Responsibilities

• Manage and monitor all installed operating systems and infrastructure (Windows and Linux)
• Install, configure, test and maintain operating systems, application software and system management tools
• Proactively ensure the highest levels of systems and infrastructure availability
• Assist maintaining the virtualization platforms (VMware/KVM derivatives.
• Monitor and test application performance for potential bottlenecks, identify possible solutions, and work with developers to implement those fixes
• Maintain security, backup (NetBackup), and redundancy strategies
• Write and maintain custom scripts to increase system efficiency and lower the human intervention time on any tasks
• Participate in the design of information and operational support systems
• Provide 2nd and 3rd level support
• Liaise with vendors and other IT personnel for problem resolution
  

Requirements

• 3 years of administration-level work experience
• BS/MS degree in Computer Science, Engineering or equivalent work experience
• Proven working experience in installing, configuring and troubleshooting Windows/Linux based environments.
• Solid experience administration of EMC and major SAN solutions
• VMWare/ESX/KVM administration and configuration
• Experience with virtualization and containerization (dockers, kubernetes)
• Experience with monitoring systems (Zabbix and Nagios)
• Experience with automation software (e.g., Saltstack)
• Solid scripting skills (e.g., shell scripts, Perl, Python)
• Solid networking knowledge (OSI network layers, TCP/IP)