Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Republic Services is an environmental services company providing recycling, waste, and related services. The Infrastructure Administrator supports enterprise physical and virtual environments across cloud and on-premises platforms by deploying, automating, monitoring, and supporting networks, servers, and applications. The role also provides production support, coordinates with vendors and development teams, and monitors infrastructure performance.
Responsibilities
- Monitors and recommend performance improvements to ensure high availability of infrastructure
- Serves as an escalation point for technical issues at the team level
- Participate in the implementation of agreed-upon solutions and strategies
- Works with Storage & Virtualization Engineers to configure and troubleshoot application servers and the software running on them
- Handle ongoing maintenance e.g., firmware updates, hot fixes, software upgrades, etc
- Documents technical problems, resolutions, and processes for assigned tasks and projects
- Participates in testing and evaluation of new technologies to ensure compatibility and functionality
- Follows policies and procedures for change and incident management
- Stays current on industry trends and new technologies and recommends future initiatives
- Oversee administration functions such as network switch configurations, monitoring, patch/security updates, asset management, 24X7 support, etc
- Performs other job-related duties as assigned or apparent
Skills
- Knowledge of server/storage hardware and protocols (NFS, iSCSI)
- Demonstrated scripting and automation skills (Perl, Bash, PHP, Puppet, Chef, Salt, etc.)
- Basic understanding of security concepts. (i.e. Active Directory, NTFS permissions, security auditing, security user contexts, application layer vulnerabilities, etc.)
- Understanding of cloud storage, network, and hardware technologies
- High school diploma or GED
- Minimum of 2 years of experience managing and supporting IT Infrastructure in a mid-to-large scale Enterprise Environment data center environment
- Understanding and working knowledge of TCP/IP, netflow, access-control lists, policy-based routing, firewalls, peering, and DNS
- This is a Remote position; however, candidates must be available to work during Arizona business hours (Mountain Standard Time) and attend meetings and collaborate with team members during those hours
- Please note, this position is not sponsorship eligible
- Relevant technical certifications such as CISCO Certified Network Associate (CCNA)
Benefits
- This is a Remote position.
- Eligible employees can elect to participate in comprehensive medical benefits coverage, dental plans and vision coverage.
- Eligible employees can elect to participate in health care and dependent care spending accounts.
- Eligible employees can elect to participate in short- and long-term disability.
- Eligible employees can elect to participate in life insurance and accidental death & dismemberment insurance.
- Eligible employees can elect to participate in the Employee and Family Assistance Program (EAP).
- Eligible employees can elect to participate in employee discount programs.
- Eligible employees can elect to participate in a retirement plan with a generous company match.
- Eligible employees can elect to participate in the Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP).
- Paid Time Off (PTO)
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