Data Center System Administrator

General Information

Req #

WD00100130

Career area:

Services

Country/Region:

United States of America

State:

Illinois

City:

Chicago

Date:

Tuesday, June 23, 2026

Working time:

Full-time

Additional Locations :
* United States of America - Illinois - Chicago

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Description and Requirements

We are currently hiring for a Data Center System Administrator in Chicago, Illinois, with experience in Linux, Unix, RedHat, to work a mix of on-site and remote support to our customers.

This role will require you to be on site at the customer's office 3 days a week.

As part of the Lenovo Data Center Operations Support team your responsibilities will include:

• Monitoring, maintaining, and managing the physical infrastructure of a data center, ensuring its smooth operation, reliability, and security.
• Monitoring power and cooling systems and network connectivity
• Hardware and system software debugging and troubleshooting.
• Operating System Management and Deployment
• Resolving hardware and software issues
• Responding to alerts, performing preventative maintenance, rolling out and upgrading firmware versions, and managing any issues that may arise to minimize downtime and optimize data availability
• Become the customers' Single Point of Contact (SPOC).
• Following up and reporting the progress on all issues. Respond to users and provide support to them on the daily operations of the cluster.
• Daily system administration tasks, including granting, deleting access, Investigate and correct defects in the cluster as reported, adhering to the service levels.
• Resolve errors through developing, testing and implementing changes to the system.
• Provide corrective and preventive maintenance, troubleshoot and isolate defects.
• Perform Software and firmware testing for any fixes, upgrades, security patch.
• Update the customers' documentation when and as necessary to reflect the changes made to the system.
• Compile Monthly Reporting and take part in monthly customer Service Reviews where required.

Basic Qualifications

• 3+ years of experience experience in Linux (ie Suse, RHEL & CentOS) and system administration

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience in Confluent & Slurm
• Experience in Server, storage and networking
• Able to perform OS installation and upgrades with no supervision
• Experience in system troubleshooting, monitoring and support.
• Customer service skills including written and oral communication with client

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer and do not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of race, color, sex, age, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, status as a veteran, and basis of disability or any federal, state, or local protected class.

Additional Locations :
* United States of America - Illinois - Chicago

* United States of America

* United States of America - Illinois

* United States of America - Illinois - Chicago

PAY TRANSPARENCY
The anticipated annual compensation range for this position is 86,800-133,055 USD . Final compensation will be based on relevant experience, skills, and business considerations. Individuals may also be considered for bonuses and/or commissions. Lenovo's various benefits can be found at