POSITION OVERVIEW
This is a system administration position that performs both planning and hands-on technical work for the Enterprise Technology Services team. We are a small, solid group looking to speed up our migration to the latest AWS technologies. Responsibilities include administration of and planning for:
- AWS Infrastructure as Code using CloudFormation via Formica
- Ansible-based Linux Systems administration
- Clustering and Cloud Technologies
- Security
- Backup and Recovery
- Performance Tuning and Optimization
- Monitoring with Prometheus
RESPONSIBILITIES
- Collaborates with application development teams and other internal stakeholders to deliver high quality solutions
- Advises the development teams on the best way to convert their existing stacks to AWS
- Supports the platform deployments for new applications as they are created (machine learning, statement processing, etc.)
- Serves as the expert that can dive in, analyze, and fix problems with AWS services
- Manage multiple projects, providing deliverables in a timely fashion
- Participate in on-call rotation
- Complies with all company and site policies and procedures
- Remains current in profession and industry trends
- Successfully completes regulatory and job training requirements
- Performs other duties as assigned
Required Skills
- Highly motivated, self-starter that has a strong desire to learn.
- Strong troubleshooting skills are required.
- Detailed understanding of TCP/IP and routing is required
- Ability to make a positive contribution as demonstrated by learning new skills and making suggestions for process/procedure improvement
- Ability to work with others in a collaborative team environment
Required Experience
EXPERIENCE
- 3+ years of experience administrating Linux systems in an enterprise environment (RHEL/CentOS preferred)
- 3+ years working with cloud admin experience (EC2, IAM, Cloudformation, etc)
- Git experience (or similar version control system) is required
- Anisble playbook development experience
- Experience with building/automating CI/CD pipelines (Jenkins, Maven, Jira, BitBucket)
- Advanced understanding of Linux including user, network, storage, memory, and security components
- Experience with Bash scripting is required
- Experience with Python is required
- Experience with load balancing/failover technologies is required; AWS Loadbalancers are preferred
- Experience with virtualization is required; VMware ESXi is preferred
EXPERIENCE SUPPORTING THE FOLLOWING TECHNOLOGIES WOULD BE A BONUS:
- Mongodb
- Nodejs
- Apache Tomcat
- Cassandra/Datastax Enterprise
- Oracle database
- Commvault Simpana
EDUCATION/LICENSES/PROFESSIONAL DESIGNATIONS
- BS in Information Systems/Computer Science and or equivalent work experience
- AWS Certified Solutions Architect Associate (CSAA)
- RHCSA (Red Hat Certified System Administrator)
- LPIC -1 (Linux Professional Institute Certification Level 1)
- LPIC-2 (Linux Professional Institute Certification Level 2)
LEVEL = 22
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