Testbed Systems Administrator or Senior Testbed Systems Administrator- Information Trust Institute

Testbed Systems Administrator or SeniorTestbed Systems Administrator

Information Trust Institute

The Grainger College ofEngineering

University of IllinoisUrbana-Champaign

TheInformation Trust Institute in The Grainger College of Engineering seeksapplicants for the Testbed Systems Administrator or Senior Testbed Systems Administrator position. The Information Trust Institute is a world-leadinginstitution with a focus on creating more trustworthy critical infrastructure.It has been a central part of over $200M of innovation in cyber-physicalresearch over the past decade and continues to advance the state ofunderstanding in this field. Beyond academic publication, ITI researchers workon putting their solutions into practice and working to get them deployed inthe real world.

At the ITI, we are researching solutions to secure ournation's critical infrastructure. Aspart of our team, you could help to strengthen power grid security, help tofind formalisms in exploit tactics, provide a means to simulate client serverinteractions at Internet scale, or provide insights on workforce development.

TestbedSystems Administrator

The Testbed Systems Administrator takes an active role inconfiguration, administration, monitoring, and maintenance of coreinfrastructure in the Information Trust Institute (ITI) testbed and operationsenvironments. This includes working with hypervisors, network infrastructure, powerutilization, systems and security monitoring, identity management, automationworkflows, and other common backend systems operations. The person in this rolewill work with research systems engineers, research developers, staff, faculty,and students to support program needs that leverage services provided by theITI testbed. Additionally, they will follow security best practices andformalized processes and procedures to support services, develop tools and, andmaintain active systems and services that improve and increase automation andeffectiveness of the testbed infrastructure.

Duties and Responsibilities:

Systems andNetwork Administration

Update and maintain testbed systems and networking environment.

Install and provision bare metal, virtualized, and containerized infrastructure.

Monitor and balance network, power, and security of systems in the testbed systems and participate in the selection of appropriate equipment needed to support the testbed infrastructure.

Leverage, adjust, replace, enhance, and modify testbed systems in real time to support research requirements.

Assume additional system administrator related duties to further ITI's mission.

TestbedArchitecture and Design

Design, develop and implement testbed capabilities and internal network design to align with current and future infrastructure needs and objectives.

Engage students, faculty, and staff to optimize & support research projects leveraging testbed resources.

Research 3rd party tools or develop internal tools to enhance automation workflows for Testbed.

Analyze current testbed use strategies that support enhanced architectures and re-design.

DocumentationFor Testbed Use

Assist in creating documentation and use training for existing and future ITI testbed environments.

Evaluate vendor specification sheets, work with vendors and recommend equipment configurations that best align with research project needs.

Create documentation, review historical trends and metrics for future improvements, and create reports about system status.

Other duties as assigned

Minimum Qualifications:

High school diploma or equivalent.

Two (2) years of work experience in IT-related functions such as hardware/software support, programming, network design, network engineering, IT systems integration, or closely related field. College coursework which includes Information Technology (IT), IT Management, Programming, IT systems, or a closely related discipline may be substituted as follows:

30 semester hours equals one (1) year,

Associate's Degree (60 semester hours) equals eighteen (18) months,

90 semester hours equals two (2) years,

Bachelor's Degree (120 semester hours) equals three (3) years).

Experience administering Windows and/or Linux systems in a networked environment.

Experience with computer and network security.

Experience working with virtualization and containerization systems.

Experience in developing and/or administering automated tools for use in a dev-ops environment.

Experience working in an enterprise systems environment that uses centralized identity and access management tools (e.g., Active Directory, LDAP, or similar technologies).

Preferred Qualifications:

Bachelor's degree in networking or systems administration related field.

Demonstrated experience managing switches, routers, and VPN appliances.

Experience developing tools using rapid development languages (i.e. python or go).

Experience creating scripts to be used within systems using bash or Powershell.

Experience managing systems for source code control and setting up CI/CD environments.

Experience with setting up and managing monitoring, logging, and alerting systems.

Certification in Network+, Security+, A+, or other information security certifications.

Experience using capture the Flag or other cyber competitions.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:Knowledge of critical infrastructure (Operational Technology) systems and associated network design and protocols.

Knowledge of Linux operating systems and common services associated with them.

Ability to communicate effectively and respond appropriately to customer needs.

Strong networking fundamentals and applied knowledge and/or SDN knowledge.

Understanding of, and comfort with, both cyber and physical systems. This may include understanding of small electronics wiring, mechanical processes (e.g., relays, PLCs), Arduino, Raspberry Pi, IoT devices, or electrical test equipment.

Knowledge of emerging technology solutions and ability to apply cutting-edge technology to address ITI goals.

Ability to think through management and workflow of systems of systems in complex environments.

Knowledge of cybersecurity standards, benchmarks, and principles and their operational use.

Senior Testbed Systems Administrator

The Senior Testbed Systems Administrator takes a leadershiprole in configuration, administration, monitoring, and maintenance of coreinfrastructure in the Information Trust Institute (ITI) testbed and operationsenvironments. This includes leading the work on hypervisors, network infrastructure,power utilization, systems and security monitoring, identity management,automation workflows, and other common backend systems operations. The person in this rolewill take the lead on supporting program needs of research systems engineers,research developers, staff, faculty, and students to leverage services providedby the ITI testbed. They will also follow security best practices and formalizedprocesses and procedures to support services, develop tools and, and maintainactive systems and services that improve and increase automation andeffectiveness of the testbed infrastructure.

Duties and Responsibilities:

Systems andNetwork Administration

Lead Testbed Systems Administrators on planning and implementation of bare metal server installs, virtualized operations systems, and containerized systems.

Take leadership role in updating and maintaining testbed systems and networking environment.

Monitor and balance network, power, and security of systems in the testbed systems and participate in the selection of appropriate equipment needed to support the testbed infrastructure.

Initiate activities that leverage, adjust, replace, enhance, and modify testbed systems in real time to support research requirements.

Advise on additional system administrator related duties to further ITI's mission.

TestbedArchitecture and Design

Provide leadership and guidance to other testbed systems administrators.

Lead the design, development and implement of testbed capabilities and internal network design to align with current and future infrastructure needs and objectives.

Serve as a senior technical advisor and primary point of contact for students, faculty, and staff to support and research projects leveraging testbed resources.

Orchestrate strategies for researching 3rd party tools or develop internal tools to enhance automation workflows for Testbed and present findings to ITI leadership.

Analyze current testbed use strategies that support enhanced architectures and re-design.

Documentation For Testbed Use

Lead documentation creation, use and training for existing and future ITI testbed environments.

Evaluate vendor specification sheets, work with vendors and recommend equipment configurations that best align with research project needs.

Develop and maintain documentation, review historical trends and metrics for future improvements, and create reports about system status.

Other duties as assigned.

MinimumQualifications:

High school diploma or equivalent.

Four (4) years of work experience in IT-related functions such as hardware/software support, programming, network design, network engineering, IT systems integration, or closely related field. College coursework which includes Information Technology (IT), IT Management, Programming, IT systems, or a closely related discipline may be substituted as follows:

30 semester hours equals one (1) year,

Associate's Degree (60 semester hours) equals eighteen (18) months,

90 semester hours equals two (2) years,

Bachelor's Degree (120 semester hours) equals three (3) years).

Experience administering Windows and/or Linux systems in a networked environment.

Experience with computer and network security.

Experience working with virtualization and containerization systems.

Experience in developing and/or administering automated tools for use in a dev-ops environment.

Experience working in an enterprise systems environment that uses centralized identity and access management tools (e.g., Active Directory, LDAP, or similar technologies).

PreferredQualifications:

Bachelor's degree in networking or systems administration related field.

Experience managing switches, routers, and VPN appliances.

Experience developing tools using rapid development languages (i.e. python or go).

Experience creating scripts to be used within systems using bash or Powershell.

Experience managing systems for source code control & setting up CI/CD environments.

Experience with setting up and managing monitoring, logging, and alerting systems.

Certification in Network+, Security+, A+, or other information security certifications.

Experience using capture the Flag or other cyber competitions.

Experience working with Operational Technology Networks.

Distributed source control management experience.

Understanding of, and comfort with, both cyber and physical systems; this may include understanding of small electronics wiring, mechanical processes (pumps, valves, etc.) or electrical test equipment.

Experience working effectively in both a team environment and autonomously in a self-directed and proactive manner.

Experience using emerging technology solutions and cutting-edge technology to address testbed goals.

Knowledge,Skills and Abilities:

Knowledge of critical infrastructure (Operational Technology) systems and associated network design and protocols.

Knowledge of Linux operating systems and common services associated with them.

Understanding of, and comfort with, both cyber and physical systems. This may include understanding of small electronics wiring, mechanical processes (e.g., relays, PLCs), Arduino, Raspberry Pi, IoT devices, or electrical test equipment.

Strong networking fundamentals and applied knowledge and/or SDN knowledge.

Ability to communicate effectively and respond appropriately to customer needs.