Job Description The Systems Administrator Senior, reporting to Systems Manager, will be responsible for documentation, deployment and troubleshooting of the complete IT Unix environment including, but not limited to: AIX, Red Hat Enterprise Linux, SuSE Linux Enterprise Server.
Core competencies include but are not limited to: Linux and AIX operating systems, x86 hypervisors, scripting-automation, and x86 hardware solutions, IBM P series hardware, Ansible, Patching, Security Hardening.
Work with a team of Unix engineers, acts as Subject Matter Expert for area of responsibility and provide support for Experian Unix Environment, including BAU OS support tickets, incidents, vulnerability remediation, compute and storage changes.
Follow change management process.
Liaison to other teams within the department for expert advice in the area of servers, high availability, security, virtualization and operating systems technology.
Summary of Primary Responsibilities Leads and-or participates in the design, development, and implementation of complex system engineering activities involving cross-functional technical support, systems programming and data center capabilities.
You will be responsible for components of highly complex engineering and-or analytical tasks and activities.
Viewed as a technology subject matter expert; able to provide and communicate complex technology solutions across differing audiences including technical, managerial, business executives, and-or vendors.
You will have responsibility for multiple, complex projects.
Qualifications Information Technology degree and-or technology certifications preferred or substantial equivalent experience.
5+ years of systems engineering experience Senior level Experience with Redhat Linux OS Senior level Experience with SUSE Linux Required knowledge of SAN based disk solutions and their configurations Advanced Shell scripting and IaC automation skills with Ansible and Terraform Familiarity with tools like BladeLogic, DNT, ESM, vSphere client is a huge plus Experience with IBM AIX OS is beneficial.
Familiarity with pSeries AIX server models, HMC Consoles Familiarity with AIX, VIO, microcode, and firmware upgrades Projects and be a leader on distributed team Knowledge of AWS Provide Operating System technical and break-fix level support Experience in RedHat Linux administration on RHEL6, RHEL7, RHEL8, RedHat Clustering, VMware and ESX Customer and communication skills to work with team members, customers, vendors and leadership team.
Handle multiple tasks and adapt to a constantly changing environment Strong verbal and written communication skills.
Excellent organization skills Work a flexible schedule, with 24 hour on-call pager and weekend overnight work expected Additional Information This is a permanent home-based role in Costa Rica.
No relocation available.
Our benefits include: Medical, life and dental insurance, Asociacion Solidarista, International Share Save Plan, Flex Work, Work from home, Paid time off, Annual Performance Bonus, Education Reimbursement, Family Bonding, Bereavement Leave, Referral Program, and more.
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