Server Administrator

Arcwood Environmental, LLC•Indianapolis, IN

6d•Hybrid

About The Position

As the Server Administrator, you will be part of a team that helps support and enhance Arcwood’s IT infrastructure. This role will maintain responsibility for our cloud tenants, virtual servers, vendor appliances, and core infrastructure services while contributing to initiatives for system reliability, security and performance.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in information technology or related discipline (required)
Red Hat Certified System Administrator (RHCSA) or equivalent (LPIC-1/Linux+)
Red Hat Certified Engineer (RHCE) or equivalent Linux automation experience
CompTIA Security+ or equivalent security fundamentals
5+ years of administration/support experience with enterprise Linux (RHEL/Rocky/Ubuntu) servers in on-premises and virtualized environments (required) -OR- In lieu of degree, 10+ years administration/support experience with enterprise Linux (RHEL/Rocky/Ubuntu) servers in on-premises and virtualized environments (required)
Experience in the administration of Linux service and OS components including system, journald, package management, yum/dnf/apt, kernel and filesystem basics (required)
Experience deploying, configuring, and managing virtual machines (VMware and/or KVM), with an emphasis on Linux guest performance, storage and networking (required)
Experience in deployment and configuration of monitoring/logging (e.g. Prometheus/node_exporter, Grafana, ELK/Opensearch) and alerting workflows (required)

Nice To Haves

CompTIA Linux+, LPIC-2, Kubernetes (CKA/CKAD), AWS SysOps Administrator or Azure Linux specialty

Responsibilities

Prioritizes health and safety by adhering to policies, processes, and consistently maintaining safe practices
Effectively prioritizes and resolves Service Requests, Incidents, and Change Tickets to support operations and personnel
Provides support to the Service Desk by supporting Linux server-related issues including performance, storage, networking and services
Adheres to change control practices to minimize impacts and support operations
Ensures cloud tenants, virtual servers, vendor appliances and core infrastructure services are optimally operational with minimal disruption to business operations
Manages backup, restore validation, and disaster recovery operations for Linux systems (snapshots, file-level restore, and recovery testing)
Supports Linux workloads in cloud environments (AWS/Azure/GCP), including IAM basics, networking and VM lifecycle operations
Completes Linux hardening (CIS benchmarks), patching, least-privilege access and vulnerability remediation to support security and compliance
Adheres to, and creates updates for, process documentation as needed to ensure alignment across internal practices
Participates in or leads specialty projects in parallel with normal tasks and responsibilities
Provides Tier 3 server troubleshooting and support, including on-call rotation, and after-hours support
Maintains the ability to travel occasionally as needed up to 20%
Maintains the ability to work from an Arcwood office 4 days per week and remotely 1 day per week
Takes on additional duties as assigned to support the team and organization