This is probably on either the PTC project or the mainframe migration.
KC Southern was notorious for severe bureaucracy and departmental
politics. I haven't known anybody who has worked with CPKC.
-------- Original Message --------
Subject: CPKC - Sr Linux Administrator opening (6 month contract to
hire, $50-54.65/hr)
Date: 2025-05-16 10:34
From: "Fellers, Brian" <bfellers(a)teksystems.com>
To: "Fellers, Brian" <bfellers(a)teksystems.com>
Hello,
Below is the job description …
[View More]for the Sr Linux Administrator opening we
have with CPKC (Canadian Pacific Kansas City Southern Railway). 6 month
contract to hire and will work 100% onsite at the downtown CPKC
location. Please let me know if you know anyone who might be interested
in this opening.
100% On site Kansas City MO
for a Mid/Sr Level Linux Admin. Below are the details. There are
multiple vendors so I would get it to your network asap.
This is a 100% on site at their downtown location.
Address [1]: 114 West 11th Street, Kansas City, MO
6 month contract to hire
Pay Rate: $50-54.65/hr
KEY: Middle to Senior Linux Administrator with VMware and/or Nutanix
Hypervisor knowledge and experience.
Linux (SUSE, RHEL, CentOS, BSD)
VMware
Ansible is a plus
Linux based security would be a plus as well
Overview
- Individuals are responsible for Linux operational support,
troubleshooting, maintenance, upgrades and expansion, on-call rotation.
In addition, they will provide support to provisioning/operational
staff, as well as work closely with the architecture group in design
support and validation of new designs and installations. This position
will lead the containerization effort for Datacenter services.
- Provide direction and advice pertaining to capacity planning
- Provide direction and advice pertaining to future installations and
design
- Provide direction to automate and orchestrate future use of Linux
environments (Tanium, Orchestrator, automation suites)
- Configuration management utilizing Ansible, SaltStack, Puppet, Chef,
Desired State Configuration (DSC)
- Knowledge and use of containerization platforms (Docker, OpenShift)
- Scripting languages (PowerShell, bash, python)
_______________________________________________________________________________________
Knowledge in the following preferred:
- Virtualization Technologies using VMware/Nutanix/Hyper V (MS suite)
- Provide direction and advice pertaining to design and configuration of
converged infrastructure
- Cluster experience (SLES, RH would be good)
- Vcenter or Nutanix tools
- Storage Technologies using Dell/EMC and Netapp
- Dell/EMC and Netapp replication technologies
- Protocols including CIFS, NFS, iSCSI, FC
- Cisco Networking Products
- Networking technologies including, but not limited to TCP/IP, DNS,
Routing Protocols, Switching
- Cisco UCS Servers
- VMWare Hypervisor as well as some UCS bare-metal)
- Strong Communications Skills, both verbal and written
- Demonstrated experience documenting environments, runbooks, etc.
- Azure Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS), Platform as a Service
(PaaS), and automation technologies
- Infrastructure as Code platforms: Terraform, Packer, Azure Resource
Manager/CloudFormation templates
- Enterprise service bus platforms
- Ability to work independently to achieve goals
- Ability to work as part of a strong technical delivery team to deliver
computing needs
Skills:
-10 to 15 years Infrastructure experience
Best regards,
Brian Fellers | Lead Professional Recruiter
T 913.982.4972 | M 785.250.7060 | bfellers(a)TEKsystems.com
800.318.2074 | F 913.982.5053
7421 W 129th St, Suite #300, Overland Park, KS 66213
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We had a 30 minute outage of kclug.org last night. I suspect
NetStandard maintenance. As long as I was thinking about that system I
ran an update and rebooted to the new kernel.
I suppose we need to do a release update some time, I think we're still
on Oldstable.
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Jonathan
-------- Original Message --------
Subject: Systems Administrator opening (partial remote work from home)
(1 year contract with possible extensions or conversion to a permanent
employee)
Date: 2025-02-04 15:35
From: "Fellers, Brian" <bfellers(a)teksystems.com>
To: "Fellers, Brian" <bfellers(a)teksystems.com>
Hello,
Below is the job description for the Systems Administrator opening.
