Systems Admin II/Team Lead

TEKsystems•Atlanta, GA

3d•$40 - $44•Onsite

About The Position

Job Description, Responsibilities, Standards and Qualifications:. JOB DESCRIPTION: Hardware/Software – Installing and configuring OS, peripherals – software/application installation, upgrades and maintenance Security – Creation of user accounts and security groups – Kernel patching, errata patching – Delegating access to resources – Ensure data integrity with principles of least privilege – Utilizing tools such as Tenable, identify security vulnerabilities and resolve – System hardening – Build and manage bastion hosts for secure access Business Continuity – Backups and restores – maintain and verify backups – Practice security drills and disaster recovery The Cloud – configure multi-tiered cloud management services – manage and monitor cloud accounts – monitor metrics and resources utilizing tools such as CloudWatch – managing the complete AWS life cycle, along with security, provisioning, and automation Automation/Efficiency – automate best practices to ensure consistency, security and efficiency utilizing tools such as CloudFormation – reduce resource formation times utilizing CloudFormation for deployment – make improvements in resources by utilizing tagging for governance, reporting and budgeting – monitor development and billing for efficiency and cost optimization – Practice security drills – utilize automation on metrics to reduce latency, increase usability and provide stability to users Development – continual learning of industry best practices and security – Meet regularly with AWS resources to review account configuration, learn new features and apply updates as the AWS offering evolves – training/development of relevant employees – Maintains a consistent, high quality, customer-focused orientation when conducting business and providing services or products to clients, the general public and other external customers. Troubleshooting – Analyze and troubleshoot issues that arise with hardware, software or access to resources – assist users and team with problems they may encounter, as well as facilitate friendly and educational relationship between IT and other departments General – Analyze and troubleshoot issues that arise with hardware, software or access to resources – assist users and team with problems they may encounter, as well as facilitate friendly and educational relationship between IT and other departments Management/Leadership – When assigned, provide mentorship, professional development, and guidance to less senior team members – When assigned, monitor employee performance and work product – When assigned, perform administrative functions consistent with employee supervision (e.g., reviews, coaching, leave tracking, scheduling, and task delegation)

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in a related field and one year of related experience OR
Associate degree in a related field and three years of related experience OR
Five years of related experience
Strong GNU/Linux skills
Strong working knowledge of networking principles
Proficient with AWS or other similar IaaS solutions
aws
terraform
kubernetes
aws services
aws certification
AWS CloudOps
linux system administration
linux
ci/cd

Nice To Haves

Possess AWS Certified Solutions Architect Associate or more advanced certification
Ability to troubleshoot hardware and software problems and engineer proven solutions.
Ability to provide on-site and/or remote advanced technical support.
Knowledge of backup and recovery procedures.
Ability to perform backup and recovery procedures.
Knowledge of information technology security policies and procedures.
Ability to improve operational efficiency.
Ability to maintain documentation and logs.
Ability to engineer and configure advanced computer networks
Ability to test new hardware and software.
Ability to install and maintain network components, computer hardware and applications.
Knowledge of agency and enterprise-wide information technology systems.
Ability to determine functional needs and system requirements

Responsibilities

Installing and configuring OS, peripherals
software/application installation, upgrades and maintenance
Creation of user accounts and security groups
Kernel patching, errata patching
Delegating access to resources
Ensure data integrity with principles of least privilege
Utilizing tools such as Tenable, identify security vulnerabilities and resolve
System hardening
Build and manage bastion hosts for secure access
Backups and restores
maintain and verify backups
Practice security drills and disaster recovery
configure multi-tiered cloud management services
manage and monitor cloud accounts
monitor metrics and resources utilizing tools such as CloudWatch
managing the complete AWS life cycle, along with security, provisioning, and automation
automate best practices to ensure consistency, security and efficiency utilizing tools such as CloudFormation
reduce resource formation times utilizing CloudFormation for deployment
make improvements in resources by utilizing tagging for governance, reporting and budgeting
monitor development and billing for efficiency and cost optimization
Practice security drills
utilize automation on metrics to reduce latency, increase usability and provide stability to users
continual learning of industry best practices and security
Meet regularly with AWS resources to review account configuration, learn new features and apply updates as the AWS offering evolves
training/development of relevant employees
Maintains a consistent, high quality, customer-focused orientation when conducting business and providing services or products to clients, the general public and other external customers.
Analyze and troubleshoot issues that arise with hardware, software or access to resources
assist users and team with problems they may encounter, as well as facilitate friendly and educational relationship between IT and other departments
Analyze and troubleshoot issues that arise with hardware, software or access to resources
assist users and team with problems they may encounter, as well as facilitate friendly and educational relationship between IT and other departments
When assigned, provide mentorship, professional development, and guidance to less senior team members
When assigned, monitor employee performance and work product
When assigned, perform administrative functions consistent with employee supervision (e.g., reviews, coaching, leave tracking, scheduling, and task delegation)