability benefits. THIS POSITION REQUIRES US CITIZENSHIP AND PUBLIC TRUST CLEARANCE SUMMARY The UNIX/Linux System Engineer will join the Midrange System Administration teams and provide UNIX / Linux System Operational Upgrade/Availability services for an assigned set of applications. The scope includes the full range of system life-cycle phases including, Build, Application /Service Provisioning, Operations and Decommissioning. This position will primarily be working with the team to build and/or upgrade virtual and physical hosts with the SUSE Linux Enterprise Server Distribution from SLES 11 to SLES 12/15 using Ansible and adding storage using VMWare tools. Other duties assigned will include contribution to break/fix activities, Disaster Recovery assistance and other Operational Availability tasks. RESPONSIBILITIES Upgrade of SUSE Linux Enterprise Server Distribution from SLES 11 to SLES 12.x / SLES 15.x. SME level Unix / Linux System Administration, infrastructure support and automation support. Installation and maintenance of OS. Contributor to Incident, Problem and Change Management processes. User Support / Problem resolution. Automating existing processes. REQUIREMENTS Bachelor’s Degree and minimum of 7 years of experience. Additional experience may be considered in lieu of degree. Experience dealing with management of large (1000 systems) environments. Experience with Linux (SuSE and Red Hat). Experience upgrading SUSE environments. Experience with patch management. Experience with VMWare. Have some understanding with configuration management of large environments, utilizing automation tools such as: AWX Tower, Ansible or other configuration management frameworks. Ability to take customer requirements and create scalable configuration models to support them. Process Implementation and documentation. Experience using Change/Incident Management tools (ServiceNow). Senior in Linux OS Administration. Ability to troubleshoot problems from the Application tier, through the OS and Network tiers. Unix Shell Scripting. Must be a US Citizen with the ability to obtain a Public Trust Security Clearance. Preferred (but not required) Qualifications Expertise with CONTROL-M. Expertise with SMT and custom patch solutions for SuSE and Red Hat systems. Expertise with GIT/ GitLab/Ansible/Anisible Tower (AWX). Experience with Cassandra. Experience with Oracle CRS (installation/configuration/maintenance). Expertise with custom AutoYaST and Kickstart deployments. SOX/PCI Compliance Management.