Senior Systems Administrator

Business Unit:Cubic Transportation Systems

Company Details:

When you join Cubic, you become part of a company that creates and delivers technology solutions in transportation to make people’s lives easier by simplifying their daily journeys, and defense capabilities to help promote mission success and safety for those who serve their nation. Led by our talented teams around the world, Cubic is committed to solving global issues through innovation and service to our customers and partners.
We have a top-tier portfolio of businesses, including Cubic Transportation Systems (CTS) and Cubic Defense (CD). Explore more on Cubic.com.

Job Details:

Job Description Summary

Cubic Transportation Systems is looking for an IT Professional to join a growing systems operations and administration team focused on server infrastructure and related technologies, Windows operating system and Active Directory deployment, administration/management, and optimization, site and system reliability, automation, configuration management, and security. We are looking for an energetic team member to contribute to a distributed team.

In this role you will be part of a team providing server, storage, Windows, Active Directory, and related technology services for managed services and for customers. Utilizing your technical experience you will provide technical services for a variety of computer environments. You will have opportunities to participate in development of new platforms and services such as cloud services, converged systems, automation/orchestration, implementation of SaaS services, or DevOps transformations. You will be able to grow with the team, lending your experiences and benefiting from others’, with regular opportunities for advancement.

Job Description

Some of the skills and traits you should have and technologies you should know:

• Communicate and contribute fluidly within the team and with other groups. Want to be part of the conversation and develop creative ideas.
• Need to have experience in handling data center
• Be enthusiastic about technology, people, and growth.
• Prioritize and help others prioritize.
• Customer Service. Understand the importance of professionalism and timely responses.
• Want to learn. You always want to learn more. More about the company, the people, the products, the customers, technologies, teams, etc.
• Want to teach. You want to share your experiences and inspire others to do the same.
• Understand the value of efficient and accurate system monitoring and alerting, event management, and configuration management.
• Scripting and Automation: Be proficient with automation utilizing various tools such as PowerShell, Ansible, and ServiceNOW orchestration. You are confident writing, updating, and reviewing various scripts.
• Automating Windows OS deployment and package management, security, and updates.
• You have a varied experience managing storage, servers, infrastructure applications, data centers, security appliances and tools, and systems management tools. You don't feel right until even the lowest levels of hardware are monitored, remotely manageable, and the team gets alerted promptly and can respond effectively to any failure.

Required:

• Four-year college degree in IT, computer science, or related technical field.
• Minimum of four years systems administration or systems engineering experience. In depth understanding of Systems Administration methodology and principles.
• Knowledge and experience administering a broad range of systems.
• Knowledge and experience with networking for context.
• Must be a self-motivator and professional communicator.

Preferred Skills/Experience:

• Knowledge in administering Active Directory (AD) and related AD Services.
• Develops, documents, and enforces the standards, security procedures, and controls for access to ensure integrity of the Windows Systems, Active Directory, and related systems.
• Knowledge of server virtualization technologies, preferably VMware and/or KVM technologies
• A working knowledge of modern scripting languages and methods or programming experience.
• Experience automating deployment and configuration of scale out systems on virtual platforms, cloud, or equivalent.
• Experience working for a managed service provider.
• Knowledge of High Availability technologies, approaches, and operations.
• Experience with a variety of application delivery controllers, monitoring tools, security tools, and infrastructure.

The description provided above is not intended to be an exhaustive list of all job duties, responsibilities and requirements.  Duties, responsibilities and requirements may change over time and according to business need.

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Cubic Pay Range:

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The Cubic pay range for this job level is a general guideline only and not a guarantee of compensation or salary. Additional factors considered in extending an offer include (but are not limited to) responsibilities of the job, education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities, as well as internal equity, alignment with market data, applicable bargaining agreement (if any), or other law.

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Worker Type:

Employee