Linux Server Administrator

W.W. Norton & Company seeks a Linux Server Administrator. The server administrator role would encompass system installation, configuration, troubleshooting, and upgrading of physical and virtual servers within our datacenters. In addition, the role would include infrastructure support related to performance, stability, and security. This role involves participation in technical research and development to enable continuing innovation within the infrastructure. This position may be based in New York, NY or Scranton, PA.

Essential Job Responsibilities:

• Analyze and isolate issues, repair and recover from hardware or software failures. Coordinate and communicate with impacted constituencies. Troubleshoot problems reported by users.
• Make recommendations for future upgrades. Ensure design of system allows all components to work properly together.
• Server deployment, security, evaluate and modify system’s performance.
• Perform testing and evaluation of systems and software, patches prior to implementation.
• Maintain network configurations in individual machines, such as drivers and settings of servers.
• Maintain network servers such as application servers, database servers, and file servers
• Applying OS patches and upgrades on a regular basis along with researching probability of problems, upgrade administrative tools and utilities.
• Perform regular security monitoring to identify any possible intrusions.
• Perform daily backup operations, ensuring all required file systems and system data are successfully backed up to appropriate media, recovery tapes or disks. Maintain and monitor Backup Software across multiple locations.
• Perform daily system monitoring, verifying the integrity and availability of all hardware, server resources, systems and key processes, reviewing system and application logs, and verifying completion of scheduled jobs such as backups.

Required Qualifications and Skills:

• Employment eligibility to work in the US is required
• Must be able to work regular business hours in our Manhattan office location
• Detailed knowledge of Linux (CentOS, Apache, Nginx, MySQL, Rails/Unicorn, PHP, DNS, LDAP)
• Knowledge of automation tools or scripting (Perl OR Shell OR Python OR Ruby OR PHP)
• Detailed knowledge of Linux in virtualized environments.
• Knowledge of ancillary VMware products like Operations Manager and Replication
• Able to detail, plan, and implement failover clustering to remote environment
• Knowledge of MAC OS/X Server

Preferred Skills:

• Experience with GIT
• Experience with Python / Ruby
• Experience with MongoDB and MySQL
• Experience with EC2, Amazon Cloud, clustered high availability web applications
• Certifications in server management or related technologies

Qualified candidates should apply by sending a copy of their resume and cover letter.

Please note that this job description is not designed to cover all activities required of the employee.

W.W. Norton & Company is an equal employment opportunity/affirmative action employer and considers qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, gender, age, color, religion, national origin, marital status, disability, sexual orientation, or any other protected factor.

Job Type: Full-time

Job Location:

• Scranton, PA