Company

 

Cloud Systems Administrator

 

Job Description:

Gravitant is seeking a Cloud Systems Administrator to work with our innovative product operations team. The successful candidate will use their experience in systems administration for Unix/Windows environments for automating the management of virtual machines in the cloud. This includes managing operating system installations and patching, application installations and patching (App Servers, DB Servers), managing network and VLAN configurations, setting up VPNs and security controls, managing backup processes and environments, managing systems monitoring and alerts, and supporting customer’s virtual environments. In addition, the candidate should be proficient in unix and windows scripting to automate installations, configurations, and management of virtual resources in the cloud that support scalability, high availability, and disaster recovery. These solutions will integrate with Gravitant’s on-demand, self-service applications for cloud management.

 

Job Code CSA001

 

Responsibilities:

  • Install, configure, and manage virtual machine resources for the Gravitant cloudMatrix solution
  • Configure and test scalability, high availability, and disaster recovery for Gravitant cloudMatrix
  • Support customer’s cloud servers and environments with installations, configurations, patching, network and VLAN configuration, security configuration, db and file backups, systems monitoring, and alerts
  • Configure site-to-site VPNs for customer environments
  • Automate operations management by developing scripts as needed

 

Qualifications:

Required

  • At least 3 years of experience administrating and managing Linux/Windows systems and environments
  • At least 1 year of experience in LAN/WAN network configurations and firewall configurations with Cisco routers
  • Experience in working with or supporting production, test, and development environments for medium to large data centers
  • Experience in installing and configuring application servers and database servers
  • Experience in developing scripts to automate software deployments and installations
  • B.S. in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Software Engineering, or related areas
  • Good communication skills and the ability to work well in a team environment

Familiarity with following tools/technologies

  • Linux (Redhat Enterprise Linux 5.5, Ubuntu 8.04)
  • Windows Server 2008/2010
  • Cisco IOS routers
  • Ticket support systems such as Remedy, Trac, Bugzilla, etc.
  • Application servers such as WebSphere, JBoss, Apache
  • Database servers such as Oracle, MySQL

Preferred

  • Experience with cloud providers such as Amazon, GoGrid, Rackspace, Terremark, Savvis
  • Exposure to OpenSwan VPN, OpenVPN, Cisco VPN, or other VPN client/server technologies
  • Exposure to VMware vSphere/vCenter/ESXi environments
  • Cloud security architectures involving OpenID authentication and secure data transfer protocols

Job Details

  • Location: Austin, TX
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