Auto req 8529BR
Job Posting Title Specialist System Administrator - Wintel
Career Category Information Systems
Employee Subgroup Salaried FT
Country (State/Region) United States - Washington
Location (City) Seattle
Amgen Job Description The primary responsibility of this position is with the Windows based configuration and operations management, along with daily systems management tasks in an Enterprise environment.
Responsibilities will include management, oversight and direct support of specialized systems and applications.
Will manage tasks for complex systems across multiple locations.
Job Responsibilities
Setup and on-going maintenance of Windows Systems.
Conducts routine hardware and software audits of servers to ensure compliance with established standards, policies, and configuration guidelines.
Develops and maintains operating system hardware and software configuration database/library of all supporting documentation.
Develops and promotes standard operating procedures.
Provides support and consultation to remote locations or clients in order to identify requirements and configuration resources.
Works on short term and long-term requirements of systems operations and administration are included in the overall information systems planning and budgeting of the organization. Implements operating system enhancements that will improve the reliability and performance of the system.
Maintains growth statistics, space forecasts, and software and hardware inventories.
Maintains ITIL processes
Monitors and maintains compliance with system software licensing and hardware and software maintenance agreements.
Monitors and tunes the system to achieve optimum performance levels.
Creates tools to ease production process.
Automates routine procedures. Maintains servers, creates monitoring reports and logs, and ensures functionality of links.
Performs software installations and upgrades to operating systems and layered software packages.
Schedules hardware and software installations/patching and upgrades and maintains them in accordance with established IT policies and procedures.
Responsible for installing, configuring, and maintaining operating system servers, in support of business processing requirements.
Troubleshoots problems, responds to escalation and performs repairs as needed. Works on system-level services to ensure proper patch levels on applications and operating systems.
Ensures that the user community understands and adheres to necessary procedures to maintain security,compliance and access management as per standards and policies
Rotational 24x7 on call support duties.
Work with the architecture teams to develop strategy, evaluate new options and toolsets for continual process improvement.
Basic Qualifications Doctorate degree
OR
Masters degree & 3 years of directly related experience
OR
Bachelors degree & 5 years of directly related experience
OR
Associates degree & 10 years of directly related experience
OR
High school diploma / GED & 12 years of directly related experience
AND
5 years as a Windows administrator
Need to have experience with VMWare technology
Must have experience working with current and older HP Proliant Servers.
Expertise in general Windows systems administration, web servers, load balancers, Veritas Cluster Server (VCS), storage (EMC, NetApp), network and host security, and relevant protocols (SMTP, HTTP, SSL, DNS, NFS).
Experience in installation and monitoring of Application Servers (e.g. Weblogic, Tomcat, Apache)
Experience with RPM (RedHat Package Manager)
Experience with TCP/IP networking fundamentals.
2 years of experience in fast-paced high-availability production environments with an emphasis on remote "lights-out" management of systems.
Preferred Qualifications BS in technical discipline (e.g., computer science)
Mid to senior level programming/scripting
Outstanding troubleshooting ability.
MCSE Certification
Virtualization experience (VMware / Hyper-V)
NetApp storage experience
Citrix experience
EMC/SAN experience
Familiarity with Veritas Volume Manager, Veritas Cluster Server, Oracle and SQL Databases
