SchoolsFirstFCU

Senior Systems Administrator

Tustin, CA Full time

We’re always looking for diverse, talented, service-oriented people to join our exceptional team.

Senior Systems Administrator

The pay range for this position is listed below. Our pay ranges are built to allow for candidates with various levels of skill and experience to be considered, as well as for room for growth and tenure achieved in a role over time. Typical new hire salary offers fall within the minimum to midpoint of a pay range for many candidates. Any offer extended to a candidate will be based upon their unique set of knowledge, skills, education, and experience as well as internal equity.

Pay Range:

$41.79 - $62.68

Scheduled Weekly Hours:

40

What You’ll Be Doing
Responsible for effective administration, configuration, installation, provisioning, monitoring and troubleshooting to ensure availability, capacity and performance of infrastructure systems is achieved. Perform assigned duties as listed in RACI model(s) under general supervision from manager. Collaborate with peers and manager on operational tasks, system enhancements and project activities.
  • Support SchoolsFirst FCU’s complex Compute and Storage infrastructure with a focus on IBM AIX, OpenShift Containers, Linux and Storage
  • Design, install, and configure systems to support infrastructure and applications.
  • Develop and maintain configuration standards and operating procedures.
  • Coordinate with vendors for technical support and upgrades.
  • Troubleshoot issues or problems, including escalation to 3rd party vendors, as part of root cause analysis and investigation
  • Forecast, recommend, and implement capacity planning.
  • Manage vendors and hold them accountable to contractual SLA’s and obligations.
  • Submit and fulfill service requests.
  • Respond to incidents and problems.
  • Provide KPI and metrics for reporting.
  • Perform daily system monitoring, verifying the integrity and availability of network infrastructure.
  • Conduct after-hours maintenance.
  • Perform ongoing performance tuning, hardware upgrades, and resource optimization as required.
  • Gather and analyze system log files.
  • Research and recommend innovative and automated approaches for system engineering tasks.
  • Coordinate and collaborate with teammembers and service stakeholders.
  • Provide assistance for support cases escalated by Systems Administrators and Systems Engineers
  • Perform peer review of submitted changes by Systems Administrators and Systems Engineers
  • Provide second tier support at engineer level to including investigation and troubleshooting.
  • Monitor ITSM tickets and prioritize appropriately.
  • Design and support disaster recovery and business continuity solutions, failover and testing efforts.
  • This position will be part of a paid on call rotation supporting the production environment 24x7x365.

Additional Job Functions

 
  • Performs other duties as assigned
  • Complies with regulatory compliance and assigned training requirements including but not limited to BSA regulations corresponding to their specific job duties. Failure to do so may result in disciplinary and other employment related actions

    Qualifications

    • Bachelor's Degree or equivalent years of experience required
    • 5-7 years of system administration experience required
    • Red Hat Certified Administrator preferred
    • IBM CSE-Virtualization preferred
      Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities
      • Knowledge and 4 or more years of experience with one or more of the following:
        • Red Hat OpenShift Container infrastructure (Required)
        • Red Hat Linux (Required)
        • IBM AIX (Preferred)
        • Quay
        • VMware vCenter and vSphere
      • Credit Union specific applications ▪ Dell Avamar/Power Protect Data Manager
      • Solarwinds, Splunk, AppDynamics or other monitoring tools
      • Knowledge of IBM P Series Systems, with at least 5 years of administration experience
      • Knowledge with at least 5 years of experience with one or more of the following Storage systems:  ▪ Dell PowerMax ▪ Pure Storage ▪ NetApp All-Flash ▪ Cisco MDS
      • Knowledge of Unix/Linux operating system scripting and utilities.
      • Knowledge of SNMP and log monitoring tools.
      • Knowledge of TCP/IP and OSI Model.
      • Knowledge of firewalls, routers and switches.
      • Knowledge of storage protocols; Fiber Channel, NFS iSCSI.
      • Knowledge of audit and security best practices (NIST, PCI, ISO).
      • Knowledge of Data Center standards and operations, including cabling, fire suppression, power, and safety.

        SchoolsFirst FCU is committed to Diverse, Equitable, and Inclusive Hiring

        At SchoolsFirst FCU we are dedicated to building and growing a diverse, inclusive, and authentic Dream Team, so if you’re excited about a position or wanting to make a career change but your past experience doesn’t align perfectly with every qualification in the job description, we encourage you to apply anyway. Many skills are transferrable and you may be just the right candidate for the position, or for other roles we are working on.

        SchoolsFirst Federal Credit Union is committed to fostering, cultivating, and preserving a culture of diversity and inclusion. SchoolsFirst FCU is an equal opportunity employer and prohibits discrimination against qualified individuals based on their status as protected veterans or individuals with disabilities and prohibits discrimination against all individuals based on their race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, political affiliation, or genetic information.

        This organization participates in E-Verify.