Systems Administrator

Join a mission-critical infrastructure team as a Systems Administrator supporting storage and backup environments in a highly regulated financial setting. This remote-to-start opportunity offers the chance to work on enterprise technologies, contribute to stability and performance, and support important infrastructure services that keep business operations running smoothly.

• Support the maintenance, integrity, and reliability of storage systems and related infrastructure.
• Handle storage and backup provisioning, configuration, maintenance, troubleshooting, and issue resolution.
• Implement upgrades and patches while following established change control processes and standards.
• Partner with clients and senior engineers to document and carry out storage and backup requests or changes.
• Participate in project work that supports infrastructure and application initiatives, including design, testing, and implementation activities.
• Assist with incident response, problem management, diagnostics, and root cause analysis.
• Monitor capacity and performance trends, recommend improvements, and help optimize the environment.
• Contribute to ongoing operational support, including on-call rotations and other related duties as assigned.

• Strong hands-on experience with enterprise storage platforms such as Hitachi and Dell.
• Solid familiarity with VMware/ESX environments.
• Expert-level experience with Commvault, including support for complex and high-priority issues.
• Expert-level experience with Cohesity.
• Background in enterprise storage operations, including provisioning, configuration, upgrades, and performance tuning.
• Experience supporting mission-critical environments with strong incident response and problem-solving skills.
• Understanding of change management practices and the ability to work within strict process requirements.
• Automation and scripting experience using tools such as Ansible, Python, or Power Shell.
• Capacity and performance management experience.
• Clear communication and strong documentation skills.
• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience, plus 3 to 5+ years of relevant work experience.

• Experience with monitoring and performance tools such as Grafana, Splunk, or Dynatrace.
• Knowledge of storage-related networking protocols such as NFS, SMB, FC, and iSCSI.
• Experience in regulated or financial environments.
• Familiarity with security practices and vulnerability remediation.

Horizontal is committed to fostering a diverse, equitable, and inclusive workplace where different perspectives are valued and respected. We welcome candidates from all backgrounds who bring the skills, experience, and mindset to contribute to a collaborative and supportive team.

The pay range for this role is $57 - $92 per hour based on qualifications and experience.