Job Summary
University Information Technology ( UIT ) has an opening for a Systems Administrator Sr (DevOps) position within the Software Platform Services team. This role entails designing and implementing secure, highly available, and scalable middle-tier and web hosting infrastructure solutions, including those within a Kubernetes environment. The position will interface directly with development, production support, and QA teams and maintain a high level of visibility with entire team. This role will support and maintain the production environment along with the build and release processes which includes the supporting tools. http://www.employment.utah.edu/staff/work.php
Responsibilities
Designs, installs, administers, and maintains highly available and scalable middletier and web hosting infrastructure solutions running Linux OS. (e.g. Kubernetes/container support) Builds, releases and configures management of production systems using automated configuration mgmt. tools (e.g. Ansible*, Puppet, Chef, SaltStack). Implements and/or improves continuous delivery of software Provides operational and engineering support for continuous integration, rapid deployment, and testing of software for both infrastructure and product use. Installs new software releases and system upgrades, evaluates and installs patches, and resolves software related problems Designs/develops, tests, and implements automated administrative tasks related to the middle-tier and web hosting infrastructure Monitors capacity and analyzes information concerning processing time, response times, application/software, CPU loads, etc. for future growth and proactively informs management of potential areas of concerns, makes recommendations, and provides capacity planning/metric reports Collaborates with service owners to configure applications that meet the business needs Conduct technical evaluations on new products and features and provides recommendations and directions for implementation Creates and maintains technical documentation on critical processes and standards This job description is not designed to contain or be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities and qualifications required of employees assigned to the job. Work Environment and Level of Frequency typically required Nearly Continuously: Office environment. Physical Requirements and Level of Frequency that may be required Nearly Continuously: Sitting, hearing, listening, talking. Often: Repetitive hand motion (such as typing), walking. Seldom: Bending, reaching overhead.
Minimum Qualifications
Require a bachelor’s degree in a related area, or equivalency (one year of education can be substituted for two years of related work experience), and 3-5 years of experience in the field or in a related area. Applicants must demonstrate the potential ability to perform the essential functions of the job as outlined in the position description.