Hybrid System Administrator: Linux & VMware Expert

Creative Solutions Services, LLC; Owings Mills (MD); Hybrid; USD 90,000 - 96,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

401(k) plan

Paid sick leave

Job summary

Creative Solutions Services, LLC is actively seeking a System Administrator for a 05+ months contract in Owings Mills, MD. The role requires hands-on IT infrastructure support, including Linux server management and VMware, with on‑call rotation and 24/7 production support.

The candidate should have a Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field and 5–7 years of relevant experience, or 6–9 years of equivalent work history. Hybrid work arrangement available in Owings Mills area.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science or related field with 5–7 years of IT infrastructure support, application support, cloud computing, or 6–9 years of relevant experience.
• Experience administrating on‑prem (physical and virtual) servers and in cloud environments (Azure, Oracle Cloud).
• Strong knowledge of Linux, VMware, backups, and SAN/NAS storage solutions.
• Ability to communicate technical information to non‑technical stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Provide hands on support for delivery and maintenance of IT solutions.
• Support production release management including documenting, planning, and implementing IT changes.
• Plan, coordinate, and implement security patching for Linux server platforms.
• Maintain and monitor Linux and VMware platform health and performance.
• Provide 24x7 support and participate in on‑call rotation for critical production systems.
• Assist in racking and stacking of servers in data centers.

Skills

VMware

Linux

Python

Shell

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

Azure

Oracle Cloud Infrastructure

Red Hat Enterprise Linux

VMware vSphere

Job description

Creative Solutions Services, LLC is actively seeking a System Administrator for a 05+ months contract in Owings Mills, MD. The role requires hands-on IT infrastructure support, including Linux server management and VMware, with on‑call rotation and 24/7 production support.

The candidate should have a Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field and 5–7 years of relevant experience, or 6–9 years of equivalent work history. Hybrid work arrangement available in Owings Mills area.