Senior Systems Administrator (Austin, Reno, or Las Vegas)

Company: IGT
Location: Austin
Posted on: January 18, 2020

Job Description:

IGT is the global leader in gaming. We enable players to experience their favorite games across all channels and regulated segments, from Gaming Machines to Lotteries to Interactive. We have a well-established local presence and relationships with governments and regulators in more than 100 countries around the world, and create value by adhering to the highest standards of service, integrity, and responsibility. IGT has over 12,000 employees.
Responsibilities
This role can be located in Austin, TX, Reno or Las Vegas, Nevada

The Sr. Application System Administrator we are looking for will be part of our Global system operations team based in Austin TX/Reno NV. Together with our global colleagues will provide 7x24x365 support for Lottery Gaming in 23 states. The successful candidate will have operations and support experience to include monitoring, diagnosing and escalating issues with our complete Linux based stack that our various applications perform on.

Primary responsibilities

--- Be responsible for production environments

--- Be able to support software release deployments

--- Be able to solve majority of the routine issues/problems and able to trouble shoot issues/problems along and escalate to corresponding teams

--- Be able to actively improve our operational environment, such as, tools, process and automation.
Qualifications

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• 5-8 years hands on experience in Linux system administration (RHEL/CentOS)
  
  
• L3 or L4 support experiences with customer minded and service-oriented spirit
  
• Advanced troubleshooting skills for Java-based applications with Apache
  
• Extensive tool set experience
  
  
• Solid experience with application integration
  
• Previous experience with internet application/service deployment roles
  
• Experience with virtualization software (VMWare)
  
• Good conceptual understanding of TCP/IP and basic networking
  
• Basic understanding of load balancing technologies
  
• Basic understanding of web technology, understanding of http/https protocol
  
• Basic understanding of Oracle/DB2 data base technology
  
• Conceptual knowledge and some practical experience with DevOps
  
• Motivated and eager to learn and participate in a dynamically growing and changing team and environment
  
• Willing to participate in on-call rotation for weekend and public holiday.
  
  Preferred Qualifications
  
  
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  • Good understanding and basic working experience with monitoring tools (ELK, Nagios, Tivoli)
    
  • Basic to good scripting skills in bash, python, perl any other scripting/programming experience
    
    
  • Experience with Openshift/Containers/Kubernetes/Jenkins/Docker
    
  • International communication skill or experience is a plus
    
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    Keys to Success
    --- Building collaborative relationships
    
    --- Decision making
    
    --- Drive results
    
    --- Foster innovation
    
    --- Personal energy
    
    --- Self-leadership
    IGT is committed to sustaining a workforce that reflects the diversity of the global customers and communities we serve, creating a fair and inclusive culture that enables all our employees to feel valued, respected and engaged. IGT is an equal opportunity employer. We provide equal opportunities without regard to sex, race, color, religion, age, national origin or ancestry, disability, veteran status, sexual orientation, genetic information, gender identity or expression, and any other personal attributes protected by federal, state, or other laws. We thank all applicants for applying; however, only those selected to interview will be contacted.
    
    In addition to our competitive benefits package, we offer employees a 401(k) Savings Plan with Company contributions, tuition reimbursement, and free identity theft insurance.

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