Temporary DevOps/System Engineer (Sr.staff)

SBT Global, Inc.•San Jose, CA

11d•Onsite

About The Position

This temporary, three-month role is based in San Jose, California, with listed hours of 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. PST. The position engineers and supports systems administration solutions for project and operational needs, including server installation and configuration, virtualization, storage, infrastructure automation, deployment management, system inventory, and network equipment. It also supports infrastructure and R&D systems, EDA tools and FlexLM licenses, system standards, and security posture. The role provides operational support through security patching and compliance reporting, daily system and log monitoring, backups, security monitoring, account administration, Tier III troubleshooting, and recovery from hardware or software failures. Maintenance work includes OS and tool upgrades, deployment and management of Jirra, Git, LDAP, Jenkins, and VMware instances, procedure maintenance, performance tuning, hardware upgrades, and resource optimization. After-hours and weekend support or alternative schedules are required at various points during the year.

Requirements

Minimum of 5 years of relevant experience.
At least 7 years of system administration experience in Linux environments.
High skill level in VMware administration and management, including administration of Jenkins, Git, and DevOps tools.
Proficiency in Linux administration tasks such as shell scripting, creating cron jobs, analyzing log files, managing user accounts and groups, configuring iptables, and setting up mail services.
CompTIA Security+ (SY0-301), another DoD 8570.1 Workplace Improvement Plan IAT Level II-compliant certification, or equivalent experience.
Ability to multitask.
Independent, self-starting approach.
Ability to communicate professionally and courteously, verbally and in writing, with technical and non-technical personnel.
Ability to lift 50 lbs.
Ability to move servers between the main data center, colocation facility, and labs.

Nice To Haves

Linux systems administration or systems engineering certification, such as CompTIA Linux+, RHCSA, or RHCE.
Cisco network equipment management experience.
Familiarity with web-based technologies, including reverse proxy servers, SSL certificate configuration, three-tier architecture, service-oriented architecture, enterprise service bus, HTTP, and browser differences.

Responsibilities

Engineer systems administration solutions for project and operational needs.
Install or rebuild servers and configure hardware, peripherals, services, settings, directories, and storage according to standards and requirements.
Support virtualization platforms such as VMware and KVM; storage systems; Ansible infrastructure automation; Foreman deployment management; GLPI inventory; and network equipment.
Install and configure systems supporting infrastructure and R&D activities.
Develop and maintain installation, configuration, operational, and other procedures, as well as system standards.
Configure and maintain storage equipment, troubleshoot issues, and work with vendors.
Configure and install EDA tools and FlexLM licenses, and troubleshoot software tool issues.
Contribute to and maintain the security posture of systems; install security patches and report patch compliance.
Monitor systems daily, including hardware, server resources, system availability, processes, logs, applications, and scheduled jobs such as backups.
Perform regular security monitoring to identify possible intrusions.
Perform daily backup operations, verify successful backups, create recovery media, and arrange media recycling and off-site handling as necessary.
Perform file archiving and purging as necessary.
Create, change, and delete user accounts as requested.
Provide Tier III and other requested support, investigate and troubleshoot issues, and coordinate recovery from hardware or software failures with impacted users.
Apply OS patches and upgrades regularly and upgrade administrative tools and utilities; configure or add services as needed.
Manage existing or deploy new instances of Jirra, Git, LDAP, Jenkins, and VMware environments.
Upgrade and configure system software supporting infrastructure or asset management applications according to project and operational needs.
Perform performance tuning, hardware upgrades, and resource optimization; configure CPU, memory, and disk partitions as required.
Provide after-hours and weekend support or work alternative schedules at various points during the year.
Move servers between the main data center, colocation facility, and labs; install new hardware or migrate existing servers, including rack-and-stack work.