Senior Operations Systems Administrator

20658BR

Achievement & Assessment Inst

Position Overview

ATS is seeking an Operations Systems Administrator with experience in building, monitoring, updating, and managing Linux servers and AWS infrastructure. An ATS Systems Administrator writes configuration code to provision and update servers and other infrastructure in multiple environments. They monitor and administer server systems in a highly-available, clustered production environment. They apply in depth knowledge of Linux and virtualized networks to troubleshoot and enhance system performance. Use programming/scripting skills to solve complex problems in automation and application deployment. Assist developers and DBA staff in confidently moving code and other changes through non-production environments into production.

Job Description

10% - Planning and leading infrastructure projects. 

• Breaks down project into manageable tasks and then estimates the work required for each task. 
• Reports progress on each task in team standups and status reports. 
• Communicates proactively project issues and identifies project risks.

• Designs highly available, secure and maintainable solutions and implements the solution as designed. 
• Supports peer reviews of all work products. 
• Documents design implementation details and operational tasks.

• Apply security patches to systems accurately and efficiently following change control processes. 
• Apply system updates using automation following change control processes.

• Review system metrics, logs and notifications to ensure systems remain available, performant and secure. 
• During on-call rotation, conduct documented daily and weekly checkouts accurately and efficiently.

• Troubleshoot system availability and performance issues.
• Assist with security access controls including staff on-boarding and off-boarding. 
• Apply managed system configuration updates.
• Complete name registration and certificate renewals

Position Requirements

Position will begin as hybrid and may transition to fully on-site when safe to do so.

Required Qualifications

• Associate Degree and five years relevant experience or equivalent.
• 5+ years planning and running infrastructure projects and project work
• 5+ years of experience administering Linux servers including:
• Managing secure configuration
  • writing/maintaining shell scripts
  • configuring monitoring and alerting
  • managing system/software updates and security patches
  • troubleshooting issues/poor performance
• 3+ years managing Linux server environments using server automation technology for maintaining Infrastructure as Code
• 3+ years managing virtual networks, DNS and certificates
• 3+ years of experience with the deployment and monitoring of web applications
• 2+ years of experience implementing cloud-based solutions including familiarity with developing secure, highly available, scalable and maintainable solutions
• Experience managing cloud-based implementations using automation services as evidenced by application materials
• Experience using source control systems as evidenced by application materials

Preferred Qualifications

• 3+ years managing Linux server environments using Chef
• 2+ years managing AWS implementations using Terraform or CloudFormation
• 3+ years of experience with Amazon Web Services (AWS) including familiarity with developing secure, highly available, scalable and maintainable solutions with VPC, Security Groups, NACLs, EC2, ELB/ALB, CloudFront, and S3
• 1+ years of experience using git for source control
  

Contact Information to Applicants

Susan Martin - [email protected]

Additional Candidate Instruction

A complete application includes: 

• Online application 
• Resume
• Cover Letter
• Names and contact information for 3 professional references

Only complete applications will be considered

Application review begins 12/06/2021.  To ensure first consideration, apply by 12/01/2021

Advertised Salary Range

75,000 – 92,000

Application Review Begins

06-Dec-2021

Anticipated Start Date

20-Dec-2021

Primary Campus

University of Kansas Lawrence Campus

FLSA Status

Computer Employee Exception

Employee Class

U-Unclassified Professional Staff

Work Schedule

M-F; 7:30 – 4:30

Job Family

Information Technology-KUL

Conditions of Employment

Contingent on Funding

Work Location Assignment

Hybrid

Disclaimer

The University of Kansas prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, color, ethnicity, religion, sex, national origin, age, ancestry, disability status as a veteran, sexual orientation, marital status, parental status, gender identity, gender expression, and genetic information in the university's programs and activities. Retaliation is also prohibited by university policy. The following persons have been designated to handle inquiries regarding the nondiscrimination policies and are the Title IX coordinators for their respective campuses: Director of the Office of Institutional Opportunity and Access, [email protected], Room 1082, Dole Human Development Center, 1000 Sunnyside Avenue, Lawrence, KS 66045, 785-864-6414, 711 TTY (for the Lawrence, Edwards, Parsons, Yoder, and Topeka campuses); Director, Equal Opportunity Office, Mail Stop 7004, 4330 Shawnee Mission Parkway, Fairway, KS 66205, 913-588-8011, 711 TTY (for the Wichita, Salina, and Kansas City, Kansas medical center campuses).