Sr. Windows Administrator

The Role

The role of this position is to serve as a Windows and virtual infrastructure system administrator.  Primary functions are to design, deploy, and support infrastructure solutions for the enterprise.  They will be expected to stay abreast of advances in technologies; assessing, making recommendations, and deploying said technologies.  They are expected to be a leader in collaboration efforts across organizations (architecture, development, operational teams, business units, etc.) in solving critical business and technology issues while improving customer experience.

The Main Responsibilities

• Provide day-to-day support/administration of OS (Windows) and associated infrastructure
• Provide day-to-day support/administration of virtual infrastructure
• Will provide support directly to internal stakeholders throughout the enterprise to enable and support highly available application solutions
• Perform site reliability engineering functions:
  • Assessing standards, practices, technologies, and ecosystems
  • Make recommendations for improvements and in support of going forward strategies
  • Facilitate implementation tasks (Examples:  operational standards, automation, developing/implementing code)
• Develop, document, deploy, and support best practices/procedures, risk assessments, contingency planning, security, and disaster recovery & business continuity planning
• Provide technical support to internal stakeholders through the ability to analyze, troubleshoot, and solve complex technical problems across multiple technical disciplines
• Interact and communicate with various levels of management on projects and initiatives
• Provide leadership in the migration of legacy technologies to current standards
• Function in a fast-paced, multi-tasking, environment
• Other duties as assigned

What We Look For in a Candidate

• Minimum of 4 years of experience with Windows administration
• Minimum of 4 years of experience with server virtualization (Examples: ESXi, VMware, vSphere, vRealize, Hyper-V)
• Minimum of 4 years of experience with container platforms (Examples: Kubernetes, OpenShift, Swarm, etc.), and management systems
• Minimum of 4 years of experience in delivering Information Technology projects to medium/large enterprises
• Minimum of 4 years of experience with storage management (NAS, SAN, etc.) preferred
• Experience with container platforms (Examples: Kubernetes, OpenShift, Swarm, etc.)
• Experience with automation and orchestration technologies (Examples: Morpheus, Big Panda)
• Excellent troubleshooting and diagnostic skills across the full IT technology stack
• Strong interpersonal, written/verbal communication, and team dynamic skills
• Ability to clearly communicate technology topics across a broad range of technical and non-technical backgrounds

Education

• Bachelor’s degree (Computer Science, MIS, Software Engineering or related) or equivalent