Senior System Administrator

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🔥 18 hours ago

🎸 Tennessee – Remote

🎸 Tennessee – Remote

💵 $100k / year

⏰ Full Time

🟠 Senior

⌨️ Systems Administrator

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University of Tennessee College of Arts & Sciences

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5001 - 10000 employees

Founded 1905

📚 Education

🔬 Science

Education • Science • Arts

University of Tennessee College of Arts & Sciences is the primary academic unit at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, offering a diverse range of undergraduate and graduate programs in the natural sciences, social sciences, arts, and humanities. The college emphasizes research, scholarship, and creative activities, and provides students with essential skills such as critical thinking and effective communication. With more than 100 majors and minors across various departments, the College strives to equip students with a comprehensive education to explore and understand the world.

📋 Description

• Administer and maintain Linux operating systems, including security patches, kernel updates, OS enhancements, package repositories, compatibility, and performance monitoring • Implement and enforce security best practices, including SSH hardening, Ansible playbooks, firewall rules, security policies, secure configurations, vulnerability scanning, remediation, and configuration compliance • Provision, configure, and maintain Linux servers supporting Academic LAMP services and other applications • Deploy, configure, and maintain Linux virtual machines in Hyper-V, Azure, Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI), and other supported virtualization platforms • Maintain high availability, clustering, reliability, and failover strategies for supported services • Create, manage, and audit user accounts, roles, permissions, and application and Linux-system access • Support Student Information System infrastructure through server installation, patching, upgrades, performance tuning, and decommissioning • Advance infrastructure automation and AI-driven security enhancements, including Ansible-based provisioning, patch management, configuration-drift prevention, secure baseline enforcement, and automated vulnerability remediation • Standardize deployment workflows for core application stacks to improve consistency, efficiency, security, and lifecycle management • Lead and contribute to large-scale projects, implementations, and upgrades; mentor and train junior staff; and provide project leadership and work direction

🎯 Requirements

• Associate’s degree in computer science or a related field required, or 14 years of direct Linux administration experience without the degree • 10 years of direct Linux administration experience with an associate’s degree • Strong Linux systems administration knowledge, including scripting and Ansible • Knowledge of backup and recovery procedures • Working knowledge of networking, identity-management tools, load balancing, DNS, and DHCP • General computer hardware knowledge • Ability to support customers with a broad range of system and application issues • Ability to work effectively with others and independently manage priorities, deadlines, and complex technical work • Project management and junior staff mentoring • Legally authorized to work full-time in the United States without now or future sponsorship • Bachelor’s degree in computer science, information technology, or a related field preferred • Preferred experience supporting enterprise academic or student information systems and highly available Linux application environments • Knowledge of Azure and Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) preferred • Knowledge of Ellucian Banner applications and supporting infrastructure preferred • Experience with AI-assisted operations or security engineering capabilities, including Ansible Lightspeed or AI Ops tools preferred • Resume and cover letter required with application

🏖️ Benefits

• Career development and coaching • Continued education • Extensive development and training opportunities • Work-life balance • Compensation and innovation leadership support