Senior Linux Administrator

Canadian Pacific (CP) and Kansas City Southern (KCS) are now CPKC. As the only truly North American railway, we are making big moves! Drawing on our strong foundations and heritage, CPKC moves essential goods across our 20,000-mile network to support economic growth throughout Canada, the U.

S. and Mexico. Be a part of history as we connect a continent and create exciting career opportunities across our new transnational network.

Visit cpkcr.com to learn about the CPKC advantage, our purpose and culture.

PURPOSE OF THE POSITION :

As a Senior Linux Administrator (internally called Specialist, IS Infra Platforms Linux) responsible for Linux operational support, troubleshooting, maintenance, upgrades and expansion, on-call rotation.

In addition, they will provide support to provisioning / operational staff, as well as work closely with the architecture group in design support and validation of new designs and installations.

POSITION ACCOUNTABILITIES :

Provide direction and advice pertaining to capacity planning

Provide direction and advice pertaining to future installations and design

Provide direction to automate and orchestrate future use of Linux environments (Tanium, Orchestrator, automation suites)

Configuration management utilizing Ansible, SaltStack, Puppet, Chef, Desired State Configuration (DSC)

Scripting languages (PowerShell, bash, python)

POSITION REQUIREMENTS :

Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent experience

10 to 15 years Infrastructure experience

1 to 3 years virtual infrastructure experience

Knowledge in the following preferred :

Virtualization Technologies using VMware / Nutanix / Hyper V (MS suite)

Provide direction and advice pertaining to design and configuration of converged infrastructure

Cluster experience (SLES, RH would be good)

Vcenter or Nutanix tools

Storage Technologies using Dell / EMC and Netapp

Dell / EMC and Netapp replication technologies

Protocols including CIFS, NFS, iSCSI, FC

Cisco Networking Products

Networking technologies including, but not limited to TCP / IP, DNS, Routing Protocols, Switching

Cisco UCS Servers

VMWare Hypervisor as well as some UCS bare-metal)

Knowledge and use of containerization platforms

Strong Communications Skills, both verbal and written

Demonstrated experience documenting environments, runbooks, etc.

Azure Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS), Platform as a Service (PaaS), and automation technologies

Infrastructure as Code platforms : Terraform, Packer, Azure Resource Manager / CloudFormation templates

Enterprise service bus platforms

WHAT CPKC HAS TO OFFER :

Flexible and competitive benefits package

Employer Funded Retirement Plan

Employee Share Purchase Plan

Performance Incentive Program

Annual Fitness Subsidy

Part-time Studies Program

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION :

As an employer with North American presence, the possibility does exist that the location of your position may be changed based on organizational requirements.

Drug Test Elements :

CPKC is committed to the safety and health of its employees and the general public. All new hires are required to undergo a drug screen.

We appreciate your cooperation in keeping CPKC safe and drug free.

Background Investigation :

The successful candidate will need to successfully complete the following clearances :

Criminal history check

Reference check

Last 7 years of employment history; includes military service

Social Security number verification

Management Conductor Program :

Becoming a qualified conductor or locomotive engineer is the single best way for a management employee to learn the business at CPKC.

You may be required to obtain a certification or to maintain your current certification / qualification as a conductor or locomotive engineer.

CPKC is an equal opportunity / affirmative action employer, inclusive of protected veterans and individuals with disabilities.

Req ID : 102291

Department : Information Services

Job Type : Full-Time

Position Type : Non-Union

Location : Kansas City, Missouri

Country : United States

of Travel : 0-10%

of Positions : 1

Job Grade :

Job Available to : Internal & External