System Automation Administrator Job Oklahoma City area,Oklahoma USA,IT/Tech

Primary Purpose

Implements, maintains, and supports computing environment by performing the following duties.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

Perform server administration tasks, including user/group administration, security permissions, group policies, print services, research event log warnings and errors, as well as resource monitoring, ensuring system architecture works seamlessly.

Planning and implementing system upgrades, including hardware or software updates, and ensuring that all systems are properly patched and up to date. Identifying opportunities to increase efficiency with automation.

Manage, administer, troubleshoot, provision, configure, optimize, and perform lifecycle management of virtualized infrastructure environments, including VMware vSphere/ESXi, Nutanix AHV, cloud platforms, and SaaS solutions, encompassing virtual machines, clusters, storage resources, and hybrid‑cloud services.

Developing, implementing, and performing backup and recovery strategies to ensure data availability and integrity in case of system failures or disasters.

Monitor system/network health utilizing pre‑existing management tools and respond to hardware issues as they arise, to include threats.

Maintain domain names, certificates, and licensing for applicable support.

Produce and maintain documentation of system configurations and work within established configuration and change management policies to ensure awareness, approval and success of changes made to the environment.

Develop and maintain automation scripts and operational tools using Python, Power Shell, or other scripting tools to improve system efficiency, monitoring, and administrative processes.

Evaluate system resource utilization, trending, and capacity planning to make recommendations for scope and scale.

Implementing and maintaining security measures to protect the organization's systems and data.

Developing plans to introduce new automation technologies to increase efficiency and productivity levels within the company.

Ensure that automation projects are delivered on time, within budget, and to the required quality standards.

Additional Responsibilities

Write and maintain documentation for system administration procedures.

Interact with the Help Desk and other teams to assist in Level‑2/3 support and troubleshooting, identifying root cause, and resolving issues when needed.

Partner with internal and external partners for problem resolution, to communicate project status, activities, and achievements.

Research and recommend new approaches and technologies to improve the overall technology stance of the company.

Qualifications

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Bachelor's degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Information Systems, or equivalent combination of education and experience.
4+ years of experience in systems administration, infrastructure engineering, or related IT operations roles.
Extensive experience administering Microsoft Windows Server environments, including Active Directory, Group Policy, DNS, DHCP, file services, web services, and print services.
Experience managing and supporting virtualized infrastructure environments, including VMware vSphere/ESXi and Nutanix AHV.
Experience supporting cloud‑based infrastructure and Software‑as‑a‑Service (SaaS) platforms in hybrid enterprise environments.
Python, Power Shell, and other scripting languages for automation, systems administration, monitoring, reporting, and operational efficiencies.
Experience implementing and supporting backup, disaster recovery, and business continuity solutions.
Strong understanding of server, storage, networking, and virtualization technologies.
Experience monitoring system performance, resource utilization, capacity planning, and infrastructure optimization.
Experience managing SSL/TLS certificates, domain registrations, software licensing, and related infrastructure…