Job description
Position Overview
This is a system administration position that performs both planning and hands-on technical work for the Enterprise Technology Services team. We are a small, solid group looking to speed up our migration to the latest AWS technologies. Responsibilities include administration of and planning for:
- AWS Infrastructure as Code using CloudFormation via Formica
- Ansible-based Linux Systems administration
- Clustering and Cloud Technologies
- Security
- Backup and Recovery
- Performance Tuning and Optimization
- Monitoring with Prometheus
Responsibilities
- Collaborates with application development teams and other internal stakeholders to deliver high quality solutions
- Advises the development teams on the best way to convert their existing stacks to AWS
- Supports the platform deployments for new applications as they are created (machine learning, statement processing, etc.)
- Serves as the expert that can dive in, analyze, and fix problems with AWS services
- Manage multiple projects, providing deliverables in a timely fashion
- Participate in on-call rotation
- Complies with all company and site policies and procedures
- Remains current in profession and industry trends
- Successfully completes regulatory and job training requirements
- Performs other duties as assigned
Required Skills
- Highly motivated, self-starter that has a strong desire to learn.
- Strong troubleshooting skills are required.
- Detailed understanding of TCP/IP and routing is required
- Ability to make a positive contribution as demonstrated by learning new skills and making suggestions for process/procedure improvement
- Ability to work with others in a collaborative team environment
Required Experience
Experience
- 3+ years of experience administrating Linux systems in an enterprise environment (RHEL/CentOS preferred)
- 3+ years working with cloud admin experience (EC2, IAM, Cloudformation, etc)
- Git experience (or similar version control system) is required
- Anisble playbook development experience
- Experience with building/automating CI/CD pipelines (Jenkins, Maven, Jira, BitBucket)
- Advanced understanding of Linux including user, network, storage, memory, and security components
- Experience with Bash scripting is required
- Experience with Python is required
- Experience with load balancing/failover technologies is required; AWS Loadbalancers are preferred
- Experience with virtualization is required; VMware ESXi is preferred
Experience supporting the following technologies would be a bonus:
- Mongodb
- Nodejs
- Apache Tomcat
- Cassandra/Datastax Enterprise
- Oracle database
- Commvault Simpana
Education/Licenses/Professional Designations
- BS in Information Systems/Computer Science and or equivalent work experience
- AWS Certified Solutions Architect Associate (CSAA)
- RHCSA (Red Hat Certified System Administrator)
- LPIC -1 (Linux Professional Institute Certification Level 1)
- LPIC-2 (Linux Professional Institute Certification Level 2)
Level = 22
About the Penn Mutual Life Insurance Company
Penn Mutual helps people become stronger. Our expertly crafted life insurance is vital to long-term financial health and strengthens people’s ability to enjoy every day. Working with our trusted network of financial professionals, we take the long view, building customized solutions for individuals, their families, and their businesses. We support our financial professionals with retirement and investment services through our wholly owned subsidiary, Hornor, Townsend & Kent, LLC, member FINRA/SIPC.
Salary Range - $101,000 - $155,000
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