System Administrator – Engineering and Provisioning

TekWissen LLC; City of Poughkeepsie (NY); On-site; USD 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A technology company in the United States is seeking an experienced System Administrator who will be responsible for the installation and maintenance of systems hardware and software. The ideal candidate should have a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or Engineering, at least four years of system administration experience, and familiarity with tools such as Cobbler and Puppet. The role involves developing innovative solutions and contributing to system security standards.

Qualifications

• Bachelor (4-year) degree, with a technical major, such as engineering or computer science.
• Systems Administration/System Engineer certification in Unix and Microsoft.
• Four to six years of system administration experience.
• Familiarity with Cobbler, Puppet, Ganglia, DNS, NTP, NFS, OpenLDAP, OpenVPN, NVC, bugzilla.

Responsibilities

• Provide effective provisioning, installation/configuration, operation, and maintenance of systems hardware and software.
• Participate in technical research and development to enable continuing innovation within the infrastructure.
• Engineering of SA-related solutions for various project and operational needs.
• Install new/rebuild existing servers and configure hardware, peripherals, services, and settings as required.
• Contribute to and maintain system security standards.

Skills

Systems Administration

Unix

Microsoft

Cobbler

Puppet

Ganglia

DNS

NTP

NFS

OpenLDAP

OpenVPN

NVC

bugzilla

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or Engineering

Job description

System Administrator – Engineering and Provisioning

TekWissen provides a unique portfolio of innovative capabilities that seamlessly combines clients insights, strategy, design, software engineering, and systems integration.

The System Administrator (SA) is responsible for effective provisioning, installation/configuration, operation, and maintenance of systems hardware and software and related infrastructure. This individual participates in technical research and development to enable continuing innovation within the infrastructure.

1. Engineering of SA-related solutions for various project and operational needs.
2. Install new / rebuild existing servers and configure hardware, peripherals, services, settings, directories, storage, etc. in accordance with standards and project/operational requirements.
3. Install and configure systems.
4. Develop and maintain installation and configuration procedures.
5. Contribute to and maintain system security standards.
6. Research and recommend innovative, and where possible automated approaches for system administration tasks. Identify approaches that leverage our resources and provide economies of scale.

1. Required Skills:
2. 1. Bachelor (4‑year) degree, with a technical major, such as engineering or computer science.
3. 2. Systems Administration/System Engineer certification in Unix and Microsoft.
4. 3. Four to six years system administration experience.
5. 4. Familiarity with Cobbler, Puppet, Ganglia, DNS, NTP, NFS, OpenLDAP, OpenVPN, NVC, bugzilla.

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