Server Administrator 1

Description

The Enterprise System Administrator I IT Services will be able to provide planning and coordination for the development and implementation of all aspects of all member-facing systems and be responsible for operational procedures and communication with other departments utilizing techniques, access, security, and maintenance of the computing systems. Provide technical support, design, install, configure, maintain, and perform system integration to our organization. Execute key projects to advance technological capabilities to all member-facing delivery channels. - Support and engage with technologies primarily in the Microsoft Servers environment. - Understands the following IT technologies such as Active Directory and Exchange. - Knowledgeable of MS Office 365, VMware and Hyper-V virtualization technologies, SQL, web, email filtering systems, enterprise-level endpoint protection systems, F5 Load balancer, etc. Reports directly to the IT Services Manager, from whom the overall direction is received. ESSENTIAL POSITION FUNCTIONS: - Design, install, configure, and deploy internal and members facing servers within the Development, Staging, Production and Disaster Recovery infrastructures. - Proactively manage and maintain server and F5 Load balancer Systems. - Administer and support Microsoft Server OS, MS VMware, vSphere, ESXi, resource pools, Storage architecture technologies. - Design and implement monitoring, configuration management and reporting functions that will make a hands-off environment. Develop and implement project plans, risk assessments and contingency plans. - Define and document best practices and support procedures. - Provide after-hours support for Infrastructure related emergencies on a rotational basis. - Maintain inventory and asset configuration documentation. - Assist with hardware, firewall, telecom and software vendor evaluation, recommendation and negotiations. - Conduct special tasks at Management's direction. - Interact with users and vendors at the technical level, as required. - Providing routine data back-up and recovery support. - Participating in system hardware migration and upgrades projects. - Supporting servers across multiple data centers. - Plan changes to servers to eliminate potential problems or resolve current problems. - Function as an Escalation point for Server Software and Hardware Break/Fix. Engage with Hardware and Software vendors, and application support teams to resolve issues. - Provides support to existing clients in issue identification and resolution in medium highly complex production issues. - Effectively communicates project expectations and status to all team members and stakeholders including business representatives, partners, clients, and implementation team members. - Participates in and occasionally leads regularly scheduled team meetings to identify installation issues and lead team members with problem resolutions. Other duties as assigned.

Skills

Datacenter, microsoft server, exchange, server support, microsoft certified professional, DNS, DFS

Top Skills Details

Datacenter,microsoft server,exchange,server support

Additional Skills & Qualifications

- High School Education and three plus years firsthand server administration experience required. - Knowledge of fundamentals of network security. - Familiar with TCP/IP networking and general network troubleshooting skills. - Good written and verbal communication skills including technical writing skills. - Must be able to demonstrate a mature and experienced attitude toward administering the server environment; this includes a balance of departmental goals with customer service priorities. - Must be able to plan and schedule tasks and projects efficiently. COMPUTER SKILLS: Proficient in Microsoft applications (Word, Excel, Outlook). MATHEMATICAL SKILLS: Ability to add, subtract, multiply and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions and decimals. Ability to compute rates, ratios and percent and to draw and interpret bar graphs. PHYSICAL DEMANDS: The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to stand; walk; sit; use hands to finger, handle or feel; reach with hands and arms, climb or balance, stoop kneel, crouch, crawl; talk or hear and taste or smell. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 10 pounds. Vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus. The above job requirements are representative of minimum levels of knowledge, skills, and abilities. The marginal functions have not been included. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. This job description in no way implies that these are the only duties to be performed. An employee will be required to follow any other job-related instructions and duties as requested by the supervisor and/or management.

Experience Level

Intermediate Level