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DevOps/System Engineer
Info Way Solutions LLC
🇺🇸 United States
On-site
3 weeks ago
- Devops
- VMware
- KVM
- EMC
- Ansible
- Cisco
- Linux
- CentOS
- Ubuntu
- Windows
- Apache
- Jira
- Git
- LDAP
- Jenkins
- IpTables
- CompTIA Security+
- SSL
3 weeks ago
Location: San Jose, CA
Work Location: 3655 N 1st, San Jose, CA 95134
Work Hours: 9:00 AM – 6:00 PM PST
Contract Period: 3 Months ONLY
Start Date: ASAP
Experience: Sr. Staff Engineer – Related Experience 5+ Years
Job Description:
We are looking for a DevOps/System Engineer to support systems administration, infrastructure, operations, maintenance, automation, and system engineering activities.
Responsibilities
- Engineer systems administration-related solutions for project and operational needs.
- Install and rebuild servers and configure hardware, peripherals, services, settings, directories, and storage.
- Support virtualization platforms including VMware and KVM.
- Manage storage platforms including NetApp, Dell/EMC, and PureStorage.
- Support infrastructure automation tools, including Ansible.
- Support Foreman deployment management.
- Manage system inventory using GLPI.
- Manage network equipment including Cisco and Mellanox.
- Install and configure systems supporting infrastructure and R&D activities.
- Develop and maintain installation and configuration procedures.
- Configure and maintain storage equipment and troubleshoot with vendors.
- Configure/install EDA tools and FlexLM licenses and troubleshoot software tool issues.
- Contribute to and maintain system standards and security posture.
- Research and recommend innovative and automated approaches for system administration tasks.
- Install and maintain security patches on operational and development systems, including Red Hat Linux, CentOS, Ubuntu, Windows 2008/2k8R2/2k12, VMware, and Apache web services.
- Report security patch compliance.
- Perform daily system monitoring and verify the integrity and availability of hardware, server resources, systems, and key processes.
- Review system and application logs and verify scheduled jobs such as backups.
- Perform regular security monitoring to identify possible intrusions.
- Perform daily backup operations and ensure required file systems and system data are successfully backed up.
- Perform regular file archival and purge as necessary.
- Create, change, and delete user accounts as required.
- Provide Tier III/other support and investigate and troubleshoot issues.
- Repair and recover from hardware or software failures.
- Coordinate and communicate with impacted constituencies.
- Apply OS patches and upgrades regularly.
- Upgrade administrative tools and utilities and configure/add new services as necessary.
- Manage existing and/or deploy new instances of Jira, Git, LDAP, Jenkins, and VMware environments.
- Upgrade and configure system software supporting infrastructure and Asset Management applications.
- Maintain operational, configuration, and other procedures.
- Perform ongoing performance tuning, hardware upgrades, and resource optimization.
- Configure CPU, memory, and disk partitions as required.
- Provide after-hours and weekend support and/or work alternative schedules as required.
- Especially high skill level in VMware administration and management, including Jenkins, Git, and DevOps tool administration.
- Systems Administration/System Engineer certification in Linux+, such as CompTIA Linux+, RHCSA, or RHCE preferred.
- Network equipment management; Cisco equipment preferred.
- 7+ years of system administration experience in Linux environments.
- Proficient in shell scripting, creating cron jobs, analyzing log files, managing user accounts and groups, configuring iptables, and setting up mail services.
- Proven ability to multitask.
- Independent and self-starter.
- Ability to communicate effectively, verbally and in writing, 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.
- Familiarity with web-based technologies, including reverse proxy servers, SSL certificate configuration, three-tier architecture, service-oriented architecture, enterprise service bus, HTTP, and differences between browsers.
- Able to lift 50 lbs.
- Able to move servers to and from the main DC, colocation, and labs.
- Install new hardware or migrate existing servers, including rack and stack.
DevOps/System Engineer · Info Way Solutions LLC