Senior System Administrator

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What Our Senior System Administrator Will Do

• Setup and performance tune server and network tier within the Insurity public and private cloud environment.
• Recommend and contribute changes in host and guest system configuration to obtain optimum system performance and high availability of Insurity developed applications.
• Work with senior management to diagnose system & performance problems leveraging application traces and available diagnostic tools.
• Assist senior engineers to monitor, measure, performance tune, and capacity plan for the Insurity private cloud environment.
• Identify and recommend solutions to eliminate single points of failure.
• Manage individual projects as well as participate in private cloud wide initiatives.
• Assist in managing individual projects including private cloud initiatives.
• Support Lead Engineers with customer support and on-boarding initiatives.
• Assimilate new technologies and applications into existing processes such that it can be supported across the team
• Support initiatives to migrate customers to Insuritys Public or Private cloud environments
• Work with internal and external teams to troubleshoot and resolve complex issues.
• Participate in rotating team on-call support for hosted and non-hosted customers.
• Provide mentorship to team members
• Stay up to date on industry and job-related trends and best practices, including reading relevant publications, articles, blogs, etc.
• Other duties as assigned

Who Were Looking For

• Experience:

  48 years of hands-on experience in system administration, infrastructure management, or cloud operations (public/private cloud environments) and Application Configuration.

• Education:

  Bachelor's degree in computer science, Information Technology, or a related field or equivalent practical experience.

• Soft Skills:

• Excellent analytical and problem-solving ability.
• Strong time management, organization, and multitasking skills.
• Self-starter with a collaborative approach and a willingness to mentor others.
• Adaptable to changing priorities and evolving technologies.

• Technical Skills:

• Strong experience in

  IIS (Internet Information Services)

  configuration, application deployment, and a deep understanding of

  end-to-end application flow

  across environments.
• Strong proficiency in

  Windows Server administration

  (2008 and above).
• Experience on any Cloud Platform like

  AWS/Azure.

• Working knowledge of

  application lifecycle

  and CI/CD pipelines (e.g., Jenkins, Azure DevOps).
• Exposure of any

  Monitoring Tool

  (e.g. Dynatrace, Nagios, AppDynamics).
• Understanding of

  HTTP/S protocols

  ,

  load balancing

  ,

  DNS

  , and

  network security

  .
• Skilled in

  PowerShell scripting

  and

  process automation

  .
• Familiarity with

  SQL Server

  or backend database connectivity.
• Solid understanding of

  system performance tuning, capacity planning

  , and

  root cause analysis

  .

• Preferred Skills:

• Familiarity with

  cloud migration

  processes and infrastructure-as-code concepts.
• Experience supporting

  enterprise or insurance software

  environments.
• Exposure to

  AI-driven operations

  or automation tools (a plus).

• Certifications (Preferred):

• AWS or Azure Administrator Associate Certification
• Microsoft Certified Solutions Expert (MCSE)
• VMware Certified Professional (VCP)