Manager, Server Administration (Linux)

What You'll Do

Lead a team highly talented LINUX engineers to facilitate the administration of the OCC compute environment. Provide team leadership required to support a large, complex Linux based computing environment and an increasing transition to infrastructure in Cloud. Assist in driving “infrastructure as code” mentality throughout the organization and demonstrate a passion for automation concepts and tools. Provide mentoring and direction to the team on DevOps and automation. Utilize customer service skills while acting as a technical resource to internal departments and system users. 

Primary Duties and Responsibilities

• Manage day to day operations of highly virtualized Linux compute infrastructure
• Provide status reporting (availability, performance capacity utilization)
• Create and maintain process & policy documentation
• Drive automation of Linux systems
• Develop Linux server team to align with the OCC future technology roadmap.
• Forecast System demands and recommend upgrades, expansions and reconfiguration
• Resource planning
• Provide input into strategic compute infrastructure plans and help drive alignment with application teams, security and business
• Collaborate with application support teams to drive improvements in communication, architecture, and performance
• Act as a liaison for customer relations and represent server teams
• Manage enterprise server environment related projects
• Lead audit and security responsibilities that include routine reviews and reporting of technology policies and security compliance
• Ensure all server systems comply with OCC regulatory requirements
• Work with auditors to remediate and closeout all remediation, regulatory, and audit findings
• Draft proposals to tackle technology challenges and work with vendors to provide best solution at optimal cost
• Responsible for change management process for server infrastructure
• Use good judgment and escalate when necessary and keep management informed
• Performance Management and development of the team members

Supervisory Responsibilities

• N/A

Qualifications

• Excellent communication and people management skills
• Ability to work effectively with clients, technical staff, consultants and vendors
• Ability to work well under pressure and within deadlines
• Experience with disaster recovery testing and creating technical/process documentation
• Ability to communicate well and manage a team located in multiple cities
• Good consultative, communication, analytical, and judgment skills
• Strong background in Compute (LINUX) administration
• Working knowledge of Virtualization and Storage infrastructure
• Working knowledge and experience in Cloud Infrastructure

Technical Skills

• LINUX Systems (Redhat and Amazon linux)
• EMC storage
• VMWare virtualization
• Cloud technologies (AWS)
• CI/CD (Terraform, Jenkins, Artifactory, Github)
• Automation (Ansible, Python)

Education and/or Experience

• Bachelor’s degree (or equivalent) in Computer Science or a related discipline
• Minimum 7 years of experience in Compute (LINUX) administration
• Minimum 3 years of experience in Cloud technologies and CI/CD technologies
• Minimum 3 years of experience in managing people and leading projects.
• Experience in a regulated / financial industry a plus

Certificates and Licensing

• N/A

Step 1
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Step 2
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Step 3
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OCC is an Equal Opportunity Employer