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Crystal Equation Corporation · 2 hours ago

System Administrator

San Jose, CA

Contract

Onsite

Senior Level

$40/hr - $45/hr

5+ years exp

Crystal Equation Corporation is a company that empowers people and advances technology initiatives. The System Administrator is responsible for the effective installation, configuration, operation, and maintenance of systems hardware and software, focusing on improving system stability, performance, and security posture.

Information TechnologyStaffing Agency

Growth Opportunities

No H1B

Responsibilities

Engineering of systems administration-related solutions for various project and operational needs

Install new/rebuild existing servers and configure hardware, peripherals, services, settings, directories, storage, etc. in accordance with standards and project/operational requirements

Virtualization platform (VMware, KVM, and other)

Storage management (Netapp, Dell/EMC, PureStorage, and others)

Infra automation tools(ansible) support

Foreman deployment management

System inventory system (GLPI)

Network equipment management (Cisco, Mellanox, and others)

Install and configure systems which support infrastructure and/or R&D activities

Develop and maintain installation and configuration procedures

Configure/maintain storage equipment and troubleshoot with vendors

Configure/install EDA tools, FlexLM licenses, and troubleshoot software tool issues

Contribute to and maintain system standards

Contribute to and maintain security posture of the systems

Research and recommend innovative, and where possible, automated approaches for system administration tasks. Identify approaches that leverage resources

Operations and Support

Install and maintain security patches on the operational and development system, which includes but is not limited to, Red Hat Linux (Centos, Ubuntu…etc.), Windows 2008/2k8R2/2k12, VMWare, and Apache web services

Report Security Patch compliance

Perform daily system monitoring, verifying the integrity and availability of all hardware, server resources, systems and key processes, reviewing system and application logs, and verifying completion of scheduled jobs such as backups

Perform regular security monitoring to identify any possible intrusions

Perform daily backup operations, ensuring all required file systems and system data are successfully backed up to the appropriate media, recovery tapes or disks are created, and media is recycled and sent off site as necessary

Perform regular file archival and purge as necessary

Create, change, and delete user accounts per request as necessary

Provide Tier III/other support per request from various constituencies. Investigate and troubleshoot issues

Repair and recover from hardware or software failures. Coordinate and communicate with impacted constituencies

Maintenance

Apply OS patches and upgrades on a regular basis, and upgrade administrative tools and utilities. Configure/add new services as necessary

Manage existing and/or deploy new instances of Jira, Git, LDAP, Jenkins, VMWare environments

Upgrade and configure system software that supports infrastructure applications or Asset Management applications per project or operational needs

Maintain operational, configuration, or other procedures

Perform ongoing performance tuning, hardware upgrades, and resource optimization as required. Configure CPU, memory, and disk partitions as required

After hours and weekend support and/or alternative work schedules are required at various points in the year

Qualification

VMwareLinux administrationNetwork managementShell scriptingCompTIA Security+JenkinsGITIndependent self-starterEffective communication

Required

Especially high skill level of VMware admin and management, also including but not limiting, Jenkins, GIT, DevOps tool administration

5+ years of system administration experience in Linux environments and proficient in tasks such as shell scripting, creating corn jobs, analyzing log files, managing user accounts and groups, configuring iptables, and setting up mail services

CompTIA Security+ (SY0-301) or other DoD 8570.1 Workplace Improvement Plan IAT Level II compliant certification required (or equivalent experience)

Proven ability to multi-task

Independent, self-starter

Ability to effectively communicate (verbal and written correspondence) in a professional and courteous manner with technical and non-technical personnel

Able to lift 50 lbs

Able to move servers to and from main DC to the colocation and labs

Install new hardware or migrate existing servers (rack and stack)

Preferred

Systems Administration/System Engineer certification in Linux+, e.g., CompTIA Linux+, Red Hat Certified System Administrator (RHCSA), or Red Hat Certified Engineer (RHCE) preferred

Network equipment management, Cisco equipment preferred