Linux System Administrator
📋 Role Overview & Responsibilities
Linux System Administrator
Pittsburgh, PABirmingham, AlabamaDallas, TXCleveland, OHPhoenix, AZ
team Background and Preferred Candidate History:Do you only want candidates with a similar background or would you like to see candidates with a diverse industry background?Diverse industry background
Describe the dynamic of your team and where this candidate will fit into the overall environment:Small team, under 10.
Candidate Technical and skills profile:Describe the role and the key responsibilities in order of which they will be doing daily:1. Attend meetings2. Install OS, user apps3. Administer Linux4. Participate in additional training as needed
Describe the required must have technical skills, tools, or experience:Ability to do research, present that and take steps to move things in that directionLinux experience - both building AND administrationExperience installing OS, user applications
Nice to Have:Experience installing/working Cloudera CDP 7.1.7 or higherApache SparkSpark UserCloud Technologieso Containero Kubernetes
Additional PreferredDatabase administration experience (oracle, MySQL,)building Spark Clusters using different cluster managers
Tell me about some soft skills that would make a candidate successful in this role:Thrive with minimal direction, self starter, capable of doing tasks independently, research and presentation of ideas, able to communicate their ideas and research.
Does this position require any degrees or certifications for the candidate to be successful?Not required, Bachelor's preferred.
Role Differentiator:Describe what is different about this specific role compared to others hiring for the same skill set?Providing a highly dynamic environment with lots of new challenges, this is good for someone who enjoys technical challenges.
Interviews:Describe interview process (who will be involved, how many interviews, etc.):1 round, 1 hour
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