System Storage Administrator

Woongjin•San Jose, CA

About The Position

The System Storage Administrator engineers and supports systems administration solutions for project and operational needs. The role installs, configures, and maintains servers, storage, virtualization platforms, infrastructure and R&D systems, network equipment, and related tools. It also supports storage provisioning, monitoring, backup and recovery, access control, automation, deployment management, inventory management, EDA tools, and FlexLM licenses. The position provides operational and Tier III support across Linux, Windows, VMware, Apache, and infrastructure applications. Duties include security patching and compliance reporting, system and security monitoring, backup operations, account administration, troubleshooting and recovery, and communicating with impacted stakeholders. The administrator also maintains system standards and procedures, manages and upgrades services and software, and performs performance tuning and resource optimization. After-hours and weekend support or alternative schedules are required at various points during the year.

Requirements

At least 7 years of system administration experience in Linux environments.
High skill level in VMware administration and management, including Jenkins, Git, and DevOps tool administration.
High skill level managing storage servers, including NetApp and Pure Storage.
Experience with storage provisioning, system monitoring, backup and recovery, and access control.
Proficiency in Linux system administration tasks including 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.
Ability to work independently and take initiative.
Ability to communicate professionally and courteously, verbally and in writing, with technical and non-technical personnel.
Ability to lift 50 pounds.
Ability to move servers to and from the main data center, colocation facility, and labs.

Nice To Haves

Linux+ (CompTIA), Red Hat Certified System Administrator (RHCSA), or Red Hat Certified Engineer (RHCE) certification is preferred.
Cisco equipment experience is preferred.

Responsibilities

Engineer systems administration solutions for project and operational needs.
Install and rebuild servers; configure hardware, peripherals, services, settings, directories, and storage according to standards and requirements.
Manage virtualization platforms, including VMware and KVM, and storage systems such as NetApp, Dell/EMC, and Pure Storage.
Renew storage server maintenance and recommend storage server options.
Perform storage provisioning, system monitoring, backup and recovery, and access control.
Support infrastructure automation tools such as Ansible, Foreman deployment management, and GLPI inventory management.
Manage network equipment, including Cisco and Mellanox equipment.
Install and configure systems supporting infrastructure and R&D activities.
Develop and maintain installation, configuration, operational, and other procedures and 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 maintaining the security posture of systems and research automated approaches to system administration tasks.
Install and maintain security patches on operational and development systems, including Linux, Windows, VMware, and Apache; report patch compliance.
Monitor system integrity and availability, review system and application logs, and verify completion of scheduled jobs such as backups.
Perform regular security monitoring to identify possible intrusions.
Perform daily backups, ensure required data is backed up, create recovery media, and recycle or send media off site as necessary.
Archive and purge files as necessary.
Create, change, and delete user accounts as requested.
Provide Tier III and other requested support; investigate and troubleshoot issues; repair and recover from hardware or software failures; and communicate with impacted constituencies.
Apply OS patches and upgrades and upgrade administrative tools and utilities.
Configure and add services as necessary; manage existing or deploy new instances of Jira, Git, LDAP, Jenkins, and VMware environments.
Upgrade and configure system software supporting infrastructure or asset management applications according to project or operational needs.
Perform ongoing 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.