Lab Jr. System Administrator

Xoriant reasonably expects the pay rate for this position to be within the following range: $40.00/hour-$43.00/hour (DOE***)

Title: Lab Jr. System Administrator

Duration: 12+ Months contract

Location: Santa Clara, CA (Regular Onsite)

Must be able to work for 4 PM 1 AM PST (OR) 1 AM 10 AM shift.

Must be able to work for 4 PM 1 AM PST (OR) 1 AM 10 AM shift.

Must be able to work for 4 PM 1 AM PST (OR) 1 AM 10 AM shift.

Description:

Responsibilities:

• Implementation and management of Lab Automation utilizing Spirent Velocity platform.
• Build and maintain a VMware ESXi environment using clusters, resource pools and shared storage.
• Training and assisting users with lab systems, tools, and processes.
• Assisting users with building and provisioning virtual machine guests in Windows, Linux.
• Monitoring and maintaining lab network to ensure reliable operation.
• Physical topology cabling connections.
• Designing and implementing tools to mitigate network outages.
• Creating dashboards and tools to monitor server and network environments.
• Updating and patching systems to maintain a secure operating environment.
• Implement LDAP/Active Directory for user authentication to lab services.
• Implementing Network Management platforms such as Puppet, Nagios, Cricket, and Rancid.
• Enable remote access to lab services for end users via SSL VPN and RDP/VNC/View Client.
• Maintaining and deploying network testing tools, such as TCP Replay, IXIA, and Spirent.

Skills:

• Understanding of TCP/IP stack
• Understanding on Layer2 networking, (STP, LACP, MCLAG/VCP, vlan trunking etc.,)
• Understanding on Routing protocols (RIP, OSPF, BGP etc.,)
• Troubleshooting skills on network outages.
• Working experience on Firewalls is a plus.
• Hands-on experience on Cisco and Arista switches is a plus.
• Understanding of VMware networking (DvSwitches and standard switch) is a plus.
• knowledge of best practices around management, control, and monitoring of server infrastructure
• Windows and VMware administration experience.
• Scripting and automation skills, emphasis on Python.
• Knowledge of common network protocols such as TCP/IP, UDP, Dynamic Routing Protocols, VLAN, SSH/SCP/SFTP, iSCSI, DNS, NFS, LDAP, SIFS, SMTP, SNMP.
• Experience with TCP Replay, IXIA, Breaking Point, Spirent Test Center, and Spirent Avalanche a plus.
• Experience with TCL scripting a plus.
• Experience managing CENTOS, Ubuntu, or other Linux distributions.

Required Skills/Position Overview:

• Must be able to work either 4 PM 1 AM or 1 AM 10 AM PST shift.
• He will be supporting Global labs (Netherland, Singapore and Japan).
• Networking exp. (Routing, troubleshooting, Topologies, Change the RAM memory/hard drive, Patch the wires).
• VMware, Linux exp is plus