BCForward is currently looking for System Administrator (Hybrid) in Indianapolis, IN 46240
Position Title: System Administrator (Hybrid)
Location: Indianapolis, IN 46240
Expected Duration: 6+ months.
Summary:
- The desired candidate will be a well-rounded Senior Level IT support resource responsible for a wide range of technical support tasks as well as having opportunities to influence IT architectural direction specific to Active Directory, ADFS, and Windows Server environments.
- The position will also include installing, troubleshooting and maintenance of technical software, automation of technical IT activities where possible for AWS Services, interfacing with Application Development personnel and participating in a 24/7 On-Call rotation.
- A strong knack and desire to perform troubleshooting activities is required with AWS Cloud Services in addition to AD and AD Federation Services.
- The technologies involved include all non-business-related software used at the bank from 3rd parties.
- This is not a traditional operating system, or network or storage admin position, but a good working knowledge and background of those disciplines is necessary with a strong desire for Active Directory and Windows and Linux OS experience.
- The ability to code/script to help with automation in Ansible Tower, Microsoft PowerShell, building Infrastructure-As-Code with Amazon CFTs, and a strong troubleshooting acumen is a plus.
- Prior application development experience preferred.
- Knowledge of SQL/Oracle/PostgreSQL RDS DBs is a plus along with scripting languages like Python, MS PowerShell, YAML, and Linux Shell Scripting is a plus.
- There will be opportunities to work on cloud technologies inclusive of Amazon and Azure services and solutions.
- Familiarity with DevOps and Agile from an infrastructure and operations perspective is a plus.
- The candidate must be comfortable communicating with a wide variety of personnel including software vendors of application development partner teams, business personnel and upper management.
- This job is part of a medium-sized team of experienced IT professionals.
- The candidate will have 5+ years of experience in a large and fast paced IT environment.
Key Responsibilities:
- Key duties and responsibilities, in descending order of importance. Where possible, estimate the percentage of time spent on - % Time
- Administer Active Directory/ADFS/Windows Server environments running on Amazon EC2 and assist with planning efforts to migrate to environments to Azure AD/Azure Federation Services - 30%
- Install and maintain/upgrade key infrastructure application software running on Windows/Linux and document the infrastructure architecture supporting 3rd party software running on AWS EC2 - 20%
- Monitor performance & availability of key infrastructure, and provide on-call support on a rotational fashion with the ability to work with other IT Teams on troubleshooting efforts as required – 20%
- Participate in IT architectural sessions to provide expertise to the framework and design of COTS and Cloud solutions and lead medium/large size infrastructure projects – 20%
- Code and develop standards for creating cloud infrastructure components/services approved for use by SLM from AWS. Design and implement automation solutions that increase team operational efficiencies -10%
- Work with Amazon technical partners, solutions, and services and participate in budgeting sessions as required
Required skills:
- Team player mentality and excellent work ethic.
- Strong administration skills in Active Directory/ADFS and Windows Server environments.
- Strong interpersonal communication, presentation, organization and planning skills.
- Must possess initiative with strong analytical, problem-solving skills and ability to make complex decisions in potentially ambiguous situations.
- Ability to work independently or as part of a team.
Desired skills:
- Strong aptitude/skills in communication, presentation, and information technology.
- Demonstrated successful client interaction skills.
- Competency with the operational aspects of complex hosting/networking/VPC/Security Groups etc.
- Experience with multiple AWS Services/Infra-as-Code/Ansible.
- Oracle/SQL/PostgreSQL RDS databases
- Windows/Linux OS & EC2 management – Strong with Active Directory/Windows Server
- Networking/Coding/Scripting (PowerShell, Unix Shell scripting, Python, YAML, JSON etc.)
- IIS/.NET/Java
- Middle tier technologies such as JBOSS EAP, Apache Tomcat etc.
- Work experience in a DevOps/Agile culture 11. Amazon cloud services technology
Education or Equivalent Experience:
- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience.
- 3-5 years' experience within Information Security or Systems Audit
- Minimum 5+ years in large data center environments.
- Demonstrated ability to manage IT infrastructure projects.
- Demonstrated ability to communicate at all levels within an organization.
- DevOps/Agile practitioner
- Cloud architecture experience