NY1499276 Systems and Security Operations Engineer needed for Colgate University in Hamilton, NY.
Pay rate is $75,000 - $90,000 per year.
Accountabilities:
The Systems and Security Operations Engineer will:
-Support faculty, staff, and students by installing and maintaining research computing software, troubleshooting managed research computing pipelines, and assisting with data backups and recovery where needed.
-Assist Information Technology Services in adopting research computing best practices and automating research computing pipelines through serverless or server web services.
-Optimize research computing services by improving user experience, usefulness, performance, availability, and resilience.
-Perform other related duties and projects assigned by the Associate Director of Research and High-Performance Computing.
Requirements:
-A Bachelors degree is required, preferably in computer science or a related field.
-A Masters degree in computer science or related field desired, or equivalent professional experience in essential duties and responsibilities.
-Must be able to lift up to 50 pounds.
-Three or more years of professional experience in Linux/Unix systems administration, operational security, shell scripting, and the Python programming language.
-Demonstrated experience in customer support, problem-solving, and communication skills, with the ability to diffuse challenging situations and remain calm and focused.
-Ability to plan, organize, and prioritize tasks with minimal supervision and have experience working in a higher education setting with diverse staff, faculty, and student populations.
-Knowledgeable of requirements gathering specific to academic research domains and the ability to translate research data analysis needs into practical computing solutions.
-Demonstrated ability in coordinating customer support, planning, reporting on requirements and constraints, and collaborating across information technology teams.
-Ability to work both independently and within a team, be willing to collaborate, share ideas openly, and be comfortable with constant changes in the working environment.
-Demonstrated understanding of, sensitivity to, and respect for the academic, cultural, and social diversity in the Colgate University community.
-Incident response ability to perform incident handling function from start to completion including, but not limited to, event correlation, vulnerability & attack identification/classification, incident reporting, incident containment, and remediation.
-Linux scripting: working knowledge of Bash/Zsh scripting is required.
-Firewall/Network management: Linux Iptables, Network routing/switching. IPv4 required; IPv6 preferred.
-Experience with AWS, GCP, and/or Azure Cloud Compute is desired
-Access Management: Active Directory, familiarity with LDAP, and Microsoft AD integration via realm and sssd is preferred, but not required. Familiarity with Grouper is preferred.
-Containerization: Familiarity with Docker and/or Singularity.
-Familiarity with Python and R is preferred.
-Familiarity with web development using Django and Symphony frameworks is preferred.
-SecDevOps mindset is desired.
To Apply: https://careers.colgate.edu/postings/5703