Senior Systems Administrator

Company: 
PBS
Location: 
Arlington, VA
Department: 
Enterprise Platforms

JOB OBJECTIVE:

Shared responsibility for overall stability, availability, and security of Windows, Linux, and VMware servers
ESSENTIAL DUTIES:



  • Deploy servers for new or existing projects; keep deployed systems up-to-date with OS, hardware and software patches and upgrades
  • Demonstrate professionalism in response to customer requests for Windows, Linux, and VMware resources and solutions
  • Coordinate with customers to upgrade, retire or consolidate applications and server hardware as appropriate
  • Research and/or contact vendors regarding technical problems and solutions
  • Troubleshoot servers
  • Provide third-level support for the PBS Solution Center (help-desk)
  • Document systems deployments and configurations
  • Coordinate with Network Administration staff regarding connectivity, electrical and rack-mounting needs for servers in the Data Center


MINIMUM EXPERIENCE REQUIRED:



  • A system administrator with at least 5 years experience
  • Strong skills/experience in at least one of the following: Linux, Windows, or VMware, and modest skills/experience in the others with an interest in further developing those skills is required.

    Linux experience should include:
  • Experience administering Red Hat LINUX or other RPM-based distributions of LINUX
  • Experience with VI and shell scripting or programming in various shells (i.e. BASH, KORN) and/or Perl
  • Experience administering BIND DNS, FTP, and NTP required
  • Experience with common network protocols (TCP/IP stack), such as DNS, SMTP, FTP, Telnet, SSH etc.
  • Experience with Storage management, such as partitioning local disks, LVM, and/or SAN/NAS implementations

    Windows experience should include:
  • Experience building, monitoring, patching, configuring and troubleshooting Windows 2003/2008 servers
  • Experience working with HP ProLiant or other supported Server-class hardware, including hardware/firmware upgrades and troubleshooting
  • Experience with common network protocols (TCP/IP stack), such as DNS, WINS, SMTP, FTP, Telnet, SSH etc.
  • Experience with Storage management, such as partitioning local disks and/or SAN/NAS implementations
  • Experience with Cluster Services for Windows Servers (MSCS) and network load balancing (NLB)
  • Experience Internet Security and Acceleration (ISA)
  • Experience administering IIS, SQL, and Exchange desired

    VMware experience should include:
  • Experience administering VMware ESX Server v 3.5 or vSphere 4.0 desired
  • Experience administering Virtual Center desired

    General experience should include:
  • Maintaining systems in a 24x7 environment
  • Preparing system specifications
  • Installation and configuration
  • Performance tuning
  • Troubleshooting
  • Account maintenance
  • Experience managing servers in a Storage Area Network environment desired
  • Patching
  • Security hardening
  • Strong working knowledge of TCP/ IP networking
  • Administering servers running on blades


MINIMUM EDUCATION/TRAINING REQUIRED:



  • Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems or related technical degree; or Bachelor’s degree in non related field accepted with adequate training and experience

    Training in Windows should include:
  • Windows 2003/2008 Administration, Active Directory, TCP/IP, Microsoft Clustering, IIS, or SQL desirable
  • MCSA or MCSE certification helpful

    Training and Certification in Red Hat Linux should include:
  • Red Hat Advanced Server or Enterprise Server desirable
  • RHCT or RHCE certification helpful

    Training and Certification in VMware should include:
  • VMware ESX Server Administration, Virtual Center, VCP or VCAP certification helpful


SKILLS/ABILITIES REQUIRED:



    Windows technical skills:
  • Troubleshooting hardware and software problems
  • Visual Basic scripting and command-line administration skills
  • Familiar with Microsoft “AdminPak” tools and MMC plug-ins
  • User and Group Management using Active Directory and local-security tools in Windows
  • Server deployment skills, including cloning and/or automated deployment
  • Systems “hardening” and “lockdown procedures
  • Auditing and Monitoring of Windows systems and logs
  • Storage systems management; backup/restore configurations, and data replication

    Linux technical skills:
  • Troubleshooting hardware and software problems
  • Shell or Perl scripting and command-line administration skills
  • Logical Volume Management and file system maintenance
  • Administering and troubleshooting MySQL and Apache helpful
  • Server deployment skills, including cloning and/or automated deployment
  • Systems “hardening” and “lockdown procedures
  • Auditing and Monitoring of Linux systems and logs
  • Storage systems management; backup/restore configurations
  • Administering clustered servers using RedHat clustering suite
  • Administering and tuning NFS services
  • Maintaining DNS, FTP, and HTTP services

    VMware technical skills:
  • Installation and configuration of ESX server
  • Administration of High Availability (HA), and distributed resource scheduler (DRS) Administration and use of VMware Virtual Center
  • Server performance monitoring and patching

    General skills:
  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills are a must
  • Strong customer service skills and an ability to work well as a team member
  • Familiarity with a wide range of network technologies, solutions and trends, and ability to advocate and justify technical solutions to common business and systems-management problems
  • Proficiency in the basic Microsoft Office suite (Word, Excel, Visio, Outlook, and PowerPoint)



PBS is an Equal Opportunity Employer M/F/V/D

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