Senior Linux Systems Administrator

Tech Talent International (SI) supplies technical talent to a variety of clients ranging from Fortune 100/500/1000 companies to small and mid-sized organizations in Canada/US and Europe. We currently have a role as a Senior Linux Systems Administrator with our large consulting client, working onsite at a major financial services client in the downtown Montreal area. Role: Cybersecurity - Senior Linux Systems Administrator Type: Permanent or Contract 40 hrs/week Location: Hybrid - Downtown Montreal, QC -(roles starts off 5 days in office for 1st 3 months, then turns into hybrid setup 3 days onsite, 2 days from home) Salary: $90,000 - $95,000 + 9% bonus + 3-5 weeks paid vacation + RRSP contribution + benefits + sick/personal days RESPONSIBILITIES Work as an integral member of an agile-organized team delivering Unix operational support and infrastructure projects Follow up on client requests and incidents, acting as a trusted business partner with full transparency and accountability Participate in Follow-the-Sun support, covering Europe and Asia Propose innovative, scalable, and industrialized solutions to automate repetitive tasks and improve overall team efficiency Actively participate in enterprise-wide automation initiatives by collaborating with multiple feature teams Manage activities in accordance with ITIL framework (Change Management, Incident/Request Management) Onboard team operational routines and participate in planned overtime operations at least once per month Work closely with the Bangalore-based Level 1 support team to continuously optimize service delivery Strengthen expertise in agile practices, with Scrum at the core of team organization Contribute to API design and development to automate IT operations (strong Python expertise required) Collaborate in the design and delivery of feature team products, providing technical insight and architectural perspective Support a large-scale environment of 2,500+ servers REQUIREMENTS Mandatory Advanced expertise in Linux Server Operating Systems (RHEL): administration, lifecycle management, hardening, and performance tuning Strong troubleshooting skills at kernel, process, memory, and I/O levels Experience with monitoring and observability tools (e.g., Zabbix, Prometheus, custom health checks) Development and scripting skills (Python, Bash, Ansible, Puppet) Experience with production-grade automation, API integrations, and tooling Knowledge of volume management (LVM, multipathing) and filesystem tuning (XFS, ext4) Puppet expertise: modular design, Hiera, environment management, large-scale configuration enforcement Experience with cloud-based technologies (hybrid architectures, provisioning, integration) Proficiency with Red Hat Identity Management (IdM), LDAP integration, authentication and authorization workflows Knowledge of enterprise hardware (HP/DELL x86), including firmware, BIOS, RAID Strong understanding of TCP/IP and related services (LDAP, DHCP, DNS, SMTP, NFS) and troubleshooting of complex dependencies Experience with enterprise backup platforms (e.g., NetBackup), restore validation, and disaster recovery readiness Knowledge of SAN, Fibre Channel storage, NFS, and multipath I/O configuration Understanding of high availability clustering and failover mechanisms Experience with patch management, compliance, and vulnerability remediation Strong skills in incident root cause analysis (RCA) and production problem management Experience contributing to open-source projects (e.g., GitHub), including code reviews and documentation Bilingual (required) Nice to have Experience with Red Hat Satellite (content views, lifecycle environments, patch management at scale) Knowledge of Elastic Stack (Elasticsearch, Kibana, Logstash) for centralized logging Experience with Software Factory tooling (e.g., Jenkins, CI/CD pipelines) and Continuous Delivery practices Knowledge of OpenStack (compute, networking, storage, operations)

The Senior Linux Systems Administrator will provide Unix operational support and manage infrastructure projects while collaborating with an agile team. They will also participate in automation initiatives and support a large-scale environment of over 2,500 servers.

Candidates must have advanced expertise in Linux Server Operating Systems and strong troubleshooting skills. Experience with automation, API integrations, and cloud technologies is also required.

• Paid Vacation • RRSP Contribution • Benefits • Sick/Personal Days

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• Linux Server Operating Systems
• Troubleshooting
• Monitoring Tools
• Scripting
• Automation
• API Integrations
• Volume Management
• Filesystem Tuning
• Puppet
• Cloud Technologies
• Identity Management
• TCP/IP
• Backup Platforms
• High Availability Clustering
• Patch Management
• Incident Root Cause Analysis

Expérience minimale

5+ ans

Postuler avant le

12 août 2026