Working onsite 3 days a week and remote from home 2 days a week. This
is a 1 year contract with …
[View More]possible extensions or conversion to a
permanent employee. Please let me know if you know anyone who would be
interested in this opening.
From the manager: We have quite a few technologies in our environment
that we support (Windows Servers, VMware, Storage and Backups, AD, DNS,
some Linux/Kubernetes/Ansible, etc). Also a lot of datacenter and on
prem support and not as much work in the Cloud. Linux, Kubernetes, and
Ansible are really nice to have skills.
Technical:
* This person will be covering a lot of their on-prem data center
focused infrastructure, even though they are a hybrid environment with
CGP and on prem the Sr Engineer will cover their Cloud environment
* This is more of a Swiss Army knife type of position since they cover
a lot of their infrastructure - They will support their Windows and
Linux Servers, VMware (moving from ESX to VXRails), Storage Tapes,
Backups, Active Directory, Horizon View, Database Management, etc.
* Kubernetes, Ansible are nice to haves since they do have some
critical applications running on Linux. Just need someone with a high
technical aptitude that can pick things up quickly if they lack this
experience
* Will partner with the Managed Service Provider (Fujitsu for now)
Other Details:
* This will start as a 12 month contract. Could extend if they do a
great job and stay engaged. Potential to go full time but definitely not
a guarantee
* This role is a hybrid role (3 days on site, 2 days remote). They will
start out a 100% on site to learn the lay of the land and once they feel
comfortable with the environment they will move to the hybrid schedule.
* 7am-4pm is the preferred shift. Can be flexible to 8am-5pm.
* No on call support
Open to Mid-level or Sr Candidates. Prefer more tenured candidates since
they will be covering a lot of aspects of their infrastructure and need
to have a high technical aptitude.
Core data center services:
* Server Management (Windows, Linux, File Management, VMWare ESX,
VXRails) working with 3rd party Managed Service Provider
* Storage and Backup Management (including weekly tapes)
* Core Network general understanding (working with the Network
Engineers)
* Onsite Support in a physical datacenter
* Application Management (AD, DNS, DHCP, Horizon platform management,
IPAM, DCIM, Kubernetes)
* Database Management
* Middleware Support (Application Support, Ansible)
Job Description: __
Top Skills - Must Haves
* windows
* system administrator
* active directory
* linux
Top Skills' Details
1.) Windows and/or Linux Server Administration
2.) VMware (ESX or VXRails)
3) Storage/Backups
4) Active Directory, Horizon View
5) Kubernetes, Ansible - Nice to Have
Secondary Skills - Nice to Haves
* windows server
* vmware
* migration
* server administrator
Job Description
Responsible for driving initiatives and projects related to the design,
implementation of support of server, storage, and application
environments. Takes ownership of various operational environments, both
internally and externally hosted, ensuring highest levels of
performance, stability, and security. Work with team members and vendors
to develop technology strategy and implement chosen solutions.
Responsibilities:
- Manages all aspects of the Data Center's servers, storage and
application processing and develops recommendations for new or enhanced
systems, services and technologies throughout the company
- This person will be covering the on-prem infrastructure. They have
another Engineer on site that covers their Cloud Infrastructure
- This is more of a Swiss Army knife type of position since they cover a
lot of their infrastructure - They will support their Windows and Linux
Servers, VMware (moving from ESX to VXRails), Storage Tapes, Backups,
Active Directory, Horizon View, Database Management, etc.
- Kubernetes, Ansible are nice to haves since they do have some critical
applications running on Linux. Just need someone with a high technical
aptitude that can pick things up quickly if they lack this experience
- They will also help with any physical datacenter support, some rack
and stack if needed.
- Will partner with the 3rd party Managed Service Provider as well
Additional Skills & Qualifications
Candidates should be able to cover the core data center services:
* Server Management (Windows, Linux, File Management, VMWare ESX,
VXRails) working with 3rd party Managed Service Provider
* Storage and Backup Management (including weekly tapes)
* Core Network general understanding (working with the Network
Engineers)
* Onsite Support in a physical datacenter
* Application Management (AD, DNS, DHCP, Horizon platform management,
IPAM, DCIM, Kubernetes)
* Database Management
* Middleware Support (Application Support, Ansible)
Work Environment
- This role is a hybrid role (3 days on site, 2 days remote). They will
start out a 100% on site to learn the lay of the land and once they feel
comfortable with the environment they will move to the hybrid schedule.
