What are the responsibilities and job description for the GTA Cloud System Administrator position at CodeForce?
The System Administrator (SA) is responsible for supporting production and lower-level AWS environments utilizing Linux operating systems, as well as Google Workspaces and in the future Azure environments may be included.
JOB SUMMARY :
The System Administrator (SA) is responsible for supporting production and lower-level AWS environments utilizing Linux operating systems, as well as Google Workspaces and in the future Azure environments may be included. The SA will work closely with CM resources as well as BA's, QA's, and developers to ensure successful delivery of solutions in a secure and stable environment. This role will provide technical expertise and function as a technical resource to GTA Dev-Ops teams. The SA will be the subject matter expert in Dev-Ops for the Linux environment and will assist in technical understanding of incident management and problem management for Windows and Google environments. A primary part of the role is to work closely with change management team on backup, patching and support processes. The SA will function as a primary team member in the analysis, interpretation, and presentation of performance measures with regard to the Linux environments, as well as a key member on tools integration.
RESPONSIBILITIES :
- Contribute to Georgia Technology Authority (GTA) operations & support, follow defined best practices, implement support process, for supporting the GTA tools and secure development tools.
- Coordinate application deployments, upgrades and changes with the relevant configuration management, application development teams, business stakeholders and leadership, define the upgrade and communication plan for the system's users, send out upgrade, informational and outage notifications.
- Assist customer agencies in configuring AWS, Google Workspaces and Azure accounts.
- Deploy the AWS architecture for GTA Software Development tools including infrastructure, storage, compute, connectivity, and necessary configuration to ensure robust 24x7 availability and uptime.
- Contribute to development and documentation of a robust patching and monitoring process and implement across all GTA Dev-Ops supported environments.
- Implement robust operational monitoring for all GTA tools in scope by working with the QLIK team to develop and maintain publicly visible dashboards and application availability status, ensure alerting is sent to appropriate stakeholders in case of application or infrastructure outage.
- Regularly assess and maintain GTA Security standards including, patching, hardening and use of standardized images.
- Contribute to incident management investigation and root cause analysis when tools or applications are affected, implement corrective and preventive actions; ensure the team is represented on IT outage bridges and communication channels when appropriate.
- Personally manage secure Linux servers in the data center and in AWS according to appropriate Federal and State guidelines (TIBCO).
- Ability to effectively prioritize and execute tasks in a high-pressure, highly dynamic environment.
- Adaptive learner and always open to work on the new tools and technologies.
- Strong written, oral, and interpersonal communications skills
- Excellent problem-solving skills and demonstration of critical thinking
- Monitors integration activity using system console and reports abnormal behavior to management.
- Provides Tier-1 and Tier 2 support and participates in rotational on-call customer support.
AGENCY SPECIFIC QUALIFICATIONS :
Minimum Qualifications :
Preferred Qualifications :
Preference will be given to candidates who, demonstrate some or all of the following skills / experience) :
Required / Desired Skills
SkillRequired / DesiredAmountof Experienceexperience supporting commercial or government accounts in AWSRequired2Yearsdemonstrated experience in System Administration Support in Linux or UnixRequired6Yearsdemonstrated shell scripting experience (ksh, bash, etc.)Required3Yearsdemonstrated experience with configuring sudo scriptsRequired3YearsSenior Linux operations & administration skillsRequired5Yearsexperience utilizing AWS monitoring and logging solutions (CloudWatch, CloudTrail, Guard Duty, Centralized Logging, etc.)Required3YearsGood knowledge of Cloud infrastructure management in AWS, Azure, and Google WorkspaceRequired4YearsScripting experience such as Python, Ansible and TerraformRequired2YearsDemonstrated history of working with code
Questions
No.QuestionQuestion1Absences greater than two weeks MUST be approved by CAI management in advance, and contact information must be provided to CAI so that the resource can be reached during his or her absence. The Client has the right to dismiss the resource if he or she does not return to work by the agreed upon date. Do you accept this requirement?Question2Please list candidate's email address.Question3Candidate must be paid AT LEAST $XX.XX if selected for engagement. Candidate can be paid more; however, the SRP rate cannot exceed $XX.XX. Do you accept this requirement?Question4The maximum mark-up for this engagement's SRP rate is XX%. To be competitive on pricing, a mark-up below the XX% threshold is suggested. Do you agree to propose a mark-up at or below XX%?Question5This assignment is contingent upon customer renewal and availability of adequate funding. Do you accept this requirement?Question6The selected candidate will be expected to start their engagement no later than 2 weeks (10 business days) from the client's selection date. Do you accept this requirement?
