System Administrator

• Comprehensive benefits package including medical, dental, vision, and life insurance
• Performance-based bonuses
  to reward your contributions*
• Paid time off to recharge and maintain a healthy work-life balance
• Flexible work options, including remote and hybrid opportunities, if eligible
• Retirement Plan (401k)with company-matched contributions
• Education Advancement,for employees and qualified dependents, via the Confie Enablement Scholarship Fund
• Fitness Reimbursement - up to $15/month for gym memberships
• Inclusive workplace
  through a strong commitment to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
• Employee Assistance Program -confidential support for personal or professional challenges, at no cost
• Extra Perks - optional plans for disability, hospital indemnity, health advocate program, universal life, critical illness, accident insurance, and even pet insurance

Support operations, monitoring, and proactively maintain companies' systems and technologies, including VMware, Windows Servers, IIS, including other applications

Provisioning virtual machines through the use of VMware and Hyper-V platforms, including physical servers

Creation of domain accounts for service use or security groups

Generate system utilization reports utilizing monitoring tools such as Solar Winds 7 Vrops

Assist with web application update deployments from stage/development servers to production servers. Including but not limited to copying files to servers and managing IIS services and application pools

Work off a Service Now platform to manage assigned tickets

Perform routing system updates, patches, and upgrades

Collaborate with senior administrators/engineers to optimize server performance and reliability

Participate in disaster recovery drills and testing

Collaborate with the IT Service Desk to resolve user issues in a timely manner and provide level 1 technical support to the escalated issues within the SLA standards

A working knowledge of Microsoft technologies such as Windows Server 2016 and higher, Group Policies, DNS, DHCP, IIS 7.0, Remote Desktop Servers, and other Windows Server roles and technologies

Server Application Management:
Administration of server-bound applications such as IIS, Active Directory, and VMware

Follow and enforce IT standards and best practices to ensure a high degree of user satisfaction and high system availability

Problem-solving, troubleshooting, and analytical skills with the ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions to respond to common inquiries or escalations for other IT units

Remote Access:
Configure and maintain remote access technologies and access, such as Remote Desktop Services

Monitor Storage:
Manage and administer SAN/NAS technologies, servers, and VMware Datastore storage

Assist in the planning and execution of network and server technology migrations

On-site physical work with the ability to lift server equipment, rack & stack, cabling, etc.

Work independently with very little supervision while providing clearly documented activities via weekly summary reporting

Time management, teamwork, and a commitment to learning new skills

Available for rotating on-call scheduling

Must be willing to work outside normal business hours as needed

1-3 years of experience with IT maintenance and technical support

Candidates with certifications such as MCSA, MCSE, and MCITP will be given higher consideration

Azure Fundamentals certification is desired but not necessary

ITIL 4 Foundation Certified is desired but not necessary

Basic knowledge of virtualization technologies (e.g., VMware, Hyper-V)

Strong understanding of all the following Microsoft infrastructure applications:
Windows Servers, Active Directory, Remote Desktop Services, Internet Information Services

Working knowledge of the following infrastructure hardware:
Dell and HP server hardware

Excellent attitude and interpersonal skills

Ability to work well in a team and independently

Strong problem-solving skills and attention to detail

Eagerness to learn and adapt to new technologies

This job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties, or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change at any time or without notice

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