IT Specialist

VSG Business Solutions • Albany, NY

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About The Position

The IT Specialist administers enterprise Windows and Linux server operating systems, including installation, configuration, patching, and upgrades. The role also supports Kubernetes or an equivalent container orchestration platform; server environments hosted in public or private clouds; high-availability configurations; privileged access; automation and configuration management; security baselines and vulnerability remediation; enterprise monitoring and alerting; and virtualization or hypervisor platforms.

Applicants are asked to submit a résumé, a copy of candidate identification (such as a driver’s license, Green Card, or visa and passport if applicable), and any documents referenced in the requested qualifications, such as professional certifications or degrees.

Requirements

• 84 months of experience administering Windows Server operating systems in an enterprise.
• 84 months of experience administering Linux server operating systems, such as Red Hat Enterprise Linux, SUSE, or Ubuntu, in an enterprise environment, including installation, configuration, patching, and version upgrades.
• 60 months of experience administering Kubernetes or an equivalent container orchestration platform, including cluster provisioning, component upgrades, and troubleshooting.
• 72 months of experience administering server operating systems hosted in a public or private cloud environment, such as Microsoft Azure, Amazon Web Services, or Google Cloud Platform.
• 72 months of experience implementing and maintaining high-availability configurations for server operating systems, including clustering, failover, replication, or backup and restore.
• 72 months of experience configuring and administering privileged and administrative access.
• 60 months of experience using infrastructure automation or configuration management tools, such as Ansible, Puppet, Chef, Terraform, PowerShell, or Bash, to provision or administer servers.
• 60 months of experience applying security baselines and remediating vulnerability scans.
• 60 months of experience using enterprise monitoring and alerting tools to track servers.
• 72 months of experience administering enterprise virtualization or hypervisor platforms, such as VMware vSphere and ESXi, Microsoft Hyper-V, Proxmox VE, Nutanix AHV, or Red Hat OpenShift Virtualization, including host configuration, virtual machine provisioning, storage and network assignment, and resource management.

Responsibilities

• Administer Windows Server operating systems in an enterprise.
• Administer Linux server operating systems, including installation, configuration, patching, and version upgrades.
• Administer Kubernetes or an equivalent container orchestration platform, including cluster provisioning, component upgrades, and troubleshooting.
• Administer server operating systems hosted in public or private cloud environments.
• Implement and maintain high-availability configurations, including clustering, failover, replication, or backup and restore.
• Configure and administer privileged and administrative access.
• Use infrastructure automation or configuration management tools to provision or administer servers.
• Apply security baselines and remediate vulnerability scans.
• Use enterprise monitoring and alerting tools to track servers.
• Administer enterprise virtualization or hypervisor platforms, including host configuration, virtual machine provisioning, storage and network assignment, and resource management.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Education Level: No Education Listed