- 7am-4pm is the preferred shift. Can be flexible to 8am-5pm.
- No on call support - 3rd party provider handles after hours typically.
Best regards,
Brian Fellers | Lead Professional Recruiter
T 913.982.4972 | M 785.250.7060 | bfellers(a)TEKsystems.com
800.318.2074 | F 913.982.5053
7421 W 129th St, Suite #300, Overland Park, KS 66213
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-------- Original Message --------
Subject: GEHA - Cloud Engineer opening (remote work from home) (4 month
contract, $80-85/hr)
Date: 2024-11-25 17:14
From: "Fellers, Brian" <bfellers(a)teksystems.com>
To: "Fellers, Brian" <bfellers(a)teksystems.com>
Hello,
Below is the job description for the Cloud Engineer opening we have with
GEHA. This is a 4 month contract opening with an hourly rate range of
$80-85/hr. Please let me know if you know anyone who might be
interested.
…
[View More]Placement - Contract - 4 month
Must have skills: Azure Data Factory and Azure Synapse
Cloud Engineer
Design, develop and optimize cloud-based solutions, ensuring seamless
operations for Enterprise Data Warehouse team. This is a contract
position, and the successful candidate in this position will be expected
to bring knowledge and experience with Azure Data Lake Storage Gen 2,
Azure Data Factory (ADF), Azure Synapse and Snowflake Data Cloud. The
successful candidate will apply design and development fundamentals to
these cloud platforms by providing the best practices and expertise for
seamless data integration.
Essential Functions & Accountabilities:
* Take direction from Manager/Architect/Senior Programmer for ADF,
Azure Synapse, and Snowflake on daily tasks and activities.
* Develop and maintain data pipelines, data storage solutions, data
processing and data integration using ADF and Snowflake.
* Test new or modified programs to ensure that they conform to design.
Develop test data for use in program testing.
* Write documentation of system changes in conformance with department
standards
* Write any necessary user documentation (report descriptions, user
procedures, operations procedures)
* Provide timely and concise summaries of project status to manager.
* Works closely with business data analyst and data architects to
understand the requirement to create effective data workflows.
Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:
* Proficiency in designing, building, and testing on Azure
* Experience developing data pipelines using Azure Data Factory with
ETL techniques to load from various sources into data warehouse or data
lake
* Experience developing Microsoft SQL Server Integration Services
(SSIS) is a plus
* Demonstrate experience in using different ADF components (Pipelines,
Data Flows, Triggers, Linked Services etc.)
* Familiarity with project deployment model, use of project and package
parameters, and Integration Services Catalog (including Environments)
preferred.
* Proficient in using Snowflake Data Cloud including creating
databases, schemas, tables and views.
* Developing an optimizing ETL process for loading data into Snowflake
* Software development life cycle and software quality assurance best
practices and methodologies.
* Proficient in SQL query writing and editing.
* Develop complex ETL routines to load a dimensional star schema with a
strong focus on data quality, error handling, and logging processes.
* Assess requirements for completeness and accuracy and determine
actionable steps for the ETL team.
* Identify necessary changes to current business and data integration
processes.
* Communicate risks and ensure understanding.
Work Environment:
Standard office environment
Experience:
* 7 years of IT Development experience with advanced experience
working on Azure Data Factory and Azure Synapse. Snowflake experience is
a plus.
* Advanced experience developing data pipelines using Azure Data
Factory and Snowflake
* Experience in using ADF and Snowflake's components to move data using
different ETL techniques
* Experience with Azure, Azure DevOps, Azure Data Lake, Azure SQL
Server
* Advanced experience with T-SQL, data warehousing design, BI concepts,
and best practices
* Optimize data loading, querying, and performance within Synapse
workspaces and Snowflake
* Experience with ETL processes using Snowflakes build in features
* Bachelor's Degree from an accredited college or university or
equivalent practical and relevant experience.
* Clear verbal and written communication skills.
