Senior System Administrator

Foxconn Industrial Internet - FII

HOUSTON, TX

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JOB DETAILS

JOB TYPE

Full-time

SKILLS

Academic Background, Access Control, Amazon Web Services (AWS), Ansible, Application Programming Interface (API), Auditing, Automation, Bash Scripting, Budget Management, Budgeting, Capacity Analysis, Capacity Management, Capital Expenditure (CAPEX), Chef (Configuration Management), Cloud Architecture, Cloud Computing, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Computer Security, Computer Servers, Computer Storage Hardware, Configuration Management, DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol), DNS (Domain Name System), Data Storage, Data Structures, Dell Computers, DevOps, Disaster Recovery, Docker, Ecosystems, Enterprise Directory Services, Fibre Channel, High Availability, Human-Computer Interaction, Hybrid Cloud, IP (Internet Protocol), ISO (International Organization for Standardization), Identify Issues, Identity Data Management, Information Systems/Technology IS/IT Administration, Information Technology & Information Systems, Intellectual Property (IP), Kernel Programming, Leadership, Linux Administration, Linux Distributions, Linux Operating System, MCSE - Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer, Machine Tool, Maintain Compliance, Management of Information Systems/Technology (MIS), Memory Hardware, Mentoring, Microsoft Active Directory, Microsoft Windows Azure, Microsoft Windows NT Group Policy, Microsoft Windows Server, Multiplatform/Cross-Platform, NFS (Network File System), NetApp Storage Systems, Network Administration/Management, Network Architecture/Engineering, Network Attached Storage (NAS), Network Operations Center, Non-Disclosures, On Call, Operating Systems, Operational Expenditure (OPEX), Performance Tuning/Optimization, Physics, Production Systems, Protocol Design, Public Cloud, Puppet (Configuration Management), Python Programming/Scripting Language, Red Hat Linux Operating System, Registered Training Organisation (RTO), Replication and Remote Mirroring, Risk, Root Cause Analysis, Schedule Development, Scripting (Scripting Languages), Software Engineering, Software Patches, Standard Operating Procedures (SOP), Storage Architecture, Storage Area Network (SAN), Structural Engineering, Systems Administration/Management, Systems Engineering, Testing, Transaction Processing/Management, U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), Ubuntu, Unix Operating Systems, Unix Shell Programming, VMWare, VMWare Certified Professional (VCP), VMWare ESX/ESXi, VMWare vCenter, VMWare vSphere, Virtualization, Windows PowerShell, iSCSI

LOCATION

HOUSTON, TX

POSTED

Today

Job Description

1. PURPOSE AND SCOPE

● 1.1. Objective: The purpose of this document is to define the expert-level technical criteria, structural engineering responsibilities, and leadership expectations for the Senior IT System Administrator role at Foxconn Industrial Internet.
● 1.3. Mission: The Senior System Administrator is responsible for designing, optimizing, and securing the organization's global enterprise server infrastructure, data storage, virtualization layers, and cloud ecosystems. Serving as the Tier-3 escalation point for all enterprise system issues, this role leads complex datacenter migrations, cloud-native transformations, and ensures business continuity across all production-critical systems.

2. CORE RESPONSIBILITIES

● Architecture & Infrastructure Design: Lead the design, sizing, implementation, and lifecycle management of enterprise server infrastructure, high-performance storage arrays (SAN/NAS), hyper-converged systems (HCI), and hybrid cloud environments.
● Tier-3 Escalation & Problem Management: Serve as the ultimate internal technical authority for complex server operating system anomalies, Active Directory forest-level issues, virtualization deadlocks, and critical storage failures. Lead root-cause analysis (RCA) and emergency recovery during high-priority (P1/P0) system outages.
● Infrastructure as Code (IaC) & Automation: Drive the automation strategy for system provisioning, configuration management, and patching. Design, build, and maintain automation pipelines to eliminate manual overhead and enforce standard system baselines.
● Cloud & Hybrid Integration: Architect and manage enterprise workloads across public cloud platforms (AWS, Azure) and on-premises datacenters. Lead migrations from legacy infrastructures to highly redundant, cloud-native or hybrid models.
● Business Continuity & Disaster Recovery (BC/DR): Design, implement, and periodically test enterprise-grade disaster recovery architectures, automated backup strategies, and multi-site replication policies to guarantee strict Recovery Time Objectives (RTO) and Recovery Point Objectives (RPO).
● Security hardening & Compliance: Oversee system security hardening in alignment with international standards (such as ISO 27001 or NIST). Manage enterprise identity services, Role-Based Access Control (RBAC), and patch compliance matrices across thousands of endpoints.
● Capacity Planning & Budget Input: Conduct technical audits and deep capacity analysis of compute, memory, and storage footprints. Provide data-driven recommendations and technical inputs for annual IT capital expenditure (CapEx) and operational expenditure (OpEx) budgeting.
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● Leadership & Mentorship: Establish corporate system engineering standards and approve technical Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs). Actively mentor and cross-train junior system administrators and network engineers to elevate overall team capabilities.

