Senior Systems Administrator

Job Description:

Responsibilities:

• The client requires the assistance of a contract resource to serve as a Senior Systems Administrator to support the development, Automation, and implementation of portfolio applications.
• This position will be responsible for performing tasks associated with the applications environment management, build/deploy processes for the client and Child Welfare applications, and troubleshooting build related issues for the portfolio applications.
• This position is responsible for providing lead role in build and deploy activities in a large number of test, development and production environments utilized by the portfolio program applications.
• This responsibility encompasses configurations and troubleshooting of web layer, OS layer (AIX, Redhat Linux/CentOS and Windows operating systems), the IBM WebSphere with clustering, Job scheduler, Dynatrace, and other related products.
• This position will also perform functions and enablement tasks which includes Automation; maintaining and using CI/CD pipelines like Copado; Supporting the creation and configuration of AWS EC2 instances using CFT scripts, gathering firewall requests where needed, and installing applications for various components; Supporting the setup of Ansible scripts for automating deployments of various applications, JobScheduler and other components.
• This position will work closely with the Engineers, Operations and Maintenance Team and Database Administrators to ensure proper environmental functionality and performance.