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Location: Raleigh, NC
Essential Job Duties:
This Systems Administrator position is a team lead for the Central Services and Integration (CSI) team providing a critical layer of diverse systems and integration services such as Linux and systems build, automation, and configuration management. Other services include systems monitoring, file system management, data and file transfer, and database service (MariaDB / MySQL / PostgreSQL ) support.
- Position provides architecture design, standard Linux image provisioning, patch management, technical training, as well as Linux system installation, administration, maintenance, tuning, and troubleshooting
- Position is required to support security standards for PCI-DSS, NIST 800-171, Endpoint Security, and ISO 27002
- Position also acts a third tier support to other IT professionals on campus, and is a member of a 24×7 on call rotation
- Position will utilize strong project management skills to help customers increase reliability of systems / services at NCSU.
Other Work/Responsibilities:
- Position will include but not be limited to: Design, deployment, and maintenance of Central Monitoring, notification ( SMS ), and on call service
- Central Linux provisioning, application integration deployment with Configuration Management support for customer user base in central Linux deployment
- Support of the central MariaDB environment
- General programming work in multiple projects / services supported by the CSI group
Minimum Experience/Education:
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or closely related degree from an appropriately accredited institution and three years of experience in operations analysis and design, systems programming, or closely related area; OR
- Bachelor's degree from an appropriately accredited institution and four years of experience in operations analysis and design, systems programming or closely related area; OR
- An Associate's degree in Computer Information Technology, Computer Engineering Technology, or Networking Technology from an appropriately accredited institution and five years of experience in operations analysis and design, systems programming, or closely related area; OR
- An equivalent combination of education and experience
Required Qualifications:
- Extensive experience in Linux based operating systems
- Experience in managing / maintaining and designing Linux image deployment at scale
- Ability to deal with authentication / authorization, application integration and Linux provisioning systems using Git, Foreman, Configuration Management( E.g. Puppet, Ansible, Chef ), Monitoring systems experience( i.e. Nagios, Grafana, Zabbix ), or similar systems
- Experience in some level of programming or scripting
- Experience in programming for systems automation and configuration
Preferred Qualifications:
- Experience in at least one Containerization( i.e. Kubernetes, Docker ) technology
- Experience programming in Python, JSON
- Experience working in Ansible
Required License or Certification:
N/A
AA/EEO Statement:
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