Linux System Administrator Cover Letter

I am excited to be applying for the position of linux system administrator. Please accept this letter and the attached resume as my interest in this position.

In my previous role, I was responsible for support for implementation, troubleshooting and maintenance of Unix/Linux systems.

My experience is an excellent fit for the list of requirements in this job:

• Hands on experience with IBM or HP hardware, including blades, disk systems, VMware, and x86 systems
• Day management of the Red Hat and Linux Server infrastructure and perform advanced troubleshooting of complex system issues
• Extensive experience with RedHat and Ubuntu Linux
• Experience with automation tools like Puppet, Ansible, Chef, CFEngine, Foreman
• LAN administration – edge and core switches, routers
• Enterprise class compute hardware – HP blade chassis, ILO, OA, iDrac, Virtual Connect
• Openstack, VMWare Cloud Director, RHEV or similar experience
• NIS, LDAP, DHCP, DNS, Kerberos, GIT, Gerrit

I would like to submit my application for the linux system administrator opening. Please accept this letter and the attached resume.

In the previous role, I was responsible for linux Systems Administration to 80 systems (local and remote).

Please consider my experience and qualifications for this position:

• Strong understanding of IP based networking, subnets, switching, hardware and cabling
• Strong understanding of computer hardware, replacing disks, memory, CPU's, GPU's, & PSU's
• Knowledge of HTTP(S), SMTP, LDAP, DNS, DHCP, NTP and other internet protocols
• Experience setting up and maintaining KVM/QEMU environment
• Experience working with revision control systems such as SVN and/or Mercurial
• Experience working with JBOD, software, and hardware based raid arrays in Linux
• Significant experience working with Linux operating systems in complex enterprise environments including user account configuration using both local and centralized mechanisms, specifically LDAP and Kerberos, and support and integration with Microsoft operating systems
• Experience with Enterprise Storage Technologies including Storage Area Networks (sAN), Network Attached Storage (NAS) and Network file sharing protocols (NFS/AFS/CIFS)

Please consider me for the linux system administrator opportunity. I am including my resume that lists my qualifications and experience.

Previously, I was responsible for red Hat Enterprise Linux system administration for client operating systems.

Please consider my experience and qualifications for this position:

• Familiarity preferred with high performance storage systems eg
• Familiarity preferred with disk and tape backup technologies eg
• Familiarity preferred with cloud and web technologies eg
• Familiarity preferred with database and caching technologies eg
• Familiarity preferred with blade workstations, Teradici portals
• Familiarity preferred with licensing software eg
• Demonstrated understanding of metrics analysis & health monitoring (Graphite, Nagios)
• Able to write scripts and / or programs using an administrative language (Batch, Bash, Perl, Python, etc)

In response to your job posting for linux system administrator, I am including this letter and my resume for your review.

Previously, I was responsible for administration of Linux servers to include patching and security compliance requirements as well as troubleshooting customer issues.

My experience is an excellent fit for the list of requirements in this job:

• Experience with apache, tomcat, jenkins, maven, memcache
• Experience with NetBackup, Amanda
• Familiar with fundamental computer science concepts
• In-depth knowledge of network protocols, such as IP, ARP, TCP, UDP, DHCP, DNS, FTP, NTP, SNMP
• Able to document team policies and procedures if they do not already exist
• Our environment never stays the same
• Entry-level experience in Linux/Unix operating system administration, Microsoft Windows Desktops
• Version control experience (cvs, subversion,git

I would like to submit my application for the linux system administrator opening. Please accept this letter and the attached resume.

In my previous role, I was responsible for systems administration for Linux based global systems deployed on AWS.

Please consider my experience and qualifications for this position:

• Experience performing system administration as part of a team
• Scripting and programming experience including shell scripting (sh/bash), strong regex skills and at least one dynamic language
• Knowledge of information security and privacy best practices and principles
• Experience with VMWare Enterprise design and operation, Intel-based and compatible hardware architecture systems and TCP/IP networked environment
• Experience with Dell Compellent and Dell/EMC DataDomain products
• Experience with Dell PowerEdge rackmount and blade architectures
• Experience with Oracle ZFS storage appliance
• Experience with RedHat Subscription Management (RHSM)