Red Hat Certified Engineer

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Red Hat Certified Engineer

Red Hat Certified Engineer (RHCE) is a professional who has expertise in handling the Red Hat Enterprise Linux System.  The Certified Engineer takes care of various tasks such as setting kernel runtime parameters, handling various types of system logging and providing certain kinds of network operability. The professionals must have the ability to install networking services and security on servers running Red Hat Enterprise Linux.

The professional must have a proper understanding of the hardware and its limitations. They play an active role in configuring and monitoring the common enterprise network (IP) services.  It is the responsibility of the Red Hat Certified Engineer to handle the Red Hat Linux System Administration. The Certified Engineer has over the installation of basic networking and file system for a network.

Red Hat Certified Engineer will carry out server diagnostics and troubleshooting. They must configure the X Window System and Red Hat Linux. The professional is responsible for the static routes, packet filtering, and network address translation. The Certified Engineer must be able to use shell scripting to automate system maintenance tasks. They produce and deliver report on system utilization. The professionals have an essential role in setting up the Internet Small Computer System Interface (iSCSI) initiator.

The professional will offer networking services such as HTTP/HTTPS, File Transfer Protocol (FTP), network file system (NFS), server message block (SMB), Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP), secure shell (SSH) and Network Time Protocol (NTP). Red Hat Certified Engineer makes use of network teaming or bonding to setup aggregated network links between two Red Hat Enterprise Linux Systems. They are responsible for configuring IPv6 addresses and conducting basic IPv6 troubleshooting.

Red Hat Certified Engineer uses firewalld and other mechanisms such as zones and rich rules to deploy packet filtering and set up network address translation (NAT). The professional has to route IP traffic and create static routes. The Certified Engineer will perform the service for basic operation. They configure host-based and user-based security for the service. They utilize SELinux port labeling to allow services to use non-standard ports. The professionals install the packages needed to provide the service.

Job Description

Red Hat Certified Engineer job involves implementing a basic CGI application. The Certified Engineer identifies and rectifies DNS client issues. They have to configure group-managed content, TLS security, and virtual host. The professional takes care of access restriction on directories. The Certified Professionals will identify and rectify the DNS client issues. They will configure a caching-only name server.

Job Description

The professional should be able to offer network shares to specific clients.  They will utilize Kerberos to control access to NFS network shares. The Red Hat Certified Engineer is responsible for providing network shares suitable for group collaboration. The Certified Expert has to put a system in place to forward all email to the central mail server. They take care of the key-based authentication and other additional options described in the documentation.

It is the responsibility of the Red Hat Certified Engineer to coordinate time using other NTP peers.  They should provide backup and restore a database. The professional will perform simple SQL queries against a database. The Red Hat Certified Engineer installs and configures the MariaDB and will provide a database schema. The professionals must know how to access and manage files from the Command line. They will have to create, view and edit text files. The professionals must assist in Red Hat Enterprise Linux.

Red Hat Certified Engineer takes care of Linux users and groups. They can control access to with Linux file system permissions. The professionals will manage and monitor Linux processes. They utilize virtualized systems and access Linux file systems. The Certified Engineer is responsible for installing and updating software packages. The professionals have to archive and copy files between systems along with controlling service and daemons.

The professional has to limit network communication with the firewall. They add disks, partitions and file systems to a Linux System. The Red Hat Certified Engineer manages the logical volume management (LVM) storage. They access networked attached storage with the network file system (NFS). The Certified Engineer will automate installation with Kickstart and schedule future Linux tasks. The Red Hat Certified Engineer has to create and edit text files with vim and manage the priority of Linux processes.

Educational Qualifications

Red Hat Certified Engineer must have a bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Telecommunications, Electronics & Electricals or any other related fields. Some organizations hire candidates with prior relevant work experience, whereas others lookout for candidates gives a chance to fresher’s with a master’s degree or certain specialization.

Certifications

Red Hat Certified Engineer

The Red Hat certification verifies the skills of the candidates to install and set up networking services and security on servers running Red Hat Enterprise Linux. The RHCE certification is designed for professionals to support Linux as a primary server platform in their environment.

Salary

The Indeed salary estimate states that on an average Red Hat Certified Engineer earnings range from approximately $54,698 per year for Junior Systems Administrator to $144,582 per year for Performance Engineer. According to Payscale, for this position, the professional earns about $97K per year in the United States.

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