Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Information Security, or IT-related field with ~8+ years of experience or equivalent qualifications.
Extensive experience (8+ years) with infrastructure technologies including Active Directory, DHCP, DNS, and virtualization.
Current certification in relevant vendor technologies, such as Microsoft Certified: Windows Server Hybrid Administrator Associate or VMware Certified Professional.
Proficient in managing disaster recovery and backup strategies ensuring business continuity.
Hands-on experience with OS updates, security patches, and maintaining system performance in virtualized settings.
Adept in troubleshooting network issues, ensuring optimal LAN/WAN performance.
Strong written and verbal communication skills to convey technical information to non-technical users.
Responsibilities
Manage and optimize IT tools to meet operational needs.
Create and maintain scripts in BASH, Perl, JavaScript, Python, PowerCLI, or PowerShell for automation and troubleshooting.
Document system designs, configurations, and processes meticulously.
Collaborate with teams on IT infrastructure projects, offering expert guidance.
Lead and mentor junior team members in IT best practices.
Analyze requirements and adapt existing systems according to user requests.
Perform administration tasks from the command line, displaying technical expertise.
Benefits
Work with advanced technologies in a dynamic work environment.
Opportunities for mentoring and leadership development.
Collaborate with cross-functional teams to enhance IT impact.
Engagement in challenging projects that promote technical growth.
Potential for professional certification support and continued education opportunities.
Full Job Description
System Administrator
Responsibilities
Manage and optimize Information Technology tools and solutions to support operational requirements.
Create, implement, maintain, troubleshoot, and utilize advanced BASH, Perl,
JavaScript, Python, PowerCLI, &/or PowerShell scripts to automate repetitive tasks, enhance system functionalities, and troubleshoot issues. Must also be comfortable performing Administration and O&M tasks from the command line.
Maintain detailed documentation for system designs, configurations, processes, and service records.
Collaborate with cross-functional teams to support IT infrastructure projects, providing expert guidance and technical leadership.
Lead and mentor junior team members in best practices and technical challenges.
Organized, detail-oriented, and excellent problem-solving skills with the ability to work independently or as part of a team.
Analyzes development and implementation requirements and makes appropriate modifications to existing systems and prepares specifications based on customer requests.
Basic Qualifications
Candidate will hold a ComSci/CIS/InfoSec/IT related bachelor's degree (or higher) with ~8+ years of Information Security work experience or an equivalent combination of education, certifications, & IT experience.
Strong knowledge and proficiency (e.g., ~8+ years of experience) with Infrastructure related technologies such as Active Directory, Group Policy Objects (GPOs), User Account Management, DHCP, DNS, TCP/IP, IPv4/IPv6 addressing, Server Administration, Certificate Services, Ansible, Server Clustering, and Virtualization.
Candidate will hold and maintain a current vendor (or one version release previous) certifications such as "Microsoft Certified: Windows Server Hybrid Administrator Associate", "Red Hat Certified Engineer (RHCE)", "VMware Certified Professional - Data Center Virtualization 2024 [v2] (VCP-DCV 2024)", or higher IT/InfoSec related certification.
Ability to manage and troubleshoot a comprehensive disaster recovery and backup strategy utilizing hybrid cloud solutions such as CommVault Metallic Backups.
Experience performing administration, management, troubleshooting and deployment of operating system updates/upgrades, security patches, and software to Desktops and Servers in both physical and virtualized environments.
Candidate will be well versed in Planning, Implementation, Administration and Troubleshooting issues involved with platforms across a variety of OS servers including Microsoft Windows and Red Hat.; ensuring their reliability, security, and optimal performance.
Capability to troubleshoot and resolve LAN/WAN connections, performance/throughput issues, and other related network problems.
Strong communication and documentation skills, with the ability to explain complex technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders.
Ability to participate in a 24/7/365 on call rotation.
Possess knowledge &/or familiarity with security hardening framework standards and regulations from Center for Internet Security (CIS) Control 4, National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Special Publication 800-53 Revision 5, and Defense Information Systems Agency's (DISA) Security Technical Implementation Guides (STIGs).
