Linux Administrator (DevOps/VMWare)

Talent Acquisition Manager @ Roth Staffing | Master's in HR Management

This position is W2 hourly with Roth Staffing, with all work taking place for our client at their facility in San Jose, CA. No 3rd party candidates can be considered. The role will run for at least one year and can be extended.

Position Summary:

The DevOps/System Engineer is responsible for effective installation/configuration, operation, and maintenance of system hardware, software, and related infrastructure. The system administration tasking will be focused on improving the stability and performance of the system, maintaining and improving the security posture of the systems, continuous monitoring of system health, and troubleshooting issues that arise.

This individual is accountable for Linux, Windows, and application systems that support infrastructure and research and development (R&D). Responsibilities on these systems include SA engineering, operations and support, maintenance and research and development to ensure continual operation.

Responsibilities:

• Engineering of systems administration-related solutions for various project and operational needs.
• Install new/rebuild existing servers and configure hardware, peripherals, services, settings, directories, storage, etc. in accordance with standards and project/operational requirements.
• Virtualization platform (VMware, KVM, and other).
• Storage management (Netapp, Dell/EMC, PureStorage, and others).
• Infra automation tools (ansible) support.
• Network equipment management (Cisco, Mellanox, and others).
• Install and configure systems which support infrastructure and/or R&D activities.
• Develop and maintain installation and configuration procedures.
• Configure/maintain storage equipment and troubleshoot with vendors.
• Configure/install EDA tools, FlexLM licenses, and troubleshoot software tool issues.
• Contribute to and maintain system standards.
• Contribute to and maintain security posture of the systems.
• Research and recommend innovative, and where possible, automated approaches for system administration tasks. Identify approaches that leverage resources.
• Operations and Support.
• Install and maintain security patches on the operational and development system, which includes but is not limited to, Red Hat Linux (CentOS, Ubuntu…etc.), Windows 2008/2k8R2/2k12, VMWare, and Apache web services.
• Perform daily system monitoring, verifying the integrity and availability of all hardware, server resources, systems and key processes, reviewing system and application logs, and verifying completion of scheduled jobs such as backups.
• Perform regular security monitoring to identify any possible intrusions.
• Perform daily backup operations, ensuring all required file systems and system data are successfully backed up to the appropriate media, recovery tapes or disks are created, and media is recycled and sent off site as necessary.
• Perform regular file archival and purge as necessary.
• Create, change, and delete user accounts per request as necessary.
• Provide Tier III/other support per request from various constituencies. Investigate and troubleshoot issues.
• Repair and recover from hardware or software failures. Coordinate and communicate with impacted constituencies.
• Apply OS patches and upgrades on a regular basis, and upgrade administrative tools and utilities. Configure/add new services as necessary.
• Manage existing and/or deploy new instances of Jirra, Git, LDAP, Jenkins, VMWare environments.
• Upgrade and configure system software that supports infrastructure applications or Asset Management applications per project or operational needs.
• Maintain operational, configuration, or other procedures.
• Perform ongoing performance tuning, hardware upgrades, and resource optimization as required. Configure CPU, memory, and disk partitions as required.
• After hours and weekend support and/or alternative work schedules are required at various points in the year.

Requirements:

• Especially high skill level of VMware admin and management, also including but not limiting, Jenkins, GIT, DevOps tool administration.
• Network equipment management, Cisco equipment preferred.
• 1-5 years of system administration experience in Linux environments and proficient in tasks such as shell scripting, creating cron jobs, analyzing log files, managing user accounts and groups, configuring iptables, and setting up mail services.
• Proven ability to multi-task.
• Ability to effectively communicate (verbal and written correspondence) in a professional and courteous manner with technical and non-technical personnel.
• CompTIA Security+ (SY0-301) or other DoD 8570.1 Workplace Improvement Plan IAT Level II compliant certification required (or equivalent experience).
• Able to lift 50 lbs.
• Able to move servers to and from main DC to the colocation and labs.
• Install new hardware or migrate existing servers (rack and stack).

Desired Skills and Experience: 1-5 years of experience, Linux, VMWare, DevOps.

Seniority level: Associate

Employment type: Contract

Job function: Information Technology

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, national origin, age, ancestry, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, marital status, disability, medical condition, genetic information, pregnancy, or military or veteran status. We consider all qualified applicants, including those with criminal histories, in a manner consistent with state and local laws, including the California Fair Chance Act, City of Los Angeles' Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance, and Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance. For unincorporated Los Angeles county, to the extent our customers require a background check for certain positions, the Company faces a significant risk to its business operations and business reputation unless a review of criminal history is conducted for those specific job positions.