Thursday, 28 November 2013


Description

 
SAS Solutions OnDemand, established in 2000, is a service organization responsible for providing our full spectrum of SAS Solutions to the ASP channel for SAS Institute, Inc. Yearly double-digit growth has fueled the need to improve all operational aspects of our diverse IT infrastructure, addressing scaling, customer service, and efficiency issues. As an Information Systems Engineer in the SAS Solutions OnDemand (SSO) hosting organization, you will use your communication and technical skills to support internal and external customers in our ASP hosted environment. You will help design, implement, and support a large heterogeneous computing environment. You will be responsible for helping to maintain Service Level Agreements and improve the performance and reliability of our hosted solutions. The SSO environment is fast-paced with tight deadlines and shifting priorities. The ability to adapt and react to complex issues in a timely manner is a desired attribute.

Primary responsibilities for this role include:
  • Perform daily administration activities for all SSO servers including analyzing, installing, modifying Operating Systems, storage, applications, backups and account administration.
  • Assists with the planning (implementation and ongoing usage/forecasting/trending), design, setup and troubleshooting of such items as Operating Systems, systems management software, security software, backup software, productivity applications.
  • Determines new technology’s needs, including researching, evaluation and cost analysis.
  • Utilize trouble ticket system to address and resolve customer concerns.
    Interface with other SAS groups and departments to enhance the environment or resolve pending issues.
  • Maintaining knowledge of diverse infrastructure architecture, security policies and standards and consistently applying these practices.
  • Troubleshoot hardware, software, or performance problems in the ASP hosted environment.
  • Develop/Modify system software routines and programs to optimize system administration and business processes.
  • Interface with customers during problem resolution.
  • Document and test Standard Operating Procedures for SSO IT related functions.
  • Develop step-by-step documentation for system support tasks.
Perform daily administration activities for all SSO servers including analyzing, installing, modifying Operating Systems, storage, applications, backups and account administration.

Qualifications

 
Essential
  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Information Systems, Computer Science, or related quantitative field
  • Minimum 5 years of experience as an Information Systems Engineer or Systems Admin in a heterogeneous, dynamic, customer-focused environment
  • Experience with Redhat Linux (primary) and Windows (secondary) operating systems, minimum experience 3 years
  • Experience with infrastructure architecture including Servers, Network, SAN/Storage (EMC preferred) and Backup Services (Symantec Netbackup Datacenter preferred) to allow for efficient implementation and non-disruptive expansion and upgrades 
  •  Shell scripting (Bash, Perl, etc.) experience
  •  Participation in a 24x7 on-call rotation schedule

Equivalent combination of education, training, and relevant experience may be considered in place of the requirements stated above
  • Associate's degree in a related field plus an additional 2 years of the stated essential experience
  • High School Diploma (GED) plus an additional 4 years of the stated essential experience
  
Additional 
  • Collaborative team experience with superior problem-solving skills

 Preferences
  • Experience with LDAP or Microsoft Active Directory integration within UNIX/Linux
  • Understanding best practices around information security and data privacy in relation to system access and availability
  • Support experience with virtualization technologies
  • Support experience with host-side SAN storage integration and utilization.
  • Ability to triage requests with multiple admin resource groups
     
Additional Information

To qualify, applicants must be legally authorized to work in the United States and should not require now, or in the future, sponsorship for employment visa status.

The level of this position will be determined based upon the applicant's education, skills and experience.

Resumes may be considered in the order in which they are received.

SAS employees performing certain job functions may require access to technology or software subject to export or import regulations. To comply with these regulations, SAS may obtain nationality or citizenship information from applicants for employment. SAS collects this information solely for trade law compliance purposes and does not use it to discriminate unfairly in the hiring process.
 
SAS is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer M/F/D/V


 

Job

 Information Systems

Primary Location

US-NC-Cary

Organization

 SAS Institute Inc.

Job Posting

 Nov 25, 2013, 10:13:57 PM

Unposting Date

 Dec 26, 2013, 7:59:00 AM
* Classification Full-time

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