IT Senior Systems Administrator

Description

• Deploy, manage, and maintain the enterprise’s infrastructure Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery Plan set by the IT Infrastructure manager and IT leadership.
• Act as a Subject Matter Expert for cloud end-to-end architecture, including Azure and future providers, networking, provisioning, and management.
• Manage Exchange Servers 2010, 2016 and 2019 in DAG (Database Availability Group) environment (Client Access, Hub Transport and Mailbox rules)
• Constantly operates a computer and other office machinery, such as a calculator, copy machine, phone, computer, and computer printer.
• Constantly computes, analyzes, and conceptualizes mathematical calculations and formulas.
• Systems design. You design systems characterized by medium levels of risk, impact, and business or technical complexity. You select appropriate design standards, methods and tools and ensure they are applied effectively. You review the systems designs of others to ensure selection of appropriate technology, efficient use of resources and integration of multiple systems and technology.
• Implementing and maintain policies and procedures set by the IT leadership.
• Problem solving. You can initiate and monitor actions to investigate patterns and trends to resolve problems, including consulting specialists where required. You can determine the appropriate remedy and assists with implementation of it as well as preventative measures.
• Systems integration. You can define the integration build. You can coordinate build activities across systems and understand how to undertake and support integration-testing activities.
• Aid the IT Infrastructure Manager in the development of IT strategies in collaboration with the other IT team members with specific focus on infrastructure service delivery and life cycle management.
• Oversee new and existing equipment, hardware, and software upgrades.
• Help plan, maintain, and improve BCDR (Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery) policies
• Design and implement redundant systems, policies, and procedures for disaster recovery and data archiving to ensure effective protection and integrity of data assets.
• Ensure High Availability (HA) of Enterprise Critical Application platform (Load-Balancers). Microsoft Application Request Routing (ARR)
• Prepare and ensure accuracy of documentation, procedures manuals, and help sheets for all IT infrastructure systems.
• Constantly reads written communications and views email submissions.
• Testing. You can review requirements, specifications and define test conditions. You can identify issues and risks associated with work while being able to analyze and report test activities and results.
• The individual in this position will periodically walk, kneel, sit, crouch, reach, stoop, read/see, speak, push, pull, lift, stand, and finger/type. The frequency of each action varies by workflow and office activity.
• Interact and negotiate with vendors, outsourcers, and contractors to secure network, cloud, and data center products and services.
• Help plan, maintain, improve Infrastructure BCDR (Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery)
• IT infrastructure. You can design, implement, administer and support infrastructure technologies, solutions and services such as: computing, storage, networking, physical infrastructure, software, COTS and open-source packages and solutions, and virtual and cloud computing, including IaaS, PaaS and SaaS.
• Conduct research and make recommendations on data center products, services, protocols, and standards in support of procurement and development efforts.
• Ensure security compliance across the entire enterprise domain through continuous evolution of the auditing and remediation program.

Requirements

• Verification of Work Authorization and Employment Eligibility
• Light Work. Exerting up to 25 pounds of force occasionally, and/or up to 10 pounds of force frequently, and/or a negligible amount of force constantly to move objects.
• Microsoft RDS (Farms, RDSH, RDG, RDWA, NPS (CAP & RAP), RDCB and UPD)
• Hands-On experience (IAC) utilizing Terraform or Ansible.
• Knowledge of infrastructure automation, monitoring, logging, reporting and ability to adopt industry best practices and build high-performance infrastructures that are self-healing, scalable & resilient.
• Walking - The person in this position needs to occasionally move about inside the office to access file cabinets, office machinery, boxes, cabinets, etc.
• Physical Exam (if applicable)
• Windows Server 2012, 2016 and 2019 Datacenter OS level.
• Experience working in Azure cloud infrastructure with a hands-on experience using Azure resources and Services. Also experience with Platform Sizing, Infrastructure Cost Reduction
• Scripting in Python or similar general-purpose scripting environment (VBS, PowerShell and Batch/CMD scripting)
• Strong system administration (Linux/Unix and Windows) at the command-line level.
• Background Checks for Badging/Security Clearances (if applicable)
• Ability to present ideas in user-friendly language.
• Strong customer service orientation.
• Visual acuity and ability to operate a vehicle as certified and appropriate.
• Technical understanding (Infrastructure engineer). You can explain the technical concepts required in the role and understand how these fit into the wider technical landscape.
• Strong interpersonal, written, and oral communication skills.
• College diploma or university degree in the field of computer science and/or 10+ years equivalent work experience.
• Hands-on experience in System design, IT Architecture, Networking, Infrastructure operations and operational stability to transform the way the teams operate to ensure delivery of high-quality systems/applications.
• Rarely exposed to noisy environments and outdoor elements such as precipitation and wind.
• Certifications in Microsoft Azure equivalent to MCSE, VMware VCP-DCV (advanced), Cisco CCNP and ITIL are required.
• Experience with architecting new systems, establishing infrastructure standards/processes and ensuring teams adhere to standards, maintain technical diagrams and documentation, Infrastructure/ Architecture design, Configuration, and implementation, leading and guiding other team members and responsible for monitoring all production and non-production systems.
• Microsoft SQL Database Administration (SQL queries, SQL PROCs, Database health maintenance, performance, backup, restore) SQL server 2012, 2014, and 2019.
• Excellent troubleshooting skills and root cause analysis
• Modern standards approach. You use a modern standard approach competently and guide others in so doing.
• Able to conduct research into networking issues and products as required.
• Proven analytical and problem-solving abilities.
• Microsoft ADFS, DirSync/AzureConnect, DNS, DHCP, Active Directory, GPO, SRS, FRS, RADIUS, Microsoft NLB, Microsoft Failover Clustering, IIS, Microsoft PKI/CA/SSL certificate infrastructure
• Troubleshooting and problem resolution. You can break a problem down into its component parts to identify and diagnose root causes. You can troubleshoot and identify problems across different technology capabilities.
• Expert in configuring Dell Server/Storage Hardware
• Able to effectively prioritize tasks in a high-pressure environment.
• Highly self-motivated and directed, with keen attention to detail.
• Experience working in a team-oriented, collaborative environment.
• Networking Knowledge (minimum CCNA Level)
• Experience in setting up and deploying Forward/Reverse Proxies
• Information security. You understand information security and the types of security controls that can be used to mitigate security threats within solutions and services.
• Extensive knowledge in VMware vSphere (6.x - 7.x) Hypervisor including VMware NSX, Storage vSAN and iSCSI targets.

Benefits

• Substance Abuse Screening

Training + Development

Interview process

Visa Sponsorship

Security clearance