Systems Operations Admin/Engineer (CHICAGO)

Post Date

Oct 14, 2024

Location

Chicago,
Illinois

ZIP/Postal Code

60607
US
Dec 23, 2024 Insight Global

Job Type

Contract

Category

Administrative Assistant

Req #

CHI-740810

Pay Rate

$28 - $35 (hourly estimate)

Job Description

This is an infrastructure based Systems Operations role. The need is for Sys Admin/Engineer who can also script in python, PowerShell, bash programming languages. Moderate programming skills are okay. Primary toolset is Ansible.
They need someone who is curious, passionate about technology, resourceful, and collaborative.
More Info:
* In-office not required but would prefer someone that can come in once or twice a month
* Role includes an on-call rotation (1 week duration, rotated across 6 engineers) and some weekend work for patching (1-2 times per year)
The personality:
* Looking for someone ambitious and eager to learn -- a tinkerer who's not just happy the problem is fixed but wants to figure out how it happened and why
* Resourcefulness -- someone that can strike the right balance between leveraging the knowledge of teammates, researching on their own, and escalating an issue
* Proactivity and persistence -- keeping work moving, a roadblock remover
* Strong communicator -- well-spoken, able to adjust for different audiences and build relationships with teammates and across teams

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Required Skills & Experience

- 2+ years of Systems Operations/Engineering, professional experience to understand how enterprises work vs. a college lab
- 1200 servers in the environment (server environment of 300 systems is a must)
- Scripting skillset in either Python, PowerShell, Bash (Python preferred)
- Local to Chicago, able to come on site Tuesdays and Thursday
* Windows Server administration (2016/2019/2022) -- configuration, patching, and general support including server roles and features (ADDS, GPOs, DNS, RDS, etc.)
Weekly on call on a 6 week rotation
* Cloud administration (AWS preferred) -- EC2 and S3 primarily, also able to interact with related network, identity, and security services
* Automation -- Ansible Core 2.13+and Ansible Automation Platform 2+ preferred, experience automating against REST and/or GraphQL APIs

Nice to Have Skills & Experience

- PowerShell or Python
* Linux Server administration (RHEL7/8/9) -- patching and some configuration
* Containers -- Docker, Kubernetes, EKS, ECS
* Software package management -- Chocolatey, Red Hat Satellite
- DevOps infrastructure skillset, GIT, CICD pipeline

Benefit packages for this role will start on the 31st day of employment and include medical, dental, and vision insurance, as well as HSA, FSA, and DCFSA account options, and 401k retirement account access with employer matching. Employees in this role are also entitled to paid sick leave and/or other paid time off as provided by applicable law.