Data Center System Administrator

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We are currently hiring for a Data Center System Administrator in Charlotte, North Carolina, with experience in Linux, Unix, RedHat, to work a mix of on-site and remote support to our customers.

This role will require you to be on site at the customer's office 3 days a week.

As part of the Lenovo Data Center Operations Support team your responsibilities will include:

• Monitoring, maintaining, and managing the physical infrastructure of a data center, ensuring its smooth operation, reliability, and security.
• Monitoring power and cooling systems and network connectivity
• Hardware and system software debugging and troubleshooting.
• Operating System Management and Deployment
• Performing Hardware Break Fix, Hardware Replacements and Installations
• Responding to alerts, performing preventative maintenance, rolling out and upgrading firmware versions, and managing any issues that may arise to minimize downtime and optimize data availability
• Become the customers’ Single Point of Contact (SPOC).
• Following up and reporting the progress on all issues. Respond to users and provide support to them on the daily operations of the cluster.
• Daily system administration tasks, including granting, deleting access, Investigate and correct defects in the cluster as reported, adhering to the service levels.
• Resolve errors through developing, testing and implementing changes to the system.
• Provide corrective and preventive maintenance, troubleshoot and isolate defects.
• Perform Software and firmware testing for any fixes, upgrades, security patch.
• Update the customers’ documentation when and as necessary to reflect the changes made to the system.
• Compile Monthly Reporting and take part in monthly customer Service Reviews where required.
  
  

Basic Qualifications

• 3+ years of experience experience in Linux (ie Suse, RHEL CentOS) and system administration
  
  

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in Confluent Slurm
• Experience in Server, storage and networking break fix, installation, and replacement
• Able to perform OS installation and upgrades with no supervision
• Experience in system troubleshooting, monitoring and support.
• Customer service skills including written and oral communication with client
  
  

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