This is probably on either the PTC project or the mainframe migration. KC Southern was notorious for severe bureaucracy and departmental politics. I haven't known anybody who has worked with CPKC.
-------- Original Message -------- Subject: CPKC - Sr Linux Administrator opening (6 month contract to hire, $50-54.65/hr) Date: 2025-05-16 10:34 From: "Fellers, Brian" bfellers@teksystems.com To: "Fellers, Brian" bfellers@teksystems.com
Hello,
Below is the job description for the Sr Linux Administrator opening we have with CPKC (Canadian Pacific Kansas City Southern Railway). 6 month contract to hire and will work 100% onsite at the downtown CPKC location. Please let me know if you know anyone who might be interested in this opening.
100% On site Kansas City MO
for a Mid/Sr Level Linux Admin. Below are the details. There are multiple vendors so I would get it to your network asap.
This is a 100% on site at their downtown location.
Address [1]: 114 West 11th Street, Kansas City, MO
6 month contract to hire
Pay Rate: $50-54.65/hr
KEY: Middle to Senior Linux Administrator with VMware and/or Nutanix Hypervisor knowledge and experience.
Linux (SUSE, RHEL, CentOS, BSD)
VMware
Ansible is a plus
Linux based security would be a plus as well
Overview
- Individuals are 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. This position will lead the containerization effort for Datacenter services.
- 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)
- Knowledge and use of containerization platforms (Docker, OpenShift)
- Scripting languages (PowerShell, bash, python)
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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)
- 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
- Ability to work independently to achieve goals
- Ability to work as part of a strong technical delivery team to deliver computing needs
Skills:
-10 to 15 years Infrastructure experience
Best regards,
Brian Fellers | Lead Professional Recruiter T 913.982.4972 | M 785.250.7060 | bfellers@TEKsystems.com 800.318.2074 | F 913.982.5053 7421 W 129th St, Suite #300, Overland Park, KS 66213