2-3+ years experience administering Linux/UNIX systems and applications
In-depth technical knowledge of and experience with RedHat variants, preferably RHEL/CentOS
Expertise supporting and designing web applications using LAMP (Linux, Apache, MySQL, and PHP/Perl) infrastructure
Experience designing, maintaining, and deploying environments for J2EE applications preferably using Tomcat or JBoss
Strong knowledge of UNIX scripting and automation
Ability to write and debug complex SQL queries
Excellent verbal and written communication skills, including the ability to produce usable and maintainable documentation
Demonstrate problem solving abilities and initiative
Ability to deliver projects on schedule
Strong knowledge of networking as it relates to systems and security
Ability to provide a professional interface to internal and external customers and vendors
Experience building and maintaining custom packages using RPM and managing yum repositories
Experience with mod_perl based applications in a high volume, production environment
Experience supporting multiple Linux variants (preferably RedHat, Debian, Gentoo, Slackware, Suse) and other UNIX based operating systems (BSD, Solaris, etc.)
MySQL database administration experience
Strong networking background and experience working with load balancers
Experience writing and maintaining Perl, PHP, Ruby, Java, and/or C scripts or applications
Solid understanding of risk management practices (ITIL) and how they apply to service level agreements