Associate Cloud Systems Administrator

Penske•Reading, PA

62d•Hybrid

About The Position

You will be responsible for designing and implementing scalable cloud infrastructure that meets the needs of the business, including virtual networks, storage, and compute resources. As a Penske Cloud Systems Administrator, you are part of the team that is responsible for building and operating of our Cloud and Linux based systems maintained by Penske Truck Leasing's IT Delivery Services. Providing technical support to IT support staff, you will be responsible for system implementation, improvement and documentation, as well as disaster recovery in relation to the various platforms we support. You will be collaborating with platform engineers to formulate and design system scope and objectives as well as preparing detailed specifications for kubernetes runtimes, observability systems that provide the monitoring capabilities in the platform. This position can sit out of our corporate headquarters in Reading, PA(preferred) or our IT Center in Tampa, FL.

Requirements

Associate's degree in information technology, Computer Engineering or related field preferred.
If no degree, then at least 1 year of specific (function) administration experience required
2 years of system engineering and IT support required
1 year of AWS engineering preferred, including hands on experience with VPCs, Availability Zones, Security Groups, ELB/ALB, etc.
2 years' experience with Linux / Middleware skills with an AWS focus preferred. This could include open source and purchased middleware products such as webservers, application servers, database servers, API management gateways, single-signon software, identity management software, ETL software, collaboration software, etc.
Familiarity with performance tuning, performance problem resolution and managing web hosting partners is required
Some experience creating automated scripts using Ansible, Terraform, CloudFormation and Python preferred
Knowledge of enterprise networks and structure
Experience in the following concepts: Networking IT Security best practices
Any equivalent experience in GCP, Oracle Cloud is acceptable.
Regular, predictable, full attendance is an essential function of the job
Willingness to travel as necessary, work the required schedule, work at the specific location required, complete Penske employment application, submit to a background investigation (to include past employment, education, and criminal history) and drug screening are required.

Responsibilities

Maintain and support our AWS, GCP, and Oracle cloud environments.
Collaborate with developers, system administrators, Project Managers, testers, and customers to define requirements, implement cloud-based solutions, and refine cloud systems
This position will also require providing support and troubleshooting issues with existing production cloud environments
Maintains the kubernetes platform in EKS and its operational pipelines using terraform, bash scripts, ansible using the gitops model. If equivalent experience in AKS is available, acceptable.
Monitor existing systems to ensure structural integrity
Install and configure operating systems and other software and routinely test installed software for issues, such as glitch detection
Manage and monitor all installed systems and infrastructure to be in line with company guidelines
Install, configure, and test operating systems, application software, and system management tools
Ensure the highest level of systems and infrastructure availability
Support disaster recovery planning and documentation for the platform
Provide 7x24x365 support for the PTL platforms and participate in any on call scheduled activities
Support implemented automated process scripts using Terraform, Ansible, Scripts and Python
Maintain automated monitoring and alerting processes for the Penske platform
Coordinate system changes and deploys within other IT groups
Install, patch and maintain Linux systems, middleware for web systems, and the Single Sign on Environment in the platform
Support rollbacks and system repair methods/priorities
Other projects / tasks as assigned.