Must have skills for linux administrator

User & group administration
Configuring Linux Networking
Installing and configuring Linux Operating system
Basic Operating System Concepts
Basic experience in Shell Scripts.
Knowledge on apache server
Knowledge on FTP,SSH,SSL,Telnet & xinetd
Knowledge about File system hierarchy
Basic Network Troubleshooting
Installing & configuring Linux Software
Monitoring Server Performance
Configuring Linux Software RAID
Expanding Linux Partitions with LVM
Network Based Linux Installation like NFS, HTTP & FTP
In-depth knowledge on Linux operating system
Experience in shell and Perl scripting
Kernel compilation and fine tuning.
Configuring Linux Firewalls Using iptables
Configuring & Managing Disk Usage With Quotas
Knowledge on TCP/IP
File system Management
Expertise in managing and configuring various services like DNS, NIS, NFS, APACHE, FTP, DHCP & SAMBA
Knowledge on High Availability and Clustering.
High Level of Troubleshooting skills

Various technologies for a System administrators

• EMC SAN
• HP Smart arrays
• SSH
• NIS+
• NFS
• DNS
• Veritas Net backup
• Mid range/Enterprise Servers Hardware
• Solaris 10 zones and containers.(virtualization)
• Red Hat Linux OS
• Solaris 8 & 10 OS
• Disk storage management ( Solstice Disk suite and VERITAS Volume Manager)
• HA skills (VERITAS Cluster server,Sun Cluster (a plus))
• scripting ( Shell & Perl scripting)
• Symantec Net backup Administration
• Network Services: Webserver (Apache/tomcat), DNS, Mail, FTP
• Fail over/Redundancy: RAID, Clustering, Heartbeat, LVS
• Virtualization: Xen, Vmware,citrix
• Security: IPtables, TCP wrappers, SElinux, Hardware based firewalls
• monitoring tools i.e. open view , Tivoli , Big-brother , Ngaios

various Admin requirements

Linux
/Solaris/AIX/HPUX/Redhat (Expertise in at least two)


Remote support, KVM, DRAC, ALOM, HMC


Perl/shell scripting(MUST)


LVM/Sun Disk Suite


Network services, NFS, NIS, DNS, Samba.


OpenSource software compilation and installation (gcc, cc)


Knowledge of RAID (0,1,1+0,3,5)


OS installation, kernel configuration


Web servers, apache, iPlanet, tomcat


Monitoring tools, Nagios, Netsaint, OVO, BMC patrol, MRTG, Remedy


Troubleshooting and performance tuning.


Veritas products - File System, Clustering, Volume Manager


OpenPKG / RPM, Sun Packages


Storage knowledge, EMC, HP-EVA, IBM-ESS


Virtualization, Vmware, Xen


Role: Configuration Management-unix and linux admin exp

?The individual should have sound Unix Background, with at least 2years of Administration Skills in Solaris 5.8 and above and Redhat Linux 4 and above.
?The individual should have handson admin experience of at least 4 years in ClearCase ver 6 and above, ClearCase MultiSite
?The individual must be skilled in DesignSync and should have at least 1years hands-on experience with DesignSync
?The individual should posses sufficient knowledgeable of Windows environment to be able to different windows related and Application related issues
?The individual should have knowledgeable in Defect and Requirement Management tools like ClearQuest, RequisitePro
?The individual must exhibit very good programming skills with Perl

Good To Have Skills:
?Knowledge / hands-on with BuildForge, Klockwork, Sourceforge, GIT will be an added advantage

Desired Profile for Linux Admins keep your self Updated

Installation, Configuration, Maintenance of OS ( Linux : RedHat, Suse )
Handling CVS and SVN for repository on Linux Platform.
Installation and troubleshooting of Oracle Database, Application Server ( Weblogic),

Apache, Tomcat etc. and Web servers
Shell sciprting skills to automate the backups.
Good Knowledge of NFS,NIS and File Systems.
Configuration of Services like FTP,Telnet, SSH, etc
Sound knowledge of Solaris .
Preferably RHCE Certified Engineer.
Installation, Configuration, Maintenance of OS ( Linux : RedHat,

Suse )
Handling CVS and SVN for repository on Linux Platform.
Installation and troubleshooting of Oracle Database, Application Server ( Weblogic),

Apache, Tomcat etc. and Web servers
Shell sciprting skills to automate the backups.
Good Knowledge of NFS,NIS and File Systems.
Configuration of Services like FTP,Telnet, SSH, etc
Sound knowledge of Solaris .
Preferably RHCE Certified Engineer.