Skills
Linux, Windows, Powershell
Top Skills Details
Linux,Windows,Powershell
Description
The System Administrator is part of the mission-critical Reliability team. The System Administrator documents the system, analyzes impacts of new requirements, and delivers the correct technical solutions in alignment with operational requirements. Their efforts are focused on efficiency, automation, and managing change at scale and with quality. Overall, the System Administrator has strong technical abilities, a sound understanding of modern infrastructure and automation, and possesses knowledge and skill critical to maintaining the quality, uptime, and availability of services.
Essential Duties And Responsibilities
Responsibilities for the System Administrator can vary, but should include:

• Available outside of business hours to respond to service incidents as part of an on-call rotation.
• Leverage configuration management tools for infrastructure in a hybrid cloud model.
• Support Service Operations including incident, problem, change, and request fulfillment.
• Monitor, administer, upgrade, and patch production infrastructure and applications per standard procedures and runbooks.
• Contribute to standard operating procedures, documentation, and support operations tempo.
• Support compliance program requirements including audits.
• Tune monitoring systems to maximize detection and reduce alert noise.

Required Skills

• Proficient with scripting (eg. Bash – Powershell).
• Proficient with security best practices in server configuration, tool development, and access controls.
• Proficient with networking and troubleshooting (TCP/IP, DNS, HTTP, routing, switching, firewalls, LAN/WAN, traceroute, iperf, dig, cURL or related).
• Proficient with administration, automation, and orchestration of large-scale Windows and Linux environments using configuration management solutions such as DSC, Ivanti, and Ansible, Puppet, or Chef.
• Leverage systems management and automation with self-repair rather than relying on alarming and human intervention.
• Proficient with correlation and monitoring solutions such as Splunk, Application Insights, Azure Monitor, or SCOM.
• Proficient with Active Directory administration and able to support access management operations.
• Strong written and verbal interpersonal skills.
• Strong customer focus, ownership, bias for action and the ability to dive deep.
• Excellent problem solving and analytical skills with attention to detail and driving issues to resolution.
• Demonstrated ability to learn new skills and apply learned knowledge.
• Demonstrated ability to prioritize and execute multiple tasks.
• Support team continuous improvement by looking for ways to streamline and automate processes and improve customer satisfaction.
• DevOps mindset practitioner and change agent.

Experience
Additional Skills & Qualifications:

• 3 years experience in 24x7 production environments.
• 3 years Windows experience in an enterprise production experience.
• 3 years Kubernetes and Cloud administration experience.
• Experience with Healthcare industry HIPAA regulations (similar regulated industry experience considered ie. PCI, SOX).
• Familiar knowledge of process and IT service management concepts such as ITIL and ITSM.
• Experience using the ServiceNow platform in an IT Service Management or Service Operations role is desired.
• Experience working in an Agile and/or SAFe environment.

Education / Certification / Training

• Bachelor degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Math or related (equivalent experience considered).
• Candidates with relevant certifications are preferred, including but not limited to the following:
• ITIL Foundations
• Configuration: RHCE-Ansible
• Kubernetes - CKA, KCSP
• Linux – RHCE, CompTIA Linux , GCUX, LPI
• Microsoft: Azure Administrator, Azure DevOps Engineer, Azure Architect, MCSE

About TEKsystems
We're partners in transformation. We help clients activate ideas and solutions to take advantage of a new world of opportunity. We are a team of 80,000 strong, working with over 6,000 clients, including 80% of the Fortune 500, across North America, Europe and Asia. As an industry leader in Full-Stack Technology Services, Talent Services, and real-world application, we work with progressive leaders to drive change. That's the power of true partnership. TEKsystems is an Allegis Group company.
The company is an equal opportunity employer and will consider all applications without regards to race, sex, age, color, religion, national origin, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information or any characteristic protected by law.