RE-CTG Speculation
RE- Just a guess, but based as IBM being their largest customer and the PR statement. (Selected as one of two tier-one IT Staffing vendors for a new division at existing Fortune 500 client) RE-IBM completed the RED HAT acquisition. I'm thinking they landed some staffing business of Red Hat?
Description CTG is seeking a Sr. Red Hat Engineer for a long term contract position in Raritan, NJ supporting a large client.
Responsibilities:
Work will be performed at a customer site in Raritan, NJ
- Configuring, designing, documenting, and implementing Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 6 and 7 instances (bare metal and virtualized) taking into account the following:
- Kernel parameters o IDs and user groups o Access methods
- Boot process
- File systems and mount points
- Storage
- Swap space
- Update processes
- Gold disk build and standards
- Disk type and layout
- Disk redundancy and zoning
- File systems o Swap space o SAN boot
- Security requirements
- Build and test (scripts) / process required in (BASH & PERL)
- Required drivers list
- Required packages list
- Requirements for grub2 against legacy grub
- NTP configuration and daemons
- Required environment relative to SAP and Oracle needs
- IQ/OQ development
- Infrastructure design
- Required network and VLANs o Power sources for redundancy o Firewall rules
- Provisioning
- Testing of RHEL 7 systems
- Preparing and providing an Engagement Journal containing the design parameters for each RHEL instance, plus engagement activities, outcomes, and recommendations for next steps
- Determine changes and updates in order to provide an Autobuild for new virtual and physical RHEL 7. x servers, including:
- Review RHEL 7. x configuration based on the hardware that will be included in the new Pods (C7000 enclosures with BL460 Gen 9 servers, 3PAR 7400 storage array, Brocade Fiber Channel network connection)
- Assist with the identification of the configuration parameters, data, services, and latest packs for the OS.
- Assist with the identification of the RHEL7. x installation process
- Assist with the identification of the software required to support and monitor the server images to confirm integration of RHEL 7. x with existing Pharmaceutical ITS tools.
- Assist with the identification of the backup software required for the server images to confirm integration with existing Pharmaceutical ITS backup for RHEL 7. x.
- Confirm compliance with relevant regulatory requirements and mandates that Pharmaceutical must follow.
- Confirm compliance with existing Pharmaceutical RHEL standards.
- Provide ongoing assistance to allow automated provisioning into Pharmaceutical's private cloud, SDDC.
- Build and execute test scripts to support unit testing of the RHEL 7. x configuration for the physical and virtual environment. Pharmaceutical will provide the existing scripts for RHEL which will be used as the starting point for the creation of RHEL 7. x scripts by Supplier.
- Test the Autobuild deployment using the installation guide
- Verify OS operation and configuration per requirements for the Autobuilds
- Verify instructions in the installation guide
- Update RHEL test scripts for compatibility
- Execute test scripts for agents included in the Autobuild and report results
- Execute test scripts for RHEL 7. x configuration for Oracle and SAP in the Autobuild
- Execute scripts to configure RHEL 7. x for SAP and Oracle and report results
- Work with respective agent owners to resolve installation errors contained in the Autobuilds, if necessary.
- Work with SAP and Oracle owners to resolve RHEL 7. x configuration errors resulting from the Autobuild, if necessary.
Required Skills:
- 5+ years of hands-on Red Hat Engineer / Architect experience designing, managing & administrating Red Hat Linux 6 & 7 platforms in physical and virtual environments.
- Strong scripting background: Shell / Bash /Perl /Python / etc.
- Experience with Automation /configuration management tools: Chef Enterprise
- Experience with Continuous Integration & Continuous Deployment CI-CD methodology using tools such as Jenkins
- Source control /Version Control experience: GIT, Atlassian Bitbucket
- RHEL certification and other industry certification will be preferred
- Strong communication skills required
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