Tableau Administrator with Linux/Windows and AWS

  • St. Louis, MO
  • Posted 2 days ago | Updated 2 days ago

Overview

On Site
$40 - $45
Contract - W2
Contract - 12 Month(s)

Skills

Tableau
admin
linux
windows
aws

Job Details

Job Title: Tableau Administrator with Linux/Windows and AWS Experience Location: St Louis, MO
Duration: Long Term

Only on W 2

We are seeking an experienced Tableau Administrator with a strong background in Linux and Windows system administration, as well as hands-on experience with Amazon Web Services (AWS). The ideal candidate will be responsible for managing Tableau environments, ensuring high availability, performance tuning, user and content administration, and collaborating with cross-functional teams for deployments and upgrades. In addition, the role requires managing the underlying infrastructure on both cloud and on-prem environments.
Tableau Administration
Install, configure, upgrade, and maintain Tableau Server and Tableau Desktop across environments.
Manage Tableau Server users, groups, permissions, and site roles.
Monitor server health, performance tuning, capacity planning, and troubleshooting.
Automate tasks using Tableau command line tools and REST APIs.
Coordinate Tableau patching, backups, and restore operations.
Collaborate with BI teams to deploy dashboards and data sources.
Support content migration between development, test, and production environments.
Linux/Windows System Administration
Manage and maintain servers running on both Linux (RHEL/CentOS/Ubuntu) and Windows Server operating systems.
Handle OS-level troubleshooting, scripting, and automation (e.g., using Bash, PowerShell).
Perform system upgrades, patch management, and performance tuning.
Maintain security best practices and compliance standards across OS environments.
AWS Administration
Provision and manage AWS infrastructure (EC2, S3, RDS, IAM, VPC, CloudWatch, etc.) used for Tableau hosting and data integration.
Automate infrastructure deployments using tools like AWS CLI, CloudFormation, or Terraform.
Optimize cost and performance of cloud-hosted environments.

  • Ensure proper IAM role and policy management, as well as secure connectivity between Tableau and AWS data sources.

Required Qualifications:

  • 7 years of experience in Tableau Server administration.
  • Strong experience with both Linux and Windows system administration.
  • 3+ years of hands-on experience in managing AWS infrastructure.
  • Proficiency in scripting (Bash, PowerShell, Python is a plus).
  • Experience with Tableau upgrades, distributed installations, and clustering.
  • Understanding of Tableau metadata and PostgreSQL repository.
  • Knowledge of Active Directory/LDAP integration with Tableau Server.
  • Experience with monitoring tools and log analysis (Tableau Server logs, AWS CloudWatch, etc.).
  • Excellent problem-solving and communication skills.
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