POSITION OVERVIEW

The Senior Systems Administrator reports to the Supervisor IT Technical Services and is responsible for the administration implementation support and management of the IT Linux and infrastructure systems;serves as a technical expert in the area of system administration for complex operating position will manage and support the Linux OpenShift Storage Backup and Recovery systems.

RESPONSIBILITIES AND ESSENTIAL DUTIES

• Managethe day-to-day operations of servers and systems by monitoring system performance configuration maintenance and repair.

• Configure maintain and support the Linux systems

• Configure maintain and support the OpenShift systems

• Configure maintain and support the Enterprise backup and recovery systems.

• Monitor and resolve backup related issues including providing reporting on health of backup platforms.

• Create and maintain documentation on backup and recovery processes policies and procedures.

• Perform file recovery tests and annual disaster recovery site tests.

• Ensure high availability and acceptable levels of performance of critical system resources.

• Participate in planning and implementation of projects for system operations and systems administration.

• Plan organize and document complex system design activities and configure systems to be consistent with policies/procedures.

• Interface with customers peers and managers to evaluate and understand business needs.

• Continually access the systems against potential threats and vulnerabilities using industry security compliance standards. Ensure that vulnerabilities are mitigated in a timely fashion.

• The duties and responsibilities described above are not a comprehensive list and additional tasks may be assigned to the employee from time to time or the scope of the job may change as necessitated by business demands.

KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS

Working knowledge of:

• OracleLinux and Red Hat Linux system administration

• Linux vulnerability remediation

• Containerization and Kubernetes

• Enterprise Storage

• Enterprise Backups

• Security

• System performance monitoring tools

• Effective project management techniques

Skills:

• Exceptional communication skills; must have the ability to effectively communicate at all levels of an organization and with individuals from diverse disciplines and levels of technical expertise.

• Detail oriented and effective time management and organizational skills.

• Exceptional written verbal and interpersonal communication skills.

• Organized and able to manage multiple activities and programs timely and with a high degree of accuracy.

• Excellent customer service skills to support all personnel.

• Ability to work effectively and cooperatively others and lead projects to a successful end.

• Willingness and desire to learn new skills technology situations and/or conditions.

• Ability to function professionally and effectively in a high-pressure environment.

EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE

Education: Bachelors degree in computer science or a related discipline. Equivalent combination of training and experience may be considered.

Experience: Minimumof five (5) years relevant Systems Administrator experience including complex systems design programming and systems software and support.Must have experience in the design planning and implementation of reliable enterprise level systems.

Must have experience with the following:

• Oracle Linux and Red Hat Linux administration (Versions 7.x 8.x)

• Patch evaluation and deployment: Oracle OLM/OSMH ULN yum/dnf up2date

• Ansible

• Enterprise Storage (Nimble)

• Enterprise Backup Software (Veeam)

• Enterprise Backup Hardware (Exagrid)

• Bash shell scripting

• Unix/Linux technologies: printing nfs ftp sftp scp kickstart samba apache

• Oracle databases and Oracle RAC a plus

• Cisco UCS

• VMware ESXi Server

• Windows 2016 R2 and above a plus

DIRECT REPORTS

N/A

FREEDOM TO ACT

This position does not require supervision over other personnel; must be able to work with minimal supervision.

WORK CONDITIONS

• Job is performed in a typical office environment but is subject to time pressures and constraints and is also dependent on input from others.

• Often exposed to stressful situations.

• Subject drug and alcohol testing per applicable federal regulations.

• Occasional travel is required to support remote office locations.

• Ability to work outside normal workdays and standard office hours.

• Required to maintain TWIC Card.

• Participate in IT Infrastructure on-call rotation.

ADA JOB REQUIREMENTS

Reasonable accommodations will be made to ensure that the essential functions of the job can be performed and not hinder the employees performance due to physical mental or emotional disability.

EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY

Cheniere Energy is an equal opportunity workplace. All employment decisions are made without regard to sex race color religion national origin citizenship age disability marital or veteran status sexual orientation gender identity or expression or any other legally protected categories. This includes providing reasonable accommodation if requested for disabilities or religious beliefs and practices.