Senior System Admin-Montgomery, AL Office Onsite

Edfinancial Services LLC•Montgomery, AL

8d•Onsite

About The Position

Administer and provide central accountability for all Infrastructure server services, including the function, organization, expansion, and technical support of existing and future Windows and Linux-based physical and virtual system configurations and supporting systems software. This includes operating systems, utilities, databases, cloud services, and middleware necessary to deliver services such as hosting, web, messaging, remote access, and security administration to support Edfinancial Services, EdAmerica, and Medfinancial systems. This role also serves as an escalation point for System Administrators.

Requirements

Broad base of knowledge and skills in server infrastructure, and operating systems to include Windows, Linux, Hyper-V, VMware, and Microsoft Azure including but not limited to IaaS, SaaS, PaaS and serverless services.
Experience maintaining the active directory environment including Azure Active Directory, DHCP, GPO, DNS, and certificate management.
Experience managing and monitoring M365 environment including mail flow and collaboration products such as email, Sharepoint, Dynamics, Teams, and licensing.
Experience providing primary support for all physical and virtual servers.
Experience monitoring services for growth and usage trends.
Experience performing daily system monitoring, verifying the integrity and availability of all servers, applications, services, and key processes, reviewing system and application logs, and verifying completion of scheduled jobs.
Experience recommending, installing, testing, and managing existing and new servers and software.
Experience providing technical assistance related to daily and assigned use.
Experience diagnosing system hardware, software, and operator problems.
Experience performing, overseeing, monitoring, and ensuring data security including regular backups, recovery, verification of security rights and other steps necessary to ensure data integrity.
Experience collaborating with Security team and other IT staff to implement, update, and test ongoing security improvements including regular and timely operating system patches, security patches, and other application updates.
Experience collaborating with other staff to create, test, and keep up to date disaster recovery procedures.
Experience setting up, installing, testing, and administering network printing functions.
Experience assisting with project definition, requirements documentation, and technical writing.
Experience monitoring and enforcing license agreements using appropriate tools relative to hardware and software resources.
Experience monitoring and creating regular management reports that track usage, performance, capacity, growth trends, etc.
Experience collaborating with IT Network staff to install, configure, and ensure the tight integration of web services, network links, hardware, and peripheral components into the company LAN and Azure environment.
Ability to keep current with new technologies being deployed at the company.
Willingness to participate in off-hour support rotation.
Ability to train selected staff for coverage during absentee periods.
Ability to deal regularly with outside computer vendors and perform liaison functions between company users and outside consultants/vendors.

Nice To Haves

Experience with cloud services (IaaS, SaaS, PaaS, serverless).
Experience with Microsoft Azure.
Experience with Hyper-V.
Experience with VMware.
Experience with M365 environment including mail flow and collaboration products.
Experience with Azure Active Directory, DHCP, GPO, DNS, and certificate management.
Experience with serverless services.

Responsibilities

Administer and provide central accountability for all Infrastructure server services, including Windows and Linux-based physical and virtual system configurations and supporting systems software.
Serve as an escalation point for System Administrators.
Exhibit a broad base of knowledge and skills in server infrastructure, and operating systems to include Windows, Linux, Hyper-V, VMware, and Microsoft Azure including but not limited to IaaS, SaaS, PaaS and serverless services.
Maintain the active directory environment including Azure Active Directory, DHCP, GPO, DNS, and certificate management.
Manage and monitor M365 environment including mail flow and collaboration products such as email, Sharepoint, Dynamics, Teams, and licensing.
Provide primary support for all physical and virtual servers and maintain documentation on hardware/software.
Monitor services for growth and usage trends and perform long-term capacity planning for hardware and software purchases.
Perform daily system monitoring, verifying the integrity and availability of all servers, applications, services, and key processes, reviewing system and application logs, and verifying completion of scheduled jobs.
Recommend, install, test, and manage existing and new servers and software.
Provide technical assistance related to daily and assigned use; assist customers and desktop support staff in identifying source of, and correcting errors.
Diagnose system hardware, software, and operator problems; recommend or perform remedial action.
Perform, oversee, monitor, and ensure data security including regular backups, recovery, verification of security rights and other steps necessary to ensure data integrity.
Collaborate with Security team and other IT staff to implement, update, and test ongoing security improvements including regular and timely operating system patches, security patches, and other application updates.
Collaborate with other staff to create, test, and keep up to date disaster recovery procedures.
Set up, install, test, and administer network printing functions.
Assist the IT Infrastructure Manager and IT Systems Engineers in project definition, requirements documentation, and technical writing.
Monitor and enforce license agreements using appropriate tools relative to hardware and software resources.
Monitor and create regular management reports that track usage, performance, capacity, growth trends, etc.
Collaborate with IT Network staff to install, configure, and ensure the tight integration of web services, network links, hardware, and peripheral components into the company LAN and Azure environment.
Keep current with new technologies being deployed at the company.
Participate in off-hour support rotation.
Train selected staff for coverage during absentee periods.
Deal regularly with outside computer vendors; perform a variety of liaison functions between company users and outside consultants/vendors.
Perform other duties or special projects as required or as assigned.