Systems Administrator

GoAhead Solutions has an immediate need for a Systems Administrator in Plymouth, MN. This would be a Three month contract with extension.

Job description: This resource will work with the current engineer team located in the Plymouth office. Individual needs to have good communication skills, be results driven and be able to work in a deadline driven environment.

Critical/Required Skills - Mid to Sr. experience with: -Red Hat -VMware Bonus skills: Security Hardening, Tools such as Likewise, Nagios, Splunk, software such as Sharepoint. Documentation and design skills such as use of Visio to produce visual environment models and tools.

Duties Include: Assisting with daily System administration of the hosted environment including:

1. Administration of a Production VMware and Red Hat environment, Dell hardware

2. Working with Managed Data Centers.

3. Identifying and resolving issues with server OS layer.

Assisting with development of Patch and Log file programs:

1. Implementing tools such as Splunk, Nagios, Space Walk, Identifying critical log files, assisting with Patch utilities and patch management.

2. Assisting with security hardening and vulnerability management administrative duties.