* Previous experience in the health industry, SSRS, or Power BI is a
plus.
Best regards,
Brian Fellers | Lead Professional Recruiter
T 913.982.4972 | M 785.250.7060 | bfellers(a)TEKsystems.com
800.318.2074 | F 913.982.5053
7421 W 129th St, Suite #300, Overland Park, KS 66213
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Pretty high level, no salary mentioned.
-------- Original Message --------
Subject: Bass Pro - DevOps Engineer opening (100% remote work from home)
(1 year contract)
Date: 2024-10-05 08:55
From: "Fellers, Brian" <bfellers(a)teksystems.com>
To: "Fellers, Brian" <bfellers(a)teksystems.com>
Hello,
Below is the job description and details for the DevOps Engineer opening
we have with Bass Pro. 100% remote work from home on a 1 year
contract. Please let me know if you know anyone …
[View More]who would be interested
in this opening.
Top Skills - Must Haves
* Devops
* System administrator
* Linux
* red hat linux
* ansible
* azure
* java
* kubernetes
* websphere
* github
Top Skills' Details
- Linux Red Hat System Admin Experience - Operations, Support,
Debugging, Troubleshooting
- Ansible Automation and Scripting
- Cloud Operations - Azure
- Working in Java Environment
Secondary Skills - Nice to Haves
* Python
* Aws
* Automation
Job Description
Bass Pro is looking for a contractor to help support their eCommerce
DevOps/Infrastructure team. This team specifically supports both
basspro.com [1] and cabelas.com [2] and works very closely with the Dev
team.
POSITION SUMMARY (Objective/Purpose of Position):
We are seeking a DevOps Systems Engineer to help us build and operate
functional systems to ensure site reliability and improve software
delivery workflows. The Systems Engineer will be responsible for
deploying product updates, identifying production issues, and working
with our software team to implement integrations that meet their needs.
If you have a solid background in software engineering and are familiar
with HCL Commerce, React, and cloud infrastructure we would love to
speak with you.
ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:
Key Responsibilities:
* Implement and manage continuous delivery systems and methodologies.
* Implement systems that are highly available, scalable, and
self-healing on a cloud platform.
* Design, manage, and maintain tools to automate operational processes.
* Develop and maintain solutions for operational administration,
system/data backup, disaster recovery, and security/performance
monitoring.
* Continuously evaluate existing systems with industry standards and
make recommendations for improvement.
* Work with others in cross-functional teams to integrate new deployment
processes and strategies to meet feature requirements.
EXPERIENCE/QUALIFICATIONS:
Required
* Minimum 2 years' experience as a DevOps Engineer, Site Reliability
Engineer, or similar software / support role.
* Experience with monitoring tools like Dynatrace, Splunk, New Relic,
DataDog etc.
* Experience in Linux Systems Administration
* Experience provisioning Java environments.
* Experience with Cloud infrastructure, preferably Azure.
* Experience with Ansible, Python, Bash, or other automation languages.
Preferred
* Experience in IBM Websphere or HCL Commerce
* Experience with Kubernetes engineering / provisioning
* Experience with GitOps methodologies
Additional Skills & Qualifications
* More of a Support role and keeping up with operations - Keep the
lights on
* Need to be familiar working in a Java Environment and Linux Redhat
(System Admin experience)
* Ansible is a must - Main tool they use for scripting and automation.
* Debugging, troubleshooting, provisioning experience
* Understand Cloud Operations - Mainly in Azure. Do not need an expert
* Nice to have - Kubernetes, IBM Webshpere or HCL Commerce, GitHub
* Looking for a Mid-Level Engineer - Will also look at Sr level
candidates as well.
* Might need to work on call on the weekend every 6 weeks - not 100%
sure because his team might cover it.
