Senior Analyst - Linux Systems Administration

ABOUT WIND RIVER 

Wind River is a global leader in delivering software for mission-critical intelligent systems. For more than four decades, the company has been an innovator and pioneer, powering billions of systems that require the highest levels of security, safety, and reliability.  

Wind River helps customers across automotive, aerospace, defense, industrial, medical, and telecommunications industries solve complex technology challenges on their journey toward the new intelligent machine economy. The company’s software powers generation after generation of the safest, most secure systems in the world.  Examples include playing a key role in NASA space missions such as Artemis I, the James Webb Space Telescope, and multiple Mars rovers. We’ve achieved recent 5G milestones including the world’s first successful 5G data session with Verizon and building one of the largest Open RAN networks in the world with Vodafone. 

The company has received industry recognition for its technology innovation and leadership, and for its workplace culture, including global Great Place to Work certification and being named a “Top Workplace” for ten consecutive years. If you want to be part of a unique culture where the lived experience is based on our cultural attributes of growth mindset, customer focus, and diversity, equity, inclusion & belonging, come join us and help advance the future software defined world. 

 
YOUR ROLE

As a Linux Systems Administrator on our team, you’ll work with an international team of Linux and Windows Administrators to provide daily Linux server support in a large-scale global multi-platform environment.

You will independently design, test, implement, troubleshoot and maintain infrastructure architectures to include hardware platforms, client applications, server services and Linux operating systems;  Provide enterprise level support for hardware and Linux OS related issues;  Evaluate, test and make recommendations on new/upgrades to hardware, OS, network and applications and their impact on existing system configurations;  Document standards, implementation procedures and troubleshooting processes.  Must be available to work 24x7 support rotation, which includes fielding trouble tickets. Must have good communication skills and enjoy working in a team environment.

In your daily job you will:

• Provide specialized enterprise level support and management for Linux/Windows Infrastructure, DNS, NIS/IDM, NFS, SAMBA, and Dell server hardware.
• Build/Install, support and maintain physical and virtual servers. Troubleshoot server and hardware issues and escalate as necessary.
• Develop and implement business solutions and/or automation using Shell, Perl, Ansible automation
• Maintain system and security patches are up-to-date or current patches, updates, virus and malware protection for responsible architectures and applications.
• Provide monitoring and planning for growth and capacity.
• Ensure that production systems are backed up and protected.
• Document infrastructure standards and processes, implementation procedures and troubleshooting processes.
• Design, develop, and articulate solutions based on a strategic business or technical requirements. 
• Integrate new technologies to solve business requirements.
• Collaborate with internal and external teams to ensure engineered solutions are aligned to company standards.
• Participate in a 24x7 support rotation, which includes fielding trouble tickets
• Analyze the current enterprise and make recommendations for capacity planning, performance tuning and design enhancements.
• Participate in the selection of services and products from a variety of vendors.

HOW YOU WILL CONTRIBUTE 

Key skills and competencies for succeeding in this role are:

• 5+ years’ experience with Linux Server Operation Systems
• 2+ years’ experience with VMware or another Hypervisor
• Experience with Orcharhino/RH Satellite or other patch deployment tools
• Experience with a large-scale, multi-platform environment (500+ machines in multiples sites)
• Solid understanding of Linux security fundamentals
• Strong understanding of DNS, NIS/IDM, NFS, SAMBA
• Strong leadership skills and influence in one or more projects or disciplinary areas
• Ability to make decisions on non-routine matters within broadly defined policies and procedures
• Strong writing, verbal, and presentation skills
• Able to plan and execute complex projects with capability for complex analysis
• Extremely proficient with two or more IT disciplines
• Experience with project management on IT infrastructure projects

Experience with the following is a plus:

• Amazon Web Services, Azure or other cloud technology
• F5 or another load balancer
• Cloud backup solutions

SECURITY CLEARANCE REQUIREMENTS   

Successful candidates must engage in a security clearance process in regard to their citizenship in order to perform fundamental job duties, as per applicable law. In particular, candidates with certain citizenship may not be able to perform such fundamental job duties. Currently, this includes citizens of the following countries: Belarus; Burma; China; Cuba; Iran; North Korea; Syria; Venezuela; Afghanistan; Cambodia; Central African Republic; Cyprus; Democratic Republic of Congo; Ethiopia; Eritrea; Haiti; Iraq; Lebanon; Libya; Russia; Somalia; South Sudan; Sudan; Zimbabwe. The security clearance process may take a significant amount of time to complete, and any offer of employment will be contingent on the candidate's legal ability to perform the fundamental job duties. Wind River is committed to meeting its obligations to candidates under applicable human rights law and privacy law in this regard.

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