Job Description

KAI is looking for a Unix/Linux System Administrator to join the IT department in our San Jose, CA office. The ideal candidate will meet with internal customers on a regular basis to understand their needs, prioritize the tasks, ensure that the projects are completed, and serve as the point of escalation for complex systems issues. RESPONSIBILITIES: 

• Driving standards for system administration processes/tools and writing scripts to automate the processes.
• Justification, procurement, installation, asset management, and support for hardware and software.
• Participation in weekly team meetings and creating project plans.
• Ability to provide automations for monitoring, rapid deployments, and assist with quick turnarounds.
• Documentation and user training.
• Perform server builds necessary to support project requirements while meeting approved project budgets and timelines.
• Create and maintain disaster recovery planning for Unix/Linux platform company-wide.
• Partner with the support team to ensure new capabilities are smoothly integrated into established operational processes, including monitoring, backups, and failover/disaster recovery.
• Responsible for detailing tasks and level of effort for project managers to include in overall project scope.
• Lead troubleshooting/project completion efforts.
• Subject matter expert in one or more of the following technologies a plus: Domain Name Service, LDAP, VMWare, Linux/Unix security, and server management.
• Serve as technical liaison for 3rd party, managed service support team.
• Proactively manage technologies within assigned areas, including providing recommendations for improving service and escalating areas that may impact service availability.
• Research and bring to the manager operational best practices for monitoring and maintaining server health.
• Enforce compliance regarding document retention, information security, and best practice system administrations.
• Assist with audits and perform other duties as necessary.

Qualifications

• Self-driven engineer with at least 8+ years of Unix/Linux system administration and expert-level skills managing enterprise-level Unix/Linux administration and security tools.
• Excellent technical knowledge of Unix/Linux architecture and administration (admin, master replication/imaging, patch management, DNS, DHCP, NFS, NIS, etc.), shell programming, LDAP, virtualization, enterprise storage, software management/licensing).
• Strong experience in supporting semiconductor technical/R&D teams (development, test/QA) with EDA/CAD, simulation-related tools (Perl, shell, Python, SunGrid, NC, Cadence, Synopsis, CF Engine, source code repository, Atlassian tools, and other EDA/CAD related tools).
• Experience in managing enterprise storage (NetApp & PureStorage).
• Experience in performing disaster recovery failover via replication (Rubrik).
• Available 7x24, as needed.

Additional Information

Req# 2123; #LI-CB1

AT KIOXIA, WE VALUE THE FOLLOWING:

• Investment in you
  • Offering opportunities for career growth and personal development training
• Open-minded management
  • Empowering employees by listening and responding to ideas, issues, and approaches
• Flexible work-life balance
  • Offering a generous PTO allotment, holiday shutdown, and flexible work options
• Diversity of cultures, perspectives, backgrounds and experiences of all our team members
  • Through our diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives, our focus is to strengthen our company culture to create more inclusion and belonging for all
• Benefits for our team members
  • Excellent medical and non-medical benefits, 401(k) matching, pet insurance

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