3. TECHNICAL QUALIFICATIONS

3.1. Education and Certification
● Academic Background: A Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Management Information Systems, or a strictly related field is required.
● Professional Credentials: Active expert-level certifications are highly preferred, such as MCSE (Core Infrastructure), VMware VCP/VCAP (DCV), Red Hat Certified Engineer (RHCE), or Professional Cloud Architect certifications (AWS Professional / Azure Solutions Architect Expert).

3.2. Enterprise Operating Systems & Directory Services
● Advanced Active Directory & IAM: Deep expertise in managing enterprise Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS) in multi-domain/multi-forest environments, including Group Policy (GPO) architecture, trust relationships, Active Directory Certificate Services (AD CS), and seamless synchronization with Azure AD / Entra ID.
● Linux/Unix Expertise: Expert-level administration of enterprise Linux distributions (RHEL, Ubuntu Server). Advanced mastery of performance tuning, kernel parameters optimization, systemd troubleshooting, and deep shell scripting (Bash).
● Windows Server Mastery: In-depth knowledge of Windows Server (2019/2022) clustering, Storage Spaces Direct (S2D), and advanced troubleshooting of core network services (DNS, DHCP, NPS) at scale.

3.3. Virtualization, Storage & Cloud Architecture
● Enterprise Virtualization: Expert-level configuration, management, and troubleshooting of VMware vSphere suites (vCenter, ESXi, vSAN, NSX). Proven experience deploying and maintaining high-availability (HA) clusters, Distributed Resource Scheduler (DRS), and live migration mechanics.
● Storage Area Networks (SAN/NAS): Advanced management of enterprise-grade storage hardware (e.g., Dell EMC, NetApp, Pure Storage) utilizing Fibre Channel (FC), iSCSI, and NFS protocols. Designing robust multi-pathing (MPIO) and fabric configurations.
● Containerization & Orchestration: Foundational-to-advanced experience with Docker container environments and orchestration platforms like Kubernetes (K8s) or Red Hat OpenShift in a production setting.
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3.4. DevOps, Automation & Tooling
● Configuration Management: Mastery of configuration management and deployment automation tools such as Ansible, Terraform, Puppet, or Chef.
● Advanced Scripting: High proficiency in building robust scripts using PowerShell or Python to query APIs, automate auditing, and manipulate complex data structures.
● Enterprise Monitoring & Observability: Design and optimization of centralized monitoring systems (e.g., Zabbix, Prometheus/Grafana, Datadog) with customized alerting thresholds, log aggregation, and synthetic transactions monitoring.

4. PHYSICAL AND OPERATIONAL REQUIREMENTS

● Critical Infrastructure Availability: Flexibility to lead high-risk infrastructure upgrades during scheduled weekend maintenance windows. Must participate in a Tier-3 on-call rotation to support 24/7/365 production facility uptime.
● Datacenter Governance: Superior understanding of modern datacenter physics, including hot/cold aisle containment, power distribution unit (PDU) calculations, and thermal environmental optimization.

5. SECURITY & COMPLIANCE

● 5.1. Non-Disclosure Agreement (NDA): Due to unrestricted privileged access (Domain Admin / Root) to critical intellectual property and industrial automation data, execution of a comprehensive NDA and IP agreement is mandatory.
● 5.2. Background Check: Must pass an extensive, executive-level pre-employment background and professional credential check.

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Foxconn Industrial Internet - FII

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