System Admin

Job Title: System Admin

Location: San Jose, CA

Joining Mode: Contract to Hire

Job Description: -

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

The successful Systems Administration (SA) candidate will be responsible for the effective provisioning, installation/configuration, operation, and maintenance of systems hardware and software related to storage infrastructure.

Responsibilities will include

• Participate in technical research and development to promote continuous IT innovation, including advising on hardware and software acquisition.
• Ensure that system hardware, operating systems, software systems, and related procedures adhere to organizational values and IT goals.
• Maintain large and fast growing research and enterprise storage systems.

Support the operations of the following systems

SAN and NAS storage, ESX VMware, Microsoft Windows Server, Unix/Linux servers, Cloud Platform Services, and High Performance Computing

• Provide key support for the Systems Administration group, including software applications, tools, and cloud products that fall into the SA domain.
• Install upgrades and patches for software and hardware/firmware, and configure these systems to conform to IT best practices and industry standards.
• Adhere to operations processes and provide documentation/project tracking and management reporting.

REQUIRED SKILLS: -

• Able to work both independently and as part of a team.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Sense of urgency and ability to solve problems in a timely manner.
• Technical authority in area of specialty on assigned projects.
• Develop and maintain effective working relationships with engineering at all levels.
• Excellent communication (verbal/written) and presentation skills.
• Available for on-call and/or non-business hours to support organizational needs.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS: -

• Bachelor’s degree with at least 5 years’ experience in Storage Systems Administration, System Administrations
• Real-world experience (3-5 years) with storage solutions such as Ceph, NetApp or other leading enterprise storage vendors and technologies
• Expertise with Unix/Linux systems, shell scripting, Python/Perl, and other relevant tools
• Familiar with Cloud computing and storage infrastructure (e.g. AWS, EC2, Google, Azure)

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