Best regards,
Brian Fellers | Lead Professional Recruiter
T 913.982.4972 | M 785.250.7060 | bfellers(a)TEKsystems.com
800.318.2074 | F 913.982.5053
7421 W 129th St, Suite #300, Overland Park, KS 66213
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I think they're unlikely to find someone who's been working their
workflow for siz years, but in case somebody's interested:
-------- Original Message --------
Subject: Jack Henry - Sr Release Engineer opening (remote work from
home) (6 month contract to hire, up to $120k)
Date: 2024-09-26 16:12
From: "Fellers, Brian" <bfellers(a)teksystems.com>
To: "Fellers, Brian" <bfellers(a)teksystems.com>
Hello,
BELOW IS THE JOB DESCRIPTION FOR THE SR RELEASE ENGINEER OPENING WE HAVE
WITH …
[View More]JACK HENRY. THIS IS A REMOTE WORK FROM HOME 6 MONTH CONTRACT TO
HIRE OPENING WITH A SALARY OF UP TO $120K. PLEASE LET ME KNOW IF YOU
KNOW ANYONE WHO WOULD BE INTERESTED IN OPENINGS WITH JACK HENRY.
Details:
* Remote work from home
* Pay up to 120k salary
Description & Requirements
At Jack Henry, we deliver technology solutions that are digitally
transforming and empowering community banks and credit unions to provide
enhanced and streamlined user experiences to their customers and
members. Our best-in-class products are just the start as we lay the
groundwork for the future of digital banking and payments. We hope
you'll join us. We can't do it without you.
A Release Coordinator is responsible for owning the planning and
coordination of all phases and activities involved in the release of a
system or system update into the production environment. Their role
facilitates release meetings, ensures release readiness, and develops
release deployment plans based on input from multiple stakeholders
within various teams. They would identify priorities, conflicts,
dependencies, and risks for the release. Perhaps more importantly, the
Release Coordinator ensures that plans are in place to mitigate those
risks.
A Release Coordinator confirms the release deployment plan is followed
and that all release deliverables (usually in the form of Release
Activities or entry/exit criterion) have been completed inline with the
release dates and deadlines. Typically, we would expect to see release
notes, approvals, communications, contact lists and pre and post-release
verification activities also managed by the Release Coordinator.
This position is fully remote, working hours would flexibly be 8-5 EST.
What you'll be responsible for:
· Facilitates release planning meetings with key
stakeholders (Devops and release teams) and development teams to
identify proper sequencing of release packages. Ensures that issues and
risks are identified, understood, and dealt with in a manner that
mitigates risk to scope and schedule. Works with Infrastructure and
Database teams to mitigate risks associated with downtime and
long-running scripts/processes.
· Defines and documents the release recommendation for
each release and/or change to production. Includes release scope,
schedule, deliverables, and roll back plan. Reviews release
recommendation with key stakeholders.
· Review Release Notes for accuracy and completeness.
Documents and communicates all changes for a release in release notes
which are published to both the internal team and the client.
· Attends change management such as CABs and deployment
planning meetings to collect data and information pertaining to the
release.
· Pursues IT and Project compliance with release
acceptance criteria.
· Provides outage information and fills out service
level agreement blackout request.
· Supports release execution by monitoring of each
phase of the release. Validates the release as it progresses thru
various release gates and test phases, alerts appropriate stakeholders
of any errors or issues that need to be addressed.
· Verifies capture of customer acceptance/signoff on
deliverables. Post-production validation: was it deployed correctly,
and did it meet acceptance criteria?
· Facilitates Release Retro sessions within days after
a release is completed. Assigns action items with owners and timeline
commitments to resolve. (Release Issue Tracker Items)
· Facilitates Incident Retro sessions withing 5 days of
incident. Assigns action items with owners and timeline commitments to
resolve. (Incident/Watch Items)
· May perform other job duties as assigned.
What you'll need to have:
· Six years of experience in release management with
Agile methodology
· Experience with project management tools - for
example Azure DevOps for managing and tracking work items.
What would be nice for you to have:
· Bachelor's degree
· Certified Scrum Master or Project Management
Professional (PMP) certification or RTE Release Train Engineer
· Ability to Communication and Collaborate up, down,
and across - with Leadership, Product Owners, Scrum Masters, Software
Engineers, Application Support Engineers, and Release Engineers.
· Good Understanding of SDLC and Release Processes with
Agile Methodology.
Best regards,
Brian Fellers | Lead Professional Recruiter
T 913.982.4972 | M 785.250.7060 | bfellers(a)TEKsystems.com
800.318.2074 | F 913.982.5053
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