System Administrator

-We are always looking for highly motivated, result oriented team players who share our commitment to teamwork, quality, integrity and mutual respect. If these values of ours are aligned with yours, we invite you to explore career opportunities with us to achieve your professional goal in a diverse environment that embraces technological innovation to meaningfully impact the world around us.
- The System Administrator/Engineer (SA/E) is responsible for effective provisioning, installation/configuration, operation, and maintenance of systems hardware and software and related infrastructure. This individual participates in technical research and development to enable continuing innovation within the infrastructure. This individual ensures that system hardware, operating systems, software systems, and related procedures adhere to organizational values, enabling staff, volunteers, and Partners.- This individual is accountable for the following systems: Linux (Red Hat Enterprise Linux), Windows, UNIX (AIX and Solaris) systems. Middleware includes WebSphere Application Servers, WebSphere Message Queue. Backup software includes Tivoli Storage Manager that support MSI/LTA infrastructure. Responsibilities on these systems include operations and support, maintenance and research and development to ensure continual innovation.**ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES**:

- Repair and recover from hardware or software failures. Coordinate and communicate with impacted constituencies.
- 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.
- Develop new and/or maintain existing backup policies and schedules according to operational and business requirements.
- Provide professional consultations and solutions as necessary.
- Investigate, troubleshoot issues, and provide professional recommendations and solutions.
- Perform incident management, vendor management and reporting. Monitor and coordinate recovery procedures between the affected constituencies and the vendor. Provide technical assistance as required.
- Respond to technical emergencies outside of normal working hours as needed.
- Involve in the Disaster Recovery planning and execution of DR procedures during simulated dry runs and actual disaster runs.
- Review and evaluate software security and its related risks. Plan and implement security patching as needed.
- Upgrade and configure system software that supports LTA/MSI infrastructure per project or operational needs. - Install new / rebuild existing servers and configure hardware, peripherals, services, settings, directories, storage, etc. in accordance with standards and project/operational requirements.
- Perform periodic performance reporting to support capacity planning. - Perform ongoing performance tuning, hardware upgrades, and resource optimization as required. Configure CPU, memory, and disk partitions as required.
- Research and recommend innovative, and where possible automated approaches for system administration tasks.

**QUALIFICATIONS**:

- Bachelor degree or equivalent with a technical major, such as engineering in Information Technology.
- Minimum 5 years System Administration experience is required.
- Minimum 5 years Middleware Administration experience is required.
- Knowledge of High Availability (HA) and Disaster Recovery (DR) is required.
- Experience in Performance Tuning and Optimization using native monitoring and OS troubleshooting tools.
- Experience with backups, restores and recovery of the servers.
- Experience in implementing operational automation using scripts / shell scripting / PowerShell etc.
- Working knowledge of cloud infrastructure is an added advantage
- Good understanding of ITIL practice, especially change management and incident management.
- Strong problem-solving skills. - Demonstrated capacity for self-directed learning is required.
- Demonstrated ability to work effectively and collegially with colleagues is required.
- Excellent analytical, organizational and communication skills are required.
- Ability to work independently on multiple assignments and to work collaboratively within a team is required.
- Perform all duties and responsibilities with mínimal supervision.

**Technical Expertise and Knowledge include**:
- **OS**: Windows, Linux, AIX, Solaris - Middleware: WebSphere Application Servers, WebSphere Message Queue, Tivoli Directory Services, WebSphere Network Deployment Manager, Edge Server, IBM Integration Bus, IBM MessageSight, IBM DataStage, BOE, Web Server, IIB,
- **Backup software**: Tivoli Storage Manager, - Storage: V3000, V5000, V7000/V9000 SAN
- **Hypervisor**: VMWare. - Virtualization: VMWare, NSX, vRealize Operations, vCenter Site Recovery, Red Hat Virtualization
- **Monitoring systems**: OMNIBUS, SCAMP, NETCOOL, Solarwinds, Dynatrace, SPLUNK, etc
- **Others include**:

-