Senior Linux System Administrator in SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA

Senior Linux Systems Administrator

Position Details:

Location: Oakland, CA (100% Remote) Must Live In CA

Type: 6 Month Contract (Can Be Extended)

Must have GC or USC or H4 or H1 or TN Visas ONLY (No OPT/EAD)

Pay Rate: $65-78W2

Our client is one of the largest and most acclaimed institutions of higher learning in the world, is dedicated to excellence in teaching, research and public service. They are the headquarters to the 10 campuses, six academic medical centers and three national laboratories and enrolls premier students from California, the nation and the world.

Job Responsibilities:

• Deploy AWS SSM agent to all Linux hosts
• Get all Linux hosts setup and working with AWS patch manager
• Test and roll out AWS patch manager to all Linux hosts

Required skills:

• 8+ years of RedHat Linux OS administration experience (required)
• Experience performing RHEL OS Patching (required)
• AWS EC2 experience (preferred)
• AWS patch manager experience (preferred)
• Expert on RHEL OS patching
• Expert on AWS patch manager
• Sr. Level RHEL administration skills

Blackstone Talent Group is a division of Blackstone Technology Group, a global IT services and solutions firm that implements technological solutions across commercial industry verticals and the US Federal Government. Blackstone’s global talent augmentation practice was founded in 1998. Blackstone Talent Group has offices in San Francisco, Denver, Houston, Colorado Springs, and Washington, DC. We specialize in providing clients the best talent across a variety of industries and sectors.