20138 - Sr System Administrator
Montgomery, AL
Full Time
Experienced
20138 – Sr. System Administrator
Location – Montgomery, AL
PURPOSE
The Sr. System Administrator provides technical guidance and is responsible for the maintenance, standards, life-cycle management, design and implementation approaches for the company's Windows servers and/or related infrastructure. They implement, plan and design proposals for high-impact IT solutions and their use involving leading edge technologies and methods considering key factors such as their long-term effectiveness (service delivery and cost), and they coordinate their efforts with Headquarters. The Sr. System Administrator leads or contributes to designs applied to all aspects of servers and/or related infrastructure prototypes and eventual implementation. They perform work of high complexity and derive logical processes based on technical platforms. They engage in performance/integration testing, problem analysis, business and # technical analysis. The Sr. System Administrator possesses broad and deep skills across disciplines, serving as a mentor to others. In addition, they provide technical support and guidance # to users.
ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS
Technical Leadership (75%)
JOB REQUIREMENTS
Location – Montgomery, AL
PURPOSE
The Sr. System Administrator provides technical guidance and is responsible for the maintenance, standards, life-cycle management, design and implementation approaches for the company's Windows servers and/or related infrastructure. They implement, plan and design proposals for high-impact IT solutions and their use involving leading edge technologies and methods considering key factors such as their long-term effectiveness (service delivery and cost), and they coordinate their efforts with Headquarters. The Sr. System Administrator leads or contributes to designs applied to all aspects of servers and/or related infrastructure prototypes and eventual implementation. They perform work of high complexity and derive logical processes based on technical platforms. They engage in performance/integration testing, problem analysis, business and # technical analysis. The Sr. System Administrator possesses broad and deep skills across disciplines, serving as a mentor to others. In addition, they provide technical support and guidance # to users.
ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS
Technical Leadership (75%)
- Perform Windows, and Microsoft Exchange System Administration
- Perform Windows Server Environment System Monitoring
- Manage assigned tasks and quickly respond to and process Windows helpdesk tickets using ITSM in a timely and reliable manner
- Support Help Desk personnel and Administrators as required
- Monitor/Resolve Windows server performance, health and security issues
- Develop/test and analyze new technical solutions to problems
- Install, maintain, and configure Windows Servers, Active Directory, MS Exchange email, File & Print servers
- Perform backup and restores of Exchange and SQL databases and all Windows servers
- Detect, diagnose and troubleshoot server malfunctions
- Provide all aspects of user account management
- Maintain current inventory of all Windows assets, purchase history and warranty data
- Manage a large portfolio of projects, tasks, issues and systems
- Manage projects from initial requirement stage on through completion stage, ensuring appropriate documentation and completion
- Conduct/Lead formal project meetings with team, other departments, and customers
JOB REQUIREMENTS
- Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science/Engineering, or IT Related disciplines.
- 8+ years of directly related work experience with Windows & Exchange Servers
- Automotive experience a plus
- Thorough knowledge of IT environments, technologies, system hosting infrastructure and their platforms
- Experience with release management processes Cloud computing (AWS, OpenStack) a plus
- Experience with various networking protocols - TCP/IP, DNS, NIS, LDAP & NFS Scripting background a plus
- Strong communication; customer relationship, organizational and follow through skills; technical documentation and positive attitude
- Ability to follow logical procedures and implement documented tasks
- Working knowledge of networking, load balancer and Cisco equipment is a very strong plus
- VMWare Virtual Center highly preferred
- Working knowledge of file replication and content management systems is a very strong plus
- Able to develop and maintain system documentation and run books.
- Microsoft certification required
- Vmware certification preferred
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