System Administrator - Application II

Job Details

Level

Experienced

Job Location

Oklahoma City Office - Oklahoma City, OK

Position Type

Full Time

Education Level

Bachelor's Degree

Travel Percentage

None

Job Category

Information Technology

Description

This role of System Administrator – Application is to maintain the server environment by identifying system requirements, provisioning new systems, installing upgrades, managing software maintenance and licensing. The System Application team is responsible for all Paycom application servers across all Paycom datacenters. As a System Administrator you will collaborate with the team in the architecture, configuration, and maintenance of all system application projects, tools and processes, as well as participate in troubleshooting, remediation, and documentation.

Responsibilities

• Helping implementing the architecture design and determining system requirements for all new server requests
• Configure Windows and Linux operating systems on virtual machines and physical servers
• Work support tickets assigned to the Systems Application team
• Review system performance and logs and work with other team members to determine Paycom’s overall system health
• Capacity planning and forecasting
• Develop team documentation for day to day duties and gained team knowledge
• Keep systems properly configured, updated, healthy, hardened and scaled to meet the needs of the business
• Work with various technology teams to pro-actively evaluate DR plans, backup requirements, and failover procedures
• Communicate with vendors to ensure we are properly licensed and up to date on renewals
• Be responsible for and act as subject matter expert on any assigned systems
  
  

Qualifications

Education/Certification:

• Bachelor degree required
• Degree in the following areas preferred but not required: MIS, Info Sys, Computer Science, or related fields
  

Experience:

• 1 years of professional IT experience
• 1 years supporting Windows\Linux servers editions
  
  

Preferred Qualifications

Education/Certification:

• MTA/MCSE
• RHCA/Linux
  
  

Experience:

• 1 years of professional IT experience
• 1 years supporting Windows\Linux servers editions
  
  

Knowledge and Skills Required:

• In-depth knowledge of Windows or Linux Server operating system editions
• Basic understandings of web application architecture and technologies
• Some knowledge and experience with Powershell or similar command line tools used to manage and automate
• Using a log aggregation tool, such as Splunk, for troubleshooting and reporting
• Linux and Windows server administration – applying patches, ensuring health, right-sizing, ensuring quality DR architecture, and troubleshooting problems
  
  

Knowledge and Skills Preferred:

• In-depth knowledge of Windows and Linux Server operating systems and built in tools.
• Basic knowledge of Vmware and virtual environments.
• Experience with VDI/VMware Horizon
• In-depth knowledge of Networking/Firewall components
• Multi-node system architecture implementation with multiple departments experience
• In-depth understanding of web application architecture and technologies
  
  

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