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Job Description - Senior Systems Administrator
SENIOR SYSTEMS ADMINISTRATOR IRVING/LAS COLINAS, TEXASTHE POSITION: ICS is hiring for a Senior Systems Administrator to join our growing client's team in the Irving/Las Colinas, TX area! This person will be part of a team that is responsible for managing Windows Servers and their corporate IT infrastructure. As a Systems Administrator you will provide critical IT support for all corporate infrastructure with multiple offices and departments across the company. The ideal candidate will assist with Level 2 and 3 support requests for the Level 1 Helpdesk technologists with any issues or support as well as actively participate and support ongoing company projects and initiatives. The candidate will also interact with internal managers and departments and must be able to communicate issues and break ix issues concisely.WHAT YOU'LL DO:- Responsible for high-level, day-to-day operational maintenance, support, and upgrades for various Windows operating systems, workstations, servers, switches, and firewalls.
- Install, configure, and administer Windows based server hardware, operating system, and applications.
- Ensures data/media recoverability by developing and implementing a schedule of system backups and database archive operations
- Conducts hardware and software audits of workstations and servers to ensure compliance with established standards, policies, and configuration guidelines
- Provision and manage deployment, support, administration, and replacement of servers (physical/virtual), networking devices, NAS/SAN storages, etc.
- Continuously monitor to verify the health, integrity, and availability of all IT infrastructure and perform proper capacity planning for current and future demands of IT services.
- Apply OS patches and upgrades on a regular basis and upgrade administrative tools and utilities.
- Manage configuration changes effectively, transitioning new or changed IT services into production with minimal service operational disruption.
- Repair and recover from hardware or software failures. Coordinate and communicate with impacted internal/external constituencies.
- Engage in service capacity planning, demand forecasting, software performance analysis, and system tuning
- Maintain servers, load-balancers, and data storage across a variety of locations
- Minimum 8 years of experience with server administration and general server based administrative tools.
- Strong knowledge and hands-on experience working with Microsoft Windows 2012/2016 Active Directory
- Working knowledge of Windows Group Policy, PowerShell, and Windows Security
- Experience in administration, maintenance and troubleshooting of Microsoft O365, Exchange.
- Experience working with monitoring, backup, anti-viranti-spam systems.
- Experience in troubleshooting hardware (Server Systems) and software.
- Basic Knowledge on Linux
- Working knowledge of Microsoft SQL Server
- Working knowledge of TCP/IP, DNS, DHCP, routing, FTP, WAN/LAN/VLANs
- Ability to work occasional nights and weekends as required
- Experience with working with 3rd party vendors to assist with installation, break/fix, migrations.
- Experience working in SOC2, HIPAA, PCI environments
- Relevant Cisco, Microsoft or security ( SSCP, Security+ etc.) certifications
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