IT Associate Systems Administrator

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Position Summary:

The Director of IT Infrastructure is searching for an Associate Systems Administrator to support the day-to-day operations of public, private, and hybrid cloud services across a multi-site & virtual data centers. The Associate Systems Administrator will work within a team that provides public and private infrastructure to the Perforce global organization.  In partnership with development teams, and business stakeholders, the Associate Systems Administrator will execute infrastructure enhancements, cost management, standardization, aid in troubleshooting efforts including coordinating disparate vendors/providers, monitor the health of infrastructure, and ensure the capacity demands are met in the most reliable and cost-effective fashion possible.

• Availability to work for up to 40 hours a week in our colocation facility (Brooklyn Park, MN 55443 area) or other remote locations to perform job related tasks
• Must be able to lift 50-100 pounds.
• Monitoring the physical conditions of servers and other IT infrastructure on a regular basis
• Hands-on operations for network cabling, racking servers and other equipment as needed
• Manages and updates colocation asset lists, aiding in hardware lifecycle visibility and decision making
• Monitors, implements and maintains the enterprise colocation solution, as well as disaster recovery testing and validation
• Delivers hardware and software updates on a routine cadence, coordinating outages with team members and stakeholders
• Implements operational and security policies and procedures throughout service delivery lifecycle
• Acquires, installs, builds, modifies, and supports operating system templates/containers and application stacks
• Understands interrelationship of infrastructure components and applications
• Isolate, coordinate and resolve performance problems utilizing a variety of hardware and software diagnostic testing tools and techniques
• Automates tasks for speed and consistency. Works with and extends configuration management tools
• Create proper documentation of current and new solutions to ensure repeatable Run operations

• Monitoring experience with software as and Nagios, Prometheus + Grafana or other solutions.
• Excellent verbal and written communicator
• Understanding of common Agile project management concepts
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
• Strong interpersonal skills - must be able to work effectively as part of a project/program team and foster team cooperation

Come work with us! Our team members are valued for their contributions, introduced to new opportunities, and rewarded well. Perforce combines the experience and rewards of a start-up with the security of an established and privately held profitable company.

If you are passionate about the technology that impacts our day-to-day lives and want to work with talented and dedicated people across the globe, apply today!

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