Job Information
University of Kansas Senior Operations Systems Administrator in Lawrence, Kansas
28145BR
Job Title:
Senior Operations Systems Administrator
Department:
Achievement & Assessment Inst
Primary Campus:
University of Kansas Lawrence Campus
Job Description:
40% Infrastructure project execution.
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.
20% System updates and security patching.
Assists in identifying critical updates and security patches.
Apply security patches to systems accurately and efficiently following change control processes.
Apply system updates using automation following change control processes.
15% Systems monitoring .
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.
15% Operational support.
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
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.
Proactively identifies project risks and communicates project issues.
Req ID (Ex: 10567BR) :
28145BR
Disclaimer:
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Work Schedule:
M-F 8-5
FLSA Status:
Administrative
Conditions of Employment:
Contingent on Funding
Contact Information to Applicants:
Mark Thompson
mark.thompson@ku.edu
Required Qualifications:
High School Diploma/GED and seven years of relevant experience OR an Associate's degree and five years of relevant professional experience OR a Bachelor's degree and three years of relevant professional experience.
4+ years of experience administering UNIX and/or 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 of experience implementing cloud-based solutions including familiarity with developing secure, highly available, scalable and maintainable solutions
2+ years managing virtual networks, DNS and certificates
2+ years managing Linux server environments using server automation technology for maintaining Infrastructure as Code
2+ years of experience managing cloud-based implementations using automation services
2+ years of experience using source control systems
Employee Class:
U-Unclassified Professional Staff
Advertised Salary Range:
$80,000 minimum, commensurate with experience
FTE:
1.0
Preferred Qualifications:
4+ 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
3+ years managing Linux server environments using Chef
3+ years managing AWS implementations using Terraform
2+ years planning and leading infrastructure projects
2+ years of experience using GitHub or equivalent for source control
2+ years of experience with the deployment and monitoring of web applications
1+ years of experience maintaining CI/CD solution
Position Overview:
Assessment & Technology Solutions (ATS) (https://ats.ku.edu/) , a unit within The Achievement & Assessment Institute (AAI) (https://aai.ku.edu/) at KU, 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 production environment. They apply in-depth knowledge of Linux and virtualized networks to troubleshoot and enhance system performance. They use programming/scripting skills to solve complex problems in automation and application configuration/management. They use CI/CD tools and managed processes to assist developers and DBA staff in confidently moving code and other changes through non-production environments into production.
Reg/Temp:
Regular
Application Review Begins:
18-Jun-2024
Anticipated Start Date:
08-Jul-2024
Additional Candidate Instruction:
A complete application consists of:
Cover Letter
Resume
3 Professional References
Apply online. Incomplete applications will not be considered.
Application review will begin June 18th. To ensure consideration apply no later than June 17th.
Job Family:
Information Technology-KUL
Work Location Assignment:
Hybrid