Senior Systems Administrator

This position will be responsible for the provisioning, installation/configuration, operation, maintenance and support of the overall IT infrastructure on premises and within AWS. This individual will serve as a subject matter expert and technical reference for all server, middleware and/or other infrastructure utilized by DINE's product development teams and business units.

This position requires a seasoned individual, who has experience and skills in most areas of modern on-premises and cloud-based IT infrastructure.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES

• Responsible for the effective provisioning, installation/configuration, operation and maintenance of virtual machines, cloud instances, IT systems hardware and software and other related infrastructure in specific computing systems and/or environments.
• Perform hands on administration & systems engineering of the IT infrastructure to assure that systems meet or exceed business needs and expectations.
• Provide subject matter expertise and technical leadership; lead complex System Administration tasks and IT Infrastructure projects to successful completion.
• Hands-on experience migrating workloads on premises to public cloud; automating environment deployments in AWS using Terraform, CloudFormation or other methodologies; building and supporting a highly available and multisite environments.
• Gathering requirements, analyzing, designing, developing, testing, maintaining and migrating users and services in Cisco Webex ecosystems (Webex Meetings, Control Hub, Contact Center, Calling).
• Develop logical and physical infrastructure designs of infrastructure proposed solutions based on business requirements.
• Perform / oversee daily system monitoring, verify the integrity and availability of all IT Infrastructure, systems and key IT processes.
• Perform ongoing performance tuning, system upgrades, regular patching, security remediation and resource optimization as required.
• Provide Systems Engineering support of production and non-production environments on premises and off premises.

REQUIRED SKILLS

• 8+ years of experience of Systems Administration experience
• 2+ years of experience of AWS administration experience
• Windows Server 2008/2012/2016 Administration
• 2+ years administering Cisco Webex cloud systems (Meetings, Calling, Contact Center)
• Amazon Web Services (AWS) Cloud computing service provisioning with CloudFormation
• Experience with implementing EC2 auto-scaling groups, ELBs, Lambda, ActiveMQ, Elastic Cache etc
• Securing IT Infrastructure and AWS environments
• VMWare vSphere (e.g. ESXi, vCenter) administration and support
• Microsoft Active Directory and Group Policy Management
• Strong understanding of server backup strategies including virtual, bare metal, database, file, etc.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Strong customer interaction skills with users of all levels
• Experience with Container Technology (e.g. Docker)
• Infrastructure as Code experience (e.g. Ansible, Chef, Puppet, etc.)
• Automation skills via scripting (e.g. Python, PowerShell, etc.)
• Working knowledge of web and application server architecture for public clouds.
• Experience and knowledge of networking and security
• Admin Experience with O365, MS Exchange Environment

QUALIFICATIONS:

• BA/BS degree in Computer Science or equivalent required.
• Minimum of 8+ years of comprehensive Windows / Linux Systems Administration.
• Minimum of 2+ years of experience of AWS administration experience.