Lead Linux Systems Administrator

Lead Linux Systems Administrator

ADI - Analog Devices

Limerick, Ireland

Senior Systems Engineer who will work with an established global engineering support team and key stakeholders to define, implement and maintain Linux operating systems, subsystems and tooling. This person will mentor and guide junior team members and operations team delivery elements. This person will also play a pivotal role in overseeing projects, helping to deploy, and leverage the latest technologies to modernize and optimize a custom Engineering environment.

Responsibilities

• Lead the implementation, system management, and compliance/security elements of global Linux based hardware and software engineering environment;
• Be a primary partner between Engineering IT, Engineering Enablement, and engineering business units, defining, designing and implementing standards for engineers within Analog Devices;
• Oversee project and platform delivery of core operating system and tools;
• Drive a technical product delivery team responsible for identity access management and system management – Redhat Enterprise Linux, IdM, OpenShift, Puppet/Forman, Satellite Server, VMWare, Ubuntu, AWS Cloud;
• Automate and develop using Python, Ansible, Terraform, scripting languages, Dev-Ops Workflows, and AI/ML;
• Provide leadership to junior and operations team members, striving for continuous improvement and operational excellence.

Required skills and experience

• 5-10 years’ experience in Linux systems administration roles with increasing responsibility and leadership over this period;
• Experience leading teams to invent, improve, evolve and modernize Linux centric environments;
• Demonstrate experience in the establishment of scalable and sustainable solutions, aligning with industry best practices for integrated circuit and software developers;
• Experience with engineering design technologies such as Redhat, Ubuntu;
• Experience implementing modern infrastructure concepts and practices such as Puppet/Foreman, IaC, CI/CD, Cloud Service/Hosting, SaaS, Agile/Scrum practice;
• Solid understanding physical hardware, resource and server room management;
• Excellent communication, collaboration, and problem-solving skills, works well in a team environment and has project management experience.

Certifications and Qualifications Recommendations

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science or equivalent industry experience;
• Redhat certifications: Satellite Server (RH403), OpenShift (D0180/280), RHCE (RH294), Ansible (D0374);
• AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner;
• Canonical Academey SysAdmin;
• VMWare Certified Professional.