System Administrator

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• This position will participate in technical initiatives related to the design, implementation, monitoring, problem resolution, disaster planning and overall maintenance of IT systems infrastructure.
• Work closely with the Operations group to ensure smooth planning, implementation of systems and services.
• Develop partnerships with key vendors, procure equipment and maintain ongoing relationships to provide continuous system improvements.
• Interface with representatives of business units, and technology groups to define requirements and process needed to provision systems and services.
• Maintain the systems roadmap for EOS dates, improvements and upgrades and capacity planning functions.
• Develop and maintain the architecture roadmap for the data and security of systems based on service development and demand to support existing and evolving system services.
• Develop plans to grow the systems infrastructure to meet the groups evolving service requirements.
• Participate in all technical aspects of IT service technology, cloud services, virtualization, storage, and security projects including, short- and long-term planning.
• Help evaluate and select systems hardware, software, and services to fulfill various businesses needs as requirements develop.
• Perform system management functions/troubleshooting/capacity planning/performance monitoring utilizing various systems management/analysis tools.
• Provide technical support, operations and problem resolution of systems infrastructure as required, including 24X7 on-call support.

KNOWLEDGE, AND ABILITIES

• Strong analytical, critical thinking, and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to prioritize projects.
• Comfortable working in a fast-paced environment.
• An understanding of best practices and how to implement them at a business-wide level.
• Good interpersonal and communication skills.

SKILLS REQUIRED FOR THE POSITION

• Microsoft Azure, AWS and/or Google Cloud Solutions.
• SCCM, MDT, WSUS and ITSM Tools i.e. – Service Now, Remedy, etc.
• Windows Server Environments to include experience with all Windows versions beginning with 2008.
• AD Administration and Support including Group Policy.
• MDM Support, i.e. Microsoft Intune, MobileIron, AirWatch, etc.
• VMware, Hyper-V configuration and management.
• Microsoft Internet Information Services.
• Enterprise Backup Systems, Cloud based replication for DR.
• Powershell, Perl and/or similar scripting languages.
• Good to have - Linux administration and troubleshooting.

EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE:

• Bachelor's Degree
• Certifications such as MCSE, Microsoft ASAE, AWS CSA, RHCA, GCPA or related certifications are desired.
• 5-7 years’ experience of high availability systems infrastructure design, implementation and support experience.
• 5-7 years’ experience in cloud services or on-prem virtualization design, implementation, and in a 500+ systems environment across multiple sites. Role & responsibilities

Preferred candidate profile

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