IT System Administrator

Howmet Aerospace•Torrance, CA

About The Position

This role involves working within a large, complex, global business, specifically with critical manufacturing infrastructure. The administrator will be responsible for securing critical Windows infrastructure, managing service delivery in a rapidly changing technical environment, and coordinating service delivery between local, business unit, and centralized technical resources. A key aspect of the role is prioritizing and delivering competing projects with scarce resources, especially when business unit and global business services initiatives conflict with locally initiated projects. Establishing defined value for all new proposed projects or major changes to existing applications is also a requirement. Due to trade compliance regulations, United States Citizenship or a United States Green Card is required.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology (IT), Information Systems (IS), or Computer Science (CS), or equivalent combination of education and experience.
Minimum of 3 years of experience in Information Technology or Information Systems.
Working knowledge of Windows server technologies and server applications.
Basic understanding of UNIX server technologies.
Familiarity with VMware virtualization technologies.
Basic knowledge of WAN/LAN technologies.
Strong written and verbal communication skills.
Ability to assist with capacity and resource planning.
Basic project management skills.
Ability to support and collaborate with local support and GIS organizations providing systems and services.
United States Citizenship or United States Green Card required for trade compliance.

Responsibilities

Support and management of global Windows 2019/2022 forests and domains, including DNS, Active Directory (AD), Organizational Units (OU), Group Policy Objects (GPO), and account management.
Work with global locations on deployment of global manufacturing domains and ensure proper domain operations.
Understand existing Windows 2019/2022 domain environments to support system and device migrations from existing domains to new domains.
Perform cross-domain migrations.
Utilize patch management, SIEM, and system monitoring tools such as WSUS, CrowdStrike, and SolarWinds.
Participate in deployment, maintenance, and management of backup and recovery procedures and processes for Windows devices.
Ensure maximum system uptime in alignment with negotiated internal operations agreements.
Participate in drafting implementation plans.
Execute implementation plans.
Generate records to satisfy project management and change control requirements.
Participate in Self-Assessment Template (ASAT) IT compliance testing.
Draft procedures and work instructions in support of compliance goals.
Work with team members to rationalize and reduce locally performed compliance activities in favor of centralized compliance activities.
Travel as required to support global domain deployments, migrations, and support (limited).