NOC Technician Tier II

Company: AiNET
Position: NOC Technician Tier II
Duration: PERM
Perm Salary: $50K-$65K DOE
Location: Beltsville, MD 20705
Work Status: US Citizen

Must haves:

• Experience: 2-3 Years
• Strong Linux / Unix Administration experience
• In-depth knowledge of the FreeBSD operating system and various Linux derivatives
• Proficient with VMware
• DNS (Domain Name Storage) Experience
• Must have good time management skills
• Must be available to work the times and days specified
• Must be willing to have work schedule altered as needed
• Must pass civil and criminal background, and drug test investigation

Day to Day:

The primary responsibilities of this position will focus on server administration and break-fix. This position will also be responsible for administering LAMP style (Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP) deployments well beyond simple installation and configuration. This may include tuning either application for high-performance web serving and database-queries. Primary day-to-day responsibilities will be split between the installation and configuration of new customer software and applications, and the support of existing customer open source applications and servers. Customers, via a ticket based on an established support ticket system, will dictate 90% of your work.

Ideal Candidate: Ideal candidates will have aptitude and knowledge in the following areas:

• NIX Operating Systems, specifically FreeBSD and/or Linux derivatives. Ability to administer these systems at the command line.
• LAMP based deployments (Linux-Apache-MySQL-PHP), including performance tuning.
• Shell scripting and automation of system tasks (Bourne Shell, BASH, CSH are acceptable).
• Cisco IOS and switch based networking. Basic configuration of Cisco switches, including routing of IP addresses (IPv4 & IPv6). Experience with BGP4 and/or MPLS encapsulation a plus.

Ideal candidates will also display knowledge or a willingness to acquire knowledge of the following areas:

• Advanced performance tuning of *NIX derived Operating Systems.
• Installation and configuration of both Windows and various *NIX OS.
• Installation and configuration of Virtualization technologies such as VMware/Xen/XenCenter/MS Hyper-V
• Cisco IOS and switch based network topologies, such as basic TCP/IP routing, OSPF, BGP4, MPLS and familiarity with Cisco devices.