Corporate IT Systems Administrator

Morton 671, 671 W. Jackson St, Morton, IL 61550, USA

$59,124 – $87,881 USD. Final offers based on experience, skills, and qualifications.

Make the change and be the difference. Take ownership at Clock Tower Community Bank, a division of Morton Community Bank!

Established in 1960 with just one location in Morton, IL, Morton Community Bank (MCB) has grown to over 550 employees, 50 branch locations and over $5 billion in assets! The bank values dedicated service and internal assets, with an Employee Stock Ownership Plan providing retirement benefits.

Life and AD&D Insurance, Long-Term Disability, Vacation Days, Personal Days, and Paid Holidays.

• Performing all work in accordance with company policies and guidelines
• System monitoring and maintenance including configuration and security management, patching, automation, hardening, and systems upgrades
• Accurate documentation of the network, data flows, policies, and procedures
• Working closely with partners, vendors, team members and other Bank staff in a professional manner
• Ensuring that systems are configured to be available, resilient, and secure
• Making sure that backups are successful, protected, and available to guarantee the rapid recovery of files/systems
• Using monitoring systems and logs to troubleshoot issues as they arise and also develop preventive maintenance strategies to support system availability and performance goals
• Participating in and developing tests to ensure our systems are recoverable
• Reacting to security events and working with appropriate Bank staff to rapidly respond to any malicious activity on the network, both internally and externally
• Working on assigned projects to support Bank growth, development, efficiency, security, and availability goals
• Planning for growth and device replacements
• Working with other Bank employees to assist with troubleshooting problems when needed

This position has no supervisory responsibilities.

• The physical activities of this position may include climbing, reaching, standing, lifting, talking, hearing and performing repetitive motions.
• Medium exertion: up to 50 pounds of force occasionally, up to 20 pounds frequently, and up to 10 pounds constantly to move objects.
• The worker is required to have close visual acuity to perform an activity such as preparing and analyzing data and figures; viewing a computer terminal.

• The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.
• Employees who work 7½ continuous hours or more must take a 30‑minute uninterrupted lunch break no later than 5 hours after beginning their work.
• Flexible work schedules, occasional early morning, evening, and weekend work.
• Rotating weekly after‑hours on‑call with other System Administrators to provide response, remediation, and continued availability of critical services within defined response and remediation timelines.
• Reliable personal vehicle (car or truck) to transport equipment and documents securely and safely to outlying locations; mileage will be paid.

• High school diploma or equivalent.
• Associate degree in computer science and three years of systems administrator experience or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Self‑motivated to learn new technologies and improve existing ones.
• High standard to achieve or exceed goals within the organization.
• Good communication and interaction skills.
• Security conscious and drive to continuously improve the security posture of the organization.
• Bachelor’s degree in computer science.

• Experience with software installs on server infrastructure.
• Ability to troubleshoot using log and traffic flow data.
• Understanding of basic networking concepts.
• Experience with security and hardening of endpoint systems.
• Ability to triage and prioritize multiple issues to ensure support for business operations.
• Experience with Windows workstations, servers, and Active Directory.
• Microsoft 365 experience.
• Working knowledge of maintaining backups of data systems.
• Email server and email security experience.
• Three (3) years of system administration experience.
• SQL administration and reporting.
• Load balancing.
• Automation.
• Power Shell, Python or other scripting experience.
• Containerization.

• BSA and other Bank related training through BAI is required annually.

• Computer
  
  Skills:
  
  Expert
• Firewall/Routers/Switches knowledge:
  Expert
• Network Equipment knowledge:
  Expert
• Software Licensing knowledge:
  Expert

• Associates or better in Computer Science.
• High School or better.

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