Sr. Systems Administrator

SmartSource is seeking a Senior Systems Administrator for a 6-month contract to hire in Calabasas, CA.

• Provide support for IT Systems Infrastructure including day-to-day operations, monitoring and problem resolution for customer locations.
• Leveraging automation techniques/technologies to support reoccurring patch management and compliance to include all scheduling, coordination and patching of all workstations and servers, including maintaining required software currency for network infrastructure devices as required.
• The position will be responsible for working with the IT security team for network & system security matters to ensure corporate assets and information are protected from external threats. This includes managing the enterprise anti-virus system including responding to alerts and remediating and or containing any outbreak conditions caused by Malware or Viruses.
• Under guidance of the IT security management, will be responsible for supporting all required activities in support of annual security assessments and PCI compliance audits. This includes routine patching, resetting service accounts, performing scans, reviewing logs, running reports and maintaining effective documentation as required to align with compliance and security requirements.
• Using SolarWinds Enterprise monitoring tool will be responsible for overseeing and reviewing daily status reports to drive maximum service uptime. You will ensure proper IT teams and or responsible vendors are engaged with the appropriate escalations. You will also ensure monitoring reports are accurately reflecting active devices, making adjustments in the system as needed to reflect correct information on a consistent basis.
• Create and maintain systems documentation to include administration guides, compliance documents, configuration diagrams and asset management
• Be available, on-call as required to rapidly troubleshoot any problems resulting from changes or unexpected outages.

• 7+ years’ experience supporting large scale Microsoft Windows server farms and endpoint environments, including physical, virtual and cloud hosted platforms. To including seasoned knowledge of Active Directory, 0365, DNS, PKI services, DHCP, DFS & Printing services
• Demonstrated experience implementing and managing enterprise class backup and recovery systems from vendors such as Cohesity, Rubrik, EMC and or Veeam.
• Azure and or AWS Cloud experience highly preferred
• Experience managing large scale enterprise class system patching and update tools from either SCCM, Ivanti or other similar patch management tools. Demonstrated experience creating and managing system end point images and automated application deployment processes.
• Demonstrated scripting and automation skills using common scripting languages including Batch, Powershell, Python, Puppet or Chef.
• 7+ years’ experience supporting and troubleshooting network concepts using TCP/IP, Network Subnets, VLANS, with solid understanding of the 7 Layer OSI model.
• Experience supporting SSO from Okta, Azure or other similar enterprise federated directory service offerings strongly preferred.
• Experience supporting SAN and or NAS storage platforms from enterprise vendors, Nutanix administration experience highly preferred
• Excellent communication skills required, with prior experiencing acting as a liaison between other departments, employees, management and vendors.

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering, computer science or related field, or equivalent work experience
• Microsoft Certifications (MCSA, MCSD, MCSE)
• CA Plus & Network Plus Certifications and or CCNA