Sr Systems Administrator

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# 3 Title:Sr. Systems Administrator (#11669226)
Rate: DOE (Recruiter will Discuss)
Position Type: Contract
Job Location: Atlanta, GA
Duration: 7 months with possible extension
Openings: 1
Client: State of Georgia
Interview Type: Phone/Web with a possible In Person
Job Order Recruiter Name and Email Address: Barb Ensminger - barbensminger@linbarsolutions.com
Job Description:
Sr. Systems Administrator
We are looking for an energetic, customer service oriented and technically talented and experienced IBM Product Administrator (Datastage and/or Cognos 11) to help support mission critical infrastructure in a dynamic and fast-paced production environment. A self-starter who is proactive and self-motivated to achieve operational excellence. Technically versatile, has the aptitude to increase technical breadth and the attitude and personality to help grow/maintain a World Class organization.
Required Skills:

• Automating operational processes using scripting languages such as Shell/Ruby/Python/Puppet tools.
• Performing daily activities, such as managing users access, monitoring schedules, and monitoring overall system
• Working with developers, software vendor support, database administrators, and other IT operations resources to troubleshoot issues and ensure systems are working properly
• Managing servers i.e. Design, develop, test, patch and maintain infrastructure as necessary
• Researching, assessing, and implementing best practices
• Analyzing server/system logs on a daily basis to identify and proactively resolve issues
• Act as the technical expert for support and enhancement issues
• Knowledge of Cognos, Infosphere or Websphere architecture design and implementation.
• Setup new database connections and security procedures
• Perform capacity planning
• Works with Client Management/Other Team Lead to provide timely, appropriate level of communication with respect to the work assigned.
• Provides technical and functional expertise on development projects.
• Strong design, analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Excellent presentation and organizational skills.
• Linux (RHEL 7 with SELinux a plus)

EDUCATION & EXPERIENCE:
BA/BS degree and/or 5-7 years of experience Excellent communication skills and self-starter attitude
Must be able to pass a criminal background check
Must be able to work for any US company without need of work authorization sponsorship. Sorry, no third-party candidates accepted.
Desired Skills:

• Implementing application migrations to cloud providers
• Identify and recommend applications for implementation or migration to cloud services
• Experience with SQL Server, MySQL, or PostreSQL - ability to connect and configure Linux applications to Database servers
• Ability to run SQL scripts
• Datastage Experience
• Cognos 11 Experience
• Experience in managing AWS cloud services like EC2/S3/RDS etc. is a huge plus.
• Comfortable in Multi-OS environment a plus (Linux and Windows Server)

PHYSICAL DEMANDS:
Normal demands associated with an office environment. Ability to work on computer for long periods, and communicate with individuals by telephone, email and face to face.