Lead Systems Administrator: HotLinuxJobs

Responsibilities

• Oversee all central IT services, including development environments and office communication systems
• Manage at least one other systems administrator, and manage the involvement of expert consultants as needed
• Build out our overall systems architecture to ensure that our internal office needs and our software development and production needs are stable and secure as we continue to grow
• Build and deploy new servers for projects that really need to scale
• Assist with day-to-day maintenance, including backup, upgrades, patches, etc.
• Resolve technical, capacity, and security issues
• Asset tracking, ordering, and documentation
• Maintain wired and wireless network
• Research, recommend, and implement new technologies
• Some desktop support and documentation
• Play a key role in the success of our innovative organization

Qualifications

Successful candidates will have IT management experience, a knack for working with all sorts of people, and good judgment in balancing competing needs. Other qualifications include:

• Knack for troubleshooting a variety of system, networking, and hardware problems
• Strong understanding of networks and servers, including: firewalling, VLANs, VPN, Apache, LDAP, TCP/IP, DNS, DHCP, NFS, NIS
• Linux or UNIX fluency. We look for general knowledge, not concepts that are limited to a specific distribution.
• Proven ability to define, outline, and plan goals and objectives with the senior team, and to create and lead a day-to-day tactical IT operational plan
• Management experience
• A natural affinity for streamlining and automating common tasks to ensure consistency and efficiency, a high level of personal organization, and the ability to prioritize needs
• The ability to communicate well with both technical and non-technical audiences.
• In-depth knowledge of routers and switches. We run Cisco equipment.
• Minimum of 5 years systems experience, including hands-on and/or oversight experience with:
• Help desk support and documentation
• Management of user accounts
• Server setup, monitoring, optimization, and maintenance
• Data center equipment
• Network administration and management for a wired-and-wireless network
• Office systems including: email, VOIP, file server, and backup systems
• Asset management/budgeting
• Supplier/vendor relations