<p>Overview At NFI, we offer innovative, integrated, and customized solutions that span the entire supply chain. Whatever our customer's challenge is, we have the knowledge, technology, scale, and commitment to help them solve it. It's simply what we do. A member of the Infrastructure & Operations team, the Senior Systems Administrator, provides the planning, engineering, and delivery of scalable infrastructure solutions that comply with current best practices and technology standards. You'll engage with business unit leaders and Information Technology teams to collaborate on solutions that drive our operational success. Responsibilities Administers and provides overall support and maintenance of operating systems and network connectivity for all systems. Evaluates system performance on a daily basis to ensure adequate response times for production applications. Establishes and documents procedures to ensure data integrity including system fail-over and backup/recovery. Manages backup and recovery including data retention and reporting Conducts routine hardware and software audits of servers for compliance with established standards, policies, configuration guidelines, and procedures. Provides recommendations to management on changes, upgrades, and new hardware as required. Provides support to vendors and application teams as necessary. Maintains current operating systems and patch versions that comply with vendor and company requirements. Coordinates hardware repairs with appropriate vendors on supported platforms as necessary. Performs research and development on new products, technologies, and operating systems as required. Participates in established ITIL activities, including Change Management, Release Management, Incident Management, and Problem Management. Participates in the on-call rotation, providing off-hours support as required to perform necessary job functions and ensure service delivery. Remain current on emerging technologies and their potential application in our technology ecosystem. Performs other duties and responsibilities as required by the role and determined by management Qualifications BA/BS degree strongly preferred, will consider comparable work experience 7-10 years of relevant experience is preferred. Experience with Manhattan 2017 WMOS Experience with Cognos or SCI reporting RHCSA, RHCE or equivalent certifications or experience Outstanding communication and interpersonal skills, including the ability to clearly and concisely explain technology solutions in business terms. Excellent analytical, troubleshooting, and problem-solving skills Experience with Linux servers, specifically Red Hat and Oracle Linux Experience with Ansible, such as creating playbooks and maintaining an AWX environment Experience with Puppet, such as creating modules and developing tests Experience working with CI/CD pipelines with services such as GitHub or GitLab Strong expertise in OpenShift and containerization technologies like Docker and Kubernetes Experience with Windows server infrastructure Experience with datacenter equipment such as blade servers, SANs, and storage networking Scripting proficiency in Bash, Python, or PowerShell Experience with load balancers such as Citrix NetScaler or F5 Familiarity with infrastructure-as-code (IaC) tools like Terraform. Knowledge of networking fundamentals, security best practices, and system hardening techniques. Experience in other infrastructure technology domains such as networking, database, cloud, etc. Learns quickly and makes steady progress without the need for constant significant feedback from more senior team members. Effective team member on concurrent tasks/projects. Effective leader in a team environment Good coaching skills Excellent people skills. Attention to service excellence and detail. Excellent analytic, communication, and customer relation skills. Excellent troubleshooting skills. Strong interpersonal skills - ability to communicate with all levels of customers, vendors, and IT resources Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor's legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR 60-1.35(c) LA County Applicants: The Company will consider qualified applicants, including those with criminal histories, in a manner consistent with applicable state and local laws. Profit Center PC-1010 (US)</p>