Senior Azure/Linux Systems Admin – Automation & On-Call

Johns Hopkins Medicine; Baltimore (MD); On-site; USD 90,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

Johns Hopkins Medicine is hiring a Sr. Systems Administrator to support enterprise Linux/UNIX across on-prem and Azure, focusing on RHEL and Ubuntu.

Duties include system administration, patching, upgrades, migrations, security, performance monitoring, and automation for Azure VMs and related infrastructure. This role works with technical teams to resolve complex incidents, ensure reliability, and participate in a 24x7 on-call rotation while maintaining thorough changemanagement and

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree information technology, computer science, or a related field (Required)
• Minimum 2 Years of Experience in IT or healthcare systems environment (Required)
• Experience supporting Linux VMs in Microsoft Azure including networking, storage, backup, and recovery
• Ability to perform OS upgrades and lifecycle activities across on-prem and Azure
• Working knowledge of HA, capacity planning, performance tuning, and automation tools such as Ansible or Terraform
• Install, configure, maintain, patch, and troubleshoot Linux systems across on-prem and Azure
• Administer Azure-based Linux VMs and networking, storage, backup, monitoring, and security controls
• Automate repeatable administrative tasks using scripts and version control
• Collaborate with teams to implement solutions and support production rollouts

Responsibilities

• Support and maintain enterprise Linux/UNIX systems across on-premises and Azure
• Handle system administration, patching, upgrades, migrations, security, and performance monitoring
• Support Azure virtual machines and related infrastructure
• Work with teams to resolve complex incidents and support production changes
• Participate in a 24x7x365 on-call rotation
• Automate tasks using scripts and configuration management

Skills

Linux/UNIX administration

Azure cloud services

Scripting

On-call support

Troubleshooting

Education

Bachelor's Degree in IT/CS or related field

Tools

Ansible

Terraform

Azure VMs

Hyper-V

Git/Version Control

Job description

Johns Hopkins Medicine is hiring a Sr. Systems Administrator to support enterprise Linux/UNIX across on-prem and Azure, focusing on RHEL and Ubuntu.

Duties include system administration, patching, upgrades, migrations, security, performance monitoring, and automation for Azure VMs and related infrastructure. This role works with technical teams to resolve complex incidents, ensure reliability, and participate in a 24x7 on-call rotation while maintaining thorough changemanagement and