Systems Administrator
Pac 12 Networks
San Francisco, CAThis was removed by the employer on 9/9/2021 3:13:00 PM PST
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Full Time Job
The Systems Administrator is responsible for supporting the Senior Systems Engineer with the effective provisioning, installation/configuration, operation, support, and maintenance of systems hardware and software and the related infrastructure. The Systems Administrator will also, under the guidance of the Senior Systems Engineer, perform research and development to ensure continual innovation of the systems' infrastructure. This individual is accountable for Linux, Windows, and application systems that support the enterprise and TV production operations. This role reports to the Director, Engineering and IT.
The Systems Administrator will participate in projects and focus on smoothing the transition from development through hand-off to the end-users. This role will help drive the definition of needs, benefits, and technical strategy within the project life-cycle. This role will also participate in the design and implementation phases, which will include technical design analysis and supporting the operations staff in executing, testing, and rolling-out solutions.
Responsibilities:
• Install new / rebuild existing servers and systems, and configure hardware, software, peripherals, services, settings, directories, and storage.
• Help develop and maintain installation and configuration procedures. Contribute to and maintain systems documentation & standards.
• Perform regularly scheduled operations, ensuring file systems and data are successfully backed up to the appropriate location.
• Review system and application logs, and verify completion of scheduled jobs.
• Perform regular security monitoring to identify possible intrusions.
• Assist with maintaining data center environmental and monitoring equipment.
• Perform regular file archival and purge as necessary.
• Create, change, and delete user accounts per request.
• Investigate and troubleshoot issues.
• Repair and recover from hardware or software failures.
• Participate in failure analysis in conjunction with other technical experts; recommend revisions in processes and systems where possible to improve system performance.
• Coordinate and communicate with impacted constituencies.
• Perform ongoing performance tuning, hardware upgrades, and resource optimization.
• Help configure CPU, memory, and disk partitions as required.
• Assist in researching and recommending innovative, and where possible, automated approaches for system administration tasks.
• Other duties as assigned
Requirements:
• Associates degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering or other related fields.
• Minimum of one year of related systems administration experience.
• Systems Administration/System Engineer certification in Unix and Microsoft
• Must possess an understanding of TCP/IP, access control lists (ACLs), security, firewalls, and network traffic analysis. In addition, must be internet savvy with regards to security, DNS, SMTP, syslog, and Virtual Private Networks.
• Demonstrated knowledge of Virtual Machine (VM) systems, Active Directory (AD) systems, Amazon Web Services, SAN and NAS network storage systems, experience with Client/Server system architectures and database backend systems and network file systems.
• Ability to communicate effectively with all levels of people, technical and non-technical employees, peers, internal and external clients, vendors, and senior management.
• Ability to be on-call 24-hours to provide support for escalated trouble issues.
Preferred:
• Certifications such as AWS, ACSP, CompTIA A , HDI-SCA, CCT, CCNA, CBNE, and/or CCENT
• Technical training in Computer Networking and Network Security
• Experience with Virtualization, A/V technologies, Windows or Apple system imaging
• Familiarity with the digital media industry including; alternative media distribution technologies including VOD, streaming, on demand, mobile platforms, and other emerging technologies
• Experience in setup and configuration of file-based workflow systems