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Contract for Senior Linux/Windows System Administrator for our client Chicago IL. Please let me know if you or any of your friends would be interested in this position. Position Title:Senior Linux/Windows System Administrator- Chicago ILLocation: Chicago IL - 60612 (Hybrid)Duration: 6 Months Contract (Part time) Description: Overview: Individual will be responsible for the managing Research Resources Center (RRC) IT infrastructure including servers, networks, and desktops. They will act as main point of contact for responding to users’ IT trouble tickets, documenting electronic assets, forming/maintaining standardized access policies, and upgrading physical and virtual infrastructure as needed. Position will be responsible to work in both Linux and Windows environments and will be tasked to assist with providing technical support to maintain scientific instrumentation housed within various research labs. Schedule: We expect to have the individual work part-time for an estimated 6 months. They would dedicate 4hrs each day from Monday – Friday. We can accommodate a hybrid work schedule where the individual would be able to work certain days from home and other days on the UIC campus per week. Responsibilities: These are considered the main responsibilities but not inclusive.- Installation, configuration, and administration of Linux servers (CentOS, RHEL, and Slackware), Windows servers, VMWare vSphere, vCenter, OVIRT, Commvault, Nagios, servers, desktops, printers, laptops, wireless access points, routers, projectors, screens, and firewalls. Provide support for commercial software from external vendors used by various Cores.
- Design and maintain efficient data back-up and recovery policies/procedures to ensure business continuity. Develop and maintain a business continuity and disaster recovery plan to ensure 24/7 availability of critical systems and restoration of research data and services in the event of failure of IT. Active Directory and Group Policy management and support.
- Provide overall system administration expertise in various platforms to design and implement solutions for challenging research IT problems
- Maintain, audit and enhance security system and ensure integrity of housed IT infrastructure
- Manages and maintains both network and system level access controls.
- Design, create and maintain IT infrastructure documentation. Provide basic system and network support of scientific instrument workstations
- Work with outside vendors to design and procure efficient and cost-effective solutions to business needs.
- We are looking for a Sr. System Administration with very strong knowledge and experience working on Linux server administration, Linux scripting, VMWare, SAN Storage, networking, windows server administration, windows domain controller, firewalls, and backups.
- They would migrate all critical virtual machines from the current Ovirt cluster to the new VMWare cluster.
- Ensure that the current Ovirt cluster functions smoothly, maintain updates of operating systems, the firmware of all hardware of Ovirt and VMware cluster, etc. Documentation of all technical details and architecture.