Systems Administrator

andersen; Oak Park Heights (MN); Hybrid; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Andersen Corporation in Oak Park Heights, MN is seeking a Linux System Administrator to maintain and improve our enterprise Linux infrastructure, ensuring security, high availability, and performance for critical business systems.

The role collaborates with application, database, network, cybersecurity, and infrastructure teams, leveraging automation with Ansible, Bash and Python to deliver reliable, scalable solutions in a hybrid cloud environment.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience in a related field.
• Minimum three years of experience administering Red Hat Enterprise Linux in an enterprise environment.
• Experience with Red Hat technologies (RPM, Yum/DNF, SELinux, firewalld, LVM, sudo, cron).
• Experience with automation and scripting including Ansible, Bash, Python, and Git-based workflows.
• Experience supporting enterprise monitoring, backup, recovery, and virtualization platforms.
• Understanding of security best practices, patching, vulnerability remediation, access management, and least-privilege principles.

Responsibilities

• Administer, maintain, and support Red Hat Enterprise Linux servers across physical, virtual, cloud, and hybrid environments.
• Perform system installation, configuration, patching, upgrades, monitoring, troubleshooting, and performance optimization.
• Manage user accounts, groups, permissions, access controls, file systems, storage, and operating system services.
• Monitor system health, logs, capacity, performance, and availability to proactively identify and resolve issues.
• Support day-to-day operational activities and maintain service levels for critical business and manufacturing systems.
• Participate in on-call support, incident response, outage recovery, major incident management, and root cause analysis activities.
• Develop and maintain automation solutions utilizing Ansible, Bash, Python, and other automation technologies.
• Design and support automated workflows for server provisioning, patching, configuration management, compliance validation, and operational support activities.
• Support infrastructure-as-code and configuration management practices to improve operational consistency and efficiency.
• Utilize RedHat Satellite and Ansible Automation Platform to support OS lifecycle management, patching, configuration compliance, and software deployment.
• Support server provisioning, upgrades, migrations, decommissioning, backup, recovery, and disaster recovery testing activities.

Skills

Collaboration

Problem solving

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or related field

Tools

Red Hat

Red Hat Satellite

Ansible

Bash

Python

Git

OpenShift

Podman

Docker

Kubernetes

Azure

Job description

ANDERSEN CORPORATION SUMMARY:

At Andersen, we see possibility everywhere, every day and in everything we do. The possibility for our employees to achieve their full potential, for our communities to be stronger and for everyone to have a healthier, happier place to live.

Our portfolio of brands - Andersen Windows & Doors, Renewal by Andersen and Fenetres MQ - is crafted to serve customers across the new residential, home improvement and light commercial building sector.

Join our more than 13,000 employees who are inspired every day to deliver exceptional experiences that turn possibility into reality.

JOB DESCRIPTION:

SUMMARY:

The Linux System Administrator is responsible for the administration, maintenance, support, and continuous improvement of Andersen's enterprise Linux infrastructure. This position ensures the availability, security, performance, and reliability of Linux-based systems supporting critical business applications, manufacturing systems, databases, and infrastructure services. The role partners closely with application, database, network, cybersecurity, and infrastructure teams to deliver secure, highly available, and operationally efficient technology solutions through automation, standardization, and continuous improvement.

This is a hybrid role based out of our Oak Park Heights, MN office location.

Primary Responsibilities:

Infrastructure Operations & Support

Administer, maintain, and support Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) servers across physical, virtual, cloud, and hybrid environments.

Perform system installation, configuration, patching, upgrades, monitoring, troubleshooting, and performance optimization.

Manage user accounts, groups, permissions, access controls, file systems, storage, and operating system services.

Monitor system health, logs, capacity, performance, and availability to proactively identify and resolve issues.

Support day-to-day operational activities and maintain service levels for critical business and manufacturing systems.

Participate in on-call support, incident response, outage recovery, major incident management, and root cause analysis activities.

Security & Compliance

Implement and maintain operating system security controls, configuration hardening standards, and access management processes.

Support vulnerability remediation, operating system patching, and compliance initiatives in accordance with enterprise standards.

Partner with cybersecurity teams to reduce risk and maintain compliance across Linux platforms.

Automation & Platform Engineering

Develop and maintain automation solutions utilizing RedHat Ansible Automation Platform (AAP), Ansible, Bash, Python, and other automation technologies.

Design and support automated workflows for server provisioning, patching, configuration management, compliance validation, and operational support activities.

Support infrastructure-as-code and configuration management practices to improve operational consistency and efficiency.

Utilize RedHat Satellite and Ansible Automation Platform to support operating system lifecycle management, patching, configuration compliance, and software deployment.

Platform Lifecycle Management

Support server provisioning, upgrades, migrations, decommissioning, backup, recovery, and disaster recovery testing activities.

Maintain technical documentation, operational procedures, build standards, change records, and troubleshooting guides.

Contribute to platform modernization initiatives involving cloud, container, and hybrid infrastructure technologies.

Container & Cloud Technologies

Support containerized and cloud-native technologies including OpenShift, Podman, Docker, and Kubernetes platforms.

Assist with the deployment and support of Linux workloads running in Azure and hybrid cloud environments.

Collaboration & Project Delivery

Collaborate with application, database, infrastructure, network, and cybersecurity teams to troubleshoot complex issues and support project delivery.

Participate in technology implementations, infrastructure upgrades, and operational improvement initiatives.

Support ITIL processes including incident, problem, change, and configuration management.

Qualifications and Requirements:

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or related field; or equivalent experience.

Minimum three (3) years of experience administering Red Hat Enterprise Linux or comparable Linux operating systems in an enterprise environment.

Experience with Red Hat technologies (e.g. RPM, Yum/DNF, SELinux, firewalld, LVM, sudo, cron, RedHat Satellite).

Experience with automation and scripting technologies including RedHat Ansible Automation Platform (AAP), Ansible, Bash, Python, and Git-based automation workflows.

Experience supporting enterprise monitoring, backup, recovery, and virtualization platforms.

Understanding of security best practices, patching, vulnerability remediation, access management, and least-privilege principl