Southern Company · 16 hours ago
Computer Systems Analyst
Birmingham, AL
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level
7+ years expSouthern Company is a leading energy provider serving 9 million customers across the Southeast and beyond. They are seeking a highly skilled Computer Systems Analyst to manage and maintain Unix/Linux systems, ensuring compliance with regulatory standards while supporting the Generation Specialized Infrastructure team.
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Responsibilities
Consistently communicate progress, problems and best practices to management, team leads and teammates
Engineering, installation and maintenance of server hardware, hypervisors, and system software while following compliance and security standards, meeting project timelines, following documented processes and change procedures, and meeting customer requirements
Engineering, installation and maintenance of Linux Servers and system software in clustered / high availability configurations while following compliance and security standards, meeting project timelines, following documented processes and change procedures, and meeting customer requirements
Provide full life-cycle management for servers and system software including host deployments, cluster deployments, cluster workload migrations, and performing DR scenarios
Provide second level technical support to team members, customers, and other areas both within and outside of the Technology Organization
Performance tuning of Unix and Linux based server deployments
Installations for security patches, functional patches, and version upgrades
Knowledge of security policies and how cyber security impacts the technology environment
Understanding of rules and regulations that govern the use and management of technology, such as Sarbanes Oxley and internal policies
General knowledge of Southern Company’s core business
Demonstrate Our Values: Safety First, Unquestionable trust, Superior Performance, and Total Commitment
Qualification
Required
7+ years of designing, supporting, maintaining, troubleshooting, and administering physical and virtual systems
Proficient installing, configuring, deploying and maintaining Redhat Linux systems in both VMWare and physical hardware based environments
Proficient with backup system technologies like NetBackup servers and appliances, storage retention management, NetBackup proxy management and virtual tape library technologies
Storage Area Network administration, storage provisioning and storage systems design experience
Interoperability between Linux, Solaris and Microsoft Windows based systems and software
Virtual infrastructure lifecycle management including VM guest deployments and Ansible Automation Platform build streams
Experience with troubleshooting and diagnosing traffic flows, firewall connectivity, ports and services, using the related networking tools
Ability to engineer the server side of the virtual and physical networking needed to support a Purdue Reference Model networking environment and its associated network segmentation
Solid working knowledge of deploying and maintaining systems within segmented networks
Ability to operate in a Sarbanes Oxley regulatory controls environment with consistent adherence to compliance standards
Ability to effectively organize tasks, manage multiple priorities/details, meet schedules, and deliver on customer commitments
Professional oral and written communication skills required especially pertaining to managing a regulatory environment, collecting evidence, and documenting potential noncompliance events
High level of demonstrated self-initiative and self-learner
Ability to meet the requirements of the Southern Company Insider Threat Program, including required background checks
Preferred
Experience with Palo Alto Firewalls
Hitachi and Brocade based SAN systems experience preferred
Bachelor's degree in CS or MIS strongly preferred; seven (7) years of relevant technical experience is an acceptable substitute
Appropriate technology, networking, security, and/or compliance certifications are highly desired
Benefits
Competitive base salary
Annual incentive awards for eligible employees
Health, welfare and retirement benefits designed to support physical, financial, and emotional/social well-being
Incentive program
Company
Southern Company
Southern Company headquartered in Birmingham, Alabama, is the shared services division of Southern Company.
10001+ employees
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Funding
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$6.16BKey Investors
GRIP Program
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2025-05-20Post Ipo Debt· $1.45B
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Leadership Team
Thomas Fanning
President and CEO
David Poroch
Chief Financial Officer
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