IT Senior Systems Administrator

HENSEL PHELPS•Greeley, CO

7h•Onsite

About The Position

The Senior Systems Administrator role is to ensure the efficient operation and security compliance of the company’s data centers, Microsoft Azure systems, client and job centralized servers, databases, and equipment. This role will also lead and direct IT systems engineer specialist teams in building, managing, supporting, and maintaining solutions according to departmental policy.

Requirements

College diploma or university degree in the field of computer science and/or 10+ years equivalent work experience.
Certifications in Microsoft Azure equivalent to MCSE, VMware VCP-DCV (advanced), Cisco CCNP, and ITIL are required.
Strong system administration (Linux/Unix and Windows) at the command-line level.
Hands-on experience in System design, IT Architecture, Networking, Infrastructure operations, and operational stability to transform the way the teams operate to ensure delivery of high-quality systems/applications.
Ensure High Availability (HA) of Enterprise Critical Application platform (Load-Balancers). Microsoft Application Request Routing (ARR)
Ensure security compliance across the entire enterprise domain through continuous evolution of the auditing and remediation program.
Experience with architecting new systems, establishing infrastructure standards/processes, and ensuring teams adhere to standards, maintain technical diagrams and documentation, Infrastructure/ Architecture design, Configuration, and implementation, leading and guiding other team members, and responsible for monitoring all production and non-production systems.
Experience working in Azure cloud infrastructure