What are the responsibilities and job description for the Senior Systems Administrator position at Dine Brands?
This position will be responsible for the provisioning, installation/configuration, operation, maintenance and support of the overall IT infrastructure on premises and within AWS. This individual will serve as a subject matter expert and technical reference for all server, middleware and/or other infrastructure utilized by DINE's product development teams and business units.
This position requires a seasoned individual, who has experience and skills in most areas of modern on-premises and cloud-based IT infrastructure.
ESSENTIAL DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES
- Responsible for the effective provisioning, installation/configuration, operation and maintenance of virtual machines, cloud instances, IT systems hardware and software and other related infrastructure in specific computing systems and/or environments.
- Perform hands on administration & systems engineering of the IT infrastructure to assure that systems meet or exceed business needs and expectations.
- Provide subject matter expertise and technical leadership; lead complex System Administration tasks and IT Infrastructure projects to successful completion.
- Hands-on experience migrating workloads on premises to public cloud; automating environment deployments in AWS using Terraform, CloudFormation or other methodologies; building and supporting a highly available and multisite environments.
- Gathering requirements, analyzing, designing, developing, testing, maintaining and migrating users and services in Cisco Webex ecosystems (Webex Meetings, Control Hub, Contact Center, Calling).
- Develop logical and physical infrastructure designs of infrastructure proposed solutions based on business requirements.
- Perform / oversee daily system monitoring, verify the integrity and availability of all IT Infrastructure, systems and key IT processes.
- Perform ongoing performance tuning, system upgrades, regular patching, security remediation and resource optimization as required.
- Provide Systems Engineering support of production and non-production environments on premises and off premises.
REQUIRED SKILLS
- 8 years of experience of Systems Administration experience
- 2 years of experience of AWS administration experience
- Windows Server 2008/2012/2016 Administration
- 2 years administering Cisco Webex cloud systems (Meetings, Calling, Contact Center)
- Amazon Web Services (AWS) Cloud computing service provisioning with CloudFormation
- Experience with implementing EC2 auto-scaling groups, ELBs, Lambda, ActiveMQ, Elastic Cache etc
- Securing IT Infrastructure and AWS environments
- VMWare vSphere (e.g. ESXi, vCenter) administration and support
- Microsoft Active Directory and Group Policy Management
- Strong understanding of server backup strategies including virtual, bare metal, database, file, etc.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills
- Strong customer interaction skills with users of all levels
- Experience with Container Technology (e.g. Docker)
- Infrastructure as Code experience (e.g. Ansible, Chef, Puppet, etc.)
- Automation skills via scripting (e.g. Python, PowerShell, etc.)
- Working knowledge of web and application server architecture for public clouds.
- Experience and knowledge of networking and security
- Admin Experience with O365, MS Exchange Environment
QUALIFICATIONS:
- BA/BS degree in Computer Science or equivalent required.
- Minimum of 8 years of comprehensive Windows / Linux Systems Administration.
- Minimum of 2 years of experience of AWS administration experience.
