Temporary DevOps/System Engineer (Sr.staff)
About The Position
Temporary, three-month contract role based in San Jose, California, with stated working hours of 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. PST and a pay rate of approximately $7,930 per month, depending on experience. The engineer will develop and support systems-administration solutions for project and operational needs, including server, virtualization, storage, network, infrastructure-automation, and deployment-management environments. The position also supports infrastructure and R&D systems, EDA tools and licenses, and system security standards. The role includes operational support and maintenance across Linux, Windows, VMware, and Apache environments. Duties include patching, monitoring, backups, security checks, account administration, troubleshooting, recovery from failures, maintaining infrastructure applications and tools, and coordinating support with affected teams. After-hours and weekend support or alternative schedules are required at various points during the year.
Requirements
- At least 5 years of relevant experience.
- At least 7 years of system-administration experience in Linux environments.
- High skill level in VMware administration and management; experience with Jenkins, Git, and DevOps tool administration.
- 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 IAT Level II-compliant certification, or equivalent experience.
- Ability to multitask.
- Independent, self-starter approach.
- Professional and courteous verbal and written communication with technical and non-technical personnel.
- Ability to lift 50 pounds and move servers between facilities 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 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 to meet standards and requirements.
- Support virtualization platforms such as VMware and KVM, storage platforms, 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 system procedures and standards.
- Configure and maintain storage equipment and troubleshoot issues 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, hardware, server resources, processes, logs, scheduled jobs, and backups; conduct security monitoring for possible intrusions.
- Perform backup operations, manage recovery media, and conduct file archival and purging as needed.
- Create, change, and delete user accounts upon request.
- Provide Tier III and other support, investigate and troubleshoot issues, and repair or recover from hardware and software failures.
- Coordinate and communicate with affected constituencies during support and recovery work.
- Apply operating-system patches and upgrades, update administrative tools and utilities, and configure new services as needed.
- Manage or deploy Jirra, Git, LDAP, Jenkins, and VMware instances.
- Upgrade and configure system software supporting infrastructure or asset-management applications.
- Perform performance tuning, hardware upgrades, and resource optimization; configure CPU, memory, and disk partitions as required.
- Move servers between the main data center, colocation facility, and labs; install new hardware or migrate existing servers, including rack-and-stack work.
- Provide after-hours and weekend support or work alternative schedules at various points during the year.
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What This Job Offers
Career Level
Senior
Education Level
No Education Listed
