Unix System Admin II

Glen Raven•Glen Raven, NC

11d•Hybrid

About The Position

Glen Raven is recruiting for a Unix System Admin II, which this role will support, administer, and maintain hardware and software associated with NAS/SAN, servers, blades, hypervisors, backup/recovery, DR, and Linux OS. This is a hybrid role, working 3 days at our corporate office in Burlington NC and 2 days at home

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or Systems Engineering or related Information Technology or equivalent education and related training.
5-7 years of experience in Linux Systems Administration, including shell scripting (perl, korn, bash), creating CRON jobs, analyzing log files, managing user accounts/ group, high availability and configuring iptables.
Knowledge of and experience with Nutanix/ Hyper-V/ ESXi/Storage/Backup
Knowledge of managing backups through Rubrik.
Experience with Disaster Recovery process.
Knowledge and experience with configuration management tools
Proven experience with IT/ network security vulnerabilities and countermeasures,
Excellent hardware/OS troubleshooting experience.
Experience with Azure devops for CI/CD Pipeline .
Competence with testing tools and procedures for voice and data circuits.
Experience with Ansible automation.
Experience with Docker.
Experience with administration and support Jira management.

Nice To Haves

Any experience with Windows Server Administration, Networking, telecommunications and firewalls is strongly preferred.

Responsibilities

Maintain, support, upgrade, and troubleshoot: NetApp SAN; Virtualization (ESXi, Nutanix AHV); Red Hat Linux; Fedora; Windows Server; HP server; Virtual Connect platforms; and Nutanix hyperconverged infrastructure.
Administer and support Red Hat Satellite and IdM for Linux systems management and identity services.
Implement and manage automation and configuration using Ansible and Event-Driven Automation (EDA) tools.
Maintain, support, upgrade, and troubleshoot software related to: Systems monitoring (Azure Monitor); intrusion detection and virus remediation (Patriot); load balancing; and incident response/on-call management (PagerDuty).
Manage backup and recovery operations using Rubrik.
Maintain Tomcat Apache, PHP, Shell scripts, Git, GitHub, Business Continuity, Disaster Recovery, and DC operations hardware/software.
Deploy, monitor, and maintain cloud infrastructure and services in Microsoft Azure; utilize Azure DevOps for CI/CD pipelines, automation, and infrastructure as code.
Administer and support JIRA Service Management for IT service management and ticketing.
Deploy and manage containerized applications using Docker.
Manage digital certificates and PKI infrastructure using Sectigo and other certificate management tools.
Installation of new or modified hardware, operating systems, and applications software.
Install/build servers and configure hardware, peripherals, services, settings, directories, and storage.
Managing end user accounts, access rights, privileges, and group policies.
Manage systems resources including fileserver utilization, performance, capacity, availability, serviceability, and recoverability.
Implement security procedures and ensure rigorous application of information security/information assurance policies, principles, and practices.
Follow systems administration standard operating procedures.
Resolve hardware/software interface and interoperability problems.
Ensure high levels of systems availability, functionality, integrity, and efficiency.
Maintain systems configuration; handle the installation and integration of system fixes, updates, and enhancements.
Perform backup/recovery drills periodically as determined by IS leadership.
Monitor systems performance and troubleshoot problem areas as needed.
Ensure connectivity of all servers, workstations, telephony equipment, fax machines, and other network appliances.
Configure systems to ensure smooth and reliable operation while maintaining security.
Deliver outstanding service to both internal and external clients through meeting or exceeding established goals.
Completion of all required compliance training.
Administer servers, including database, e-mail, print, and backup servers and their associated operating systems and software.
Monitor and test server performance and provide performance statistics and reports.
Implement and support new and existing equipment, hardware, and software upgrades.
Participate in server and security audits, and system backups and recovery.
Manage and/or provide guidance to junior members of the team.
Implement and make recommendations on systems security best practices.
On-call rotation as indicated by Manager.
Any other functions added by the Data Center Manager.