Linux Systems Engineer Entry

Minimum Pay Rate: $78,686.40 

Maximum Pay Rate: $104,187.20 

Civil Service Status: Civil Service 

Apply by Date: 11/20/2024 

Posting Type: Open 

 

SMUD has been serving the Sacramento region for over 70 years and provides over 1.5 million customers with reliable electricity at affordable rates. SMUD's IT Infrastructure Platform Services department is hiring for a Linux Systems Engineer for its Compute Platform Engineering team. The team is responsible for architecting, deploying and managing compute services for enterprise applications.

 

As member of the Compute Platform Engineering team, the Linux Systems Engineer position plays a key role and will help deliver innovative compute solutions to our customers and business partners. This specialist will cover administrative duties such as architecting, provisioning, monitoring, upgrading, and capacity planning for the SMUD's enterprise Linux environment, server hardware, and server virtualization technology. The incumbent will also expend to cover additional cloud technologies such as public cloud administration and cloud native platform administration.

 

We are posting this opportunity for the Linux Systems Engineer Entry along with our Linux Systems Engineer Journey level position. The department will be filling one position at either of those levels. If you are interested in the Linux Systems Engineer Journey position you will need to apply to that position separately.

 

Official SMUD classification: Enterprise Technology Infrastructure Specialist Entry

Purpose

To assist with technical system support and maintenance for SMUD's corporate-level distributed computing infrastructure in the areas of system design, development, installation, operation, maintenance, and support to ensure SMUD’s use of technology supports its current and future business practices. 

Nature and Scope

There are five (5) levels in this job classification series that have similar job content but with progressively more challenging degrees and levels of skill, responsibility, knowledge, experience and qualification requirements:

 

Flex Classifications (that permit progression from lower-level classes to higher level classes without examination based upon assessment of an individual’s experience and performance) within the series: 

• Entry: Incumbent acquires knowledge, skills and abilities to perform the tasks associated within the series but are not yet demonstrating these at the Journey level.
• Intermediate: Incumbent continues to acquire the knowledge, skills and abilities to perform the tasks associated within the series but are not yet demonstrating these at the Journey level.
• Journey: Incumbent is demonstrating the required skills and knowledge to independently perform the full scope of the job.

 

Non-Flex Classifications (that promote from lower-level classes to higher level classes and require an examination, such as an interview, based upon individual experience and performance) within the series: 

• Senior: Advanced journey level resource who is responsible for advanced assignments, as dictated by the work needing to be performed; may serve in a lead capacity.
• Principal: Subject matter expert/lead level and is responsible for leading the most advanced work, as dictated by the work needing to be performed.

 

Entry/Intermediate to Journey: Incumbents at the entry (or intermediate) level are required to successfully “progress” to the journey level within 60 months of appointment to remain within the job series.

 

Seniors and Principals must be hired through a promotional process and do not automatically progress from lower levels in the series.
 

Duties and Responsibilities

• Serves in a support role on multi-departmental networking computer projects with planning, designing, developing, implementing, and maintaining a network infrastructure including backup and recovery, physical and logical network design, network topology, network architecture, security architecture, and corporate server architecture; assisting in identifying and defining corporate level network computing projects; defining functional system requirements and specifications; developing technical standards and procedures; developing the system design; developing system and user acceptance tests; installing and integrating systems; performing post-implementation reviews; and providing technical consultation and solutions for technical issues.
• Supports assessing the need for new hardware and software systems, upgrades and modifications by evaluating the effectiveness of the current systems; evaluating networking operating system software and related hardware performance and capacity utilizing software and hardware tools; conducting feasibility studies; defining user and system requirements; preparing procurement and bid documents; designing modifications; addressing integration issues; and implementing new software/modifications.
• Supports the overall effectiveness of using the network infrastructure by developing technical expertise on network systems; providing network consultation; solving a variety of networking design, operational and maintenance problems; troubleshooting user obstacles; and providing 24-hour on call support to departments.
• Assists in planning, reviewing and conducting work activities and researching required project information associated with department internal/external projects in accordance with established task objectives and schedule as outlined in the project plan/contract.
• Performs other related duties as needed to include working outside of typical business hours when necessary.
   

Required Education

• High School diploma or equivalent

Required Experience Qualifications

At least one (1+) year experience working in information technology and/or a business environment. 

Knowledge Of

Fundamentals of computer programming, hardware and software including Microsoft Office products; basic troubleshooting methods and techniques.

Skills To

Communicate effectively; work as a team member; assimilate into the work environment; learn the requirements of the position.

Desirable Qualifications

• BA/BS degree from an accredited college or university majoring in Computer Science, MIS, or related field or equivalent
• RedHat, Azure, or VMware professional certification
• 1 or more (1+) years of experience in design, implementation, and support of RedHat Enterprise Linux in a VMware or Azure medium to large enterprise environment
• Experience with container platform for deployment, configuration, management, utilizing enterprise orchestration tools
• Experience with x86 server infrastructure, such as Dell PowerFlex
• Infrastructure as Code principles, automation and orchestration tools and automating administrative procedures using scripting languages - Ansible & Ansible Tower, utilizing Source Code Control Systems (Git)
• Familiarity with compliance requirements for Cyber Infrastructure Protection (CIP) standards, Server Vulnerability, and Patch management processes

Physical Requirements

Applicants must be able to perform the essential job functions with or without a reasonable accommodation.

Sacramento Municipal Utility District (SMUD) - Who We Are

As the nation's sixth-largest community-owned electric service provider, we're proud of our reputation as one of the best places to work in Sacramento. Our employees tell us in our engagement surveys they're "Happy, satisfied and engaged" which helps create a workplace that best serves our customers. Sacramento was named as the 2nd happiest place to work in America by Forbes Magazine. Lake Tahoe, San Francisco and the world-renowned Napa Valley are within easy driving distance of our locations.

 

Our Commitment to Diversity & Inclusion

SMUD celebrates diversity, and inspires an inclusive culture based on trust and respect to create belonging and connection among our employees, customers, and communities. By working together, we are powering positive, equitable opportunities for all. We aspire to be a workplace where you can be yourself, achieve your best, and thrive together. 

 

An example of our commitment to Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging is when SMUD signed the California Equal Pay Pledge in 2020. This requires equal pay for employees who perform “substantially similar work,” when viewed as a composite of skill, effort, and responsibility at the time those employees started within that classification.  As such, initial hiring salary range is not subject to negotiation and salaries will vary over time based on performance.

 

SMUD is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate in employment decisions on the basis of race, color, religion, gender (including pregnancy), national origin, political affiliation, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital status, disability, genetic information, age, veteran status, or any other applicable legally protected characteristic. All employment decisions are made on the basis of individual qualifications, merit, and business needs and interests.

 

Why Sacramento, California?

The capitol of California, Sacramento is the state's sixth-largest city, and the 35th largest in the U.S. Local universities include California State University, University of the Pacific's McGeorge School of Law, and the University of California, Davis and several competitive community colleges. The UC Davis Medical Center, a world-renowned research hospital, is one of more than a dozen hospitals and shared services centers in the Sacramento region. Part of the agriculturally-rich Central Valley, Sacramento is at the forefront of the farm-to-fork food movement. Northern California is home to some of the country's top technology companies, including Google and LinkedIn, and a multitude of startups in many industries. Sacramento is home to the NBA Kings, the River Cats (AAA baseball), the Republic FC (soccer) and the San Francisco Giants, NBA Warriors and NFL 49er's aren't far away. Sacramento offers an affluent liberal arts community with Broadway, Mondavi Center, Crocker Museum and summer musical theater to name a few.

 

Hybrid Work 

This position may be eligible for SMUD's hybrid (office/home) work employee benefit, the schedule of which will be determined by the successful candidate and the Hiring Manager. SMUD takes pride in powering the Sacramento region community where we live and work. We value the strong working relationships we develop with our colleagues. Our approach to hybrid work will continue to evolve. Please be aware that should SMUD’s business needs change, emergencies occur, or various other reasons arise, you may be required to report onsite on a part-time or full-time basis.