Sr. Linux Administrator - Elk Grove California

Company: AutoZone
Location: Elk Grove, California
Posted On: 04/17/2024

ALLDATA is the industry's #1 choice for unedited OEM automotive repair and collision information. Founded in 1986, the Elk Grove, California-based company has more than 115,000 subscribers worldwide who rely on us for access to the OEM-accurate information and procedures they need for safe and accurate repairs. More than 400,000 technicians trust ALLDATA's industry-leading software solutions for faster diagnostics, updated OEM information covering 95% of vehicles on the road today, and simpler shop management. With the support of our parent company, AutoZone, we are an employer of choice for those who are passionate about working for a leader in the automotive software industry.
What We offer:

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  Competitive pay & flexible work schedules
  
  
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  Full Benefits (Medical, Dental, Vision, 401k, STD, LTD, Adoption assistance, Tuition reimbursement, Life Insurance)
  
  
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  Stock Grants (for eligible positions) & Employee Stock Purchase Plan
  
  
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  Full work-out facility on the premises for use by our employees
  
  
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  Game room for use by employees during breaks (billiards, foosball, air hockey)
  
  
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  Free coffee and tea supplied daily, donuts and bagels each Friday, monthly planning lunch-and-learn
  
  
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  Access to AutoZone Corporate Perks, offering store discounts, mobile carrier plan, air travel, hotel, car rental and other discount programs, including new vehicle purchases discounts
  
  
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  Employee Incentives (i.e. professional sporting events tickets, movie tickets etc.)
  
  
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  Special recognition programs & annual employee fun / community events
  
  
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  Access to ALLDATA's Online and Mobile products
  
  
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  Well-Being Program developed to promote whole-being wellness awareness, including but not limited to: Mental Health/Stress Management, Physical Health/Fitness, Conflict Resolution, Financial Management and Personal Development
  
  
  ALLDATA LLC, the leading provider of automotive business solutions, is seeking an experienced Linux Systems Administrator to join its Technology Infrastructure team.
  Position Summary
  As a member of an innovative and high-performing Linux infrastructure team you will be responsible for providing administrative and technical support to our IT operations, product engineering, QA, and data service support teams. The Linux Systems Administrator will be responsible for servicing new and existing infrastructure, operating systems, security and application patching, participating in application and server modernization projects, maintaining monitoring systems, supporting compliance audit requests, and advocating for automation and application of industry best practices throughout the ALLDATA infrastructure.
  Qualifications
  The Linux Systems Administrator should possess 5+ years of hands-on experience directly related to following:
  
  
  
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    Extensive experience administrating Red Hat, Ubuntu, or any enterprise or community Linux platform, with minimal support, to include patching, package management, performance tuning, troubleshooting, networking, user management, and security
    
    
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    Advanced knowledge of application and server fault tolerance and load balancing services
    
    
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    Extensive experience with scripting in Bash or Python
    
    
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    In-depth experience with automation tools/frameworks such as Ansible, Puppet or Chef
    
    
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    Experience with SAN/SCSI storage systems, network attached storage systems, NFS, CIFS (Windows and Samba)
    
    
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    Healthy understanding of ESXi & vCenter, Acropolis, VxRail, or any converged/hyperconverged system
    
    
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    Experience with Agile/Scrum and Kanban development methodologies
    
    
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    Experience writing documentation in clear, precise language
    
    
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    Good to have: experience with incident management, change control management, and problem management support processes and methodologies
    
    
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    Good to have: experience working with development tools including Git, GitHub, Artifactory, Jenkins, CI/CD tools, and Jira
    
    
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    Good to have: experience with Google Cloud Platform or equivalent cloud infrastructure (e.g. AWS, Azure, Oracle Cloud Infrastructure
    
    
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    Good to know: Docker and/or Kubernetes (or equivalent container orchestration systems); IaaS tooling such as Terraform
    
    
    Job duties and desired skills
    
    
    
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      Maintain daily business operations and collaborate with team members to complete assigned Agile story work
      
      
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      Support internal customers' server requests and problems by responding within ticket management system
      
      
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      Plan, design, configure, patch, test, automate, and implement system changes
      
      
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      Document processes, procedures, configuration settings and infrastructure design for business continuity and disaster recovery
      
      
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      Includes on-call activities in team rotation
      
      
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      Apply strong technical problem-solving skills daily
      
      
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      Be proactive with a focus on constant improvement and follow through at all levels
      
      
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      Demonstrate your ability to work in a fast-paced environment while balancing multiple priorities
      
      
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      Provide excellent oral and written communication
      
      
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      Analyze and troubleshoot server, application, and network issues.
      
      
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      Document, track and monitor technical issues to ensure timely resolution
      
      
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      Provide timely and thorough input for regular status reporting
      
      
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      Take ownership of issues, work independently, or escalate as needed, and find creative ways to resolve problems
      
      
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      Perform other duties and special projects as required or assigned
      
      
      Salary: $94,000 - $165,000
      Compensation Range (USD): MIN 94000.0 - MID 129000.0 - MAX 165000.0
      AutoZone, and its subsidiary, ALLDATA are equal opportunity employers. All applicants will be considered for employment without attention to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran or disability status, or any other legally protected categories. More...

          

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