Senior Linux / Containerization System Administrator (Local / Hybrid)

Vanderbilt Univ Medical Center - Nashville, TN

Full-time - Mid Level

Nashville, TN

10,001+ employees

About the position

The position at Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC) involves supporting RedHat OpenShift and containerization solutions managed by Kubernetes. The role includes mentoring new system administrators and providing engineering services for system infrastructure, ensuring optimal performance, security, and disaster recovery. The individual will be responsible for designing, building, and maintaining critical systems and infrastructure components, while adhering to enterprise standards and policies.

Responsibilities

• Researches, reviews and recommends hardware and software improvements.
• Installs and configures server operating systems of up to high complexity.
• Administers system infrastructure and infrastructure appliances including data center, security, firewalls, authentication services, domain name services and disk storage.
• Schedules and executes infrastructure and system upgrades and patches to address security issues, bug fixes and functional enhancements.
• Installs and configures backup and disaster recovery software and regularly performs multi-site failover exercises of medium to high complexity.
• Architects, designs, builds, and maintains automation to monitor the overall health of infrastructure and systems.
• Architects, designs, builds, and maintains relevant security policies and software for task automation and integrations.

Requirements

• 5 years of relevant work experience in system administration or related field.
• Bachelor's degree in a relevant field.

Nice-to-haves

• Experience supporting F5 BIG-IP is a bonus but not necessary.

Benefits

• Professional growth opportunities
• Comprehensive health insurance
• Retirement savings plan
• Paid time off
• Employee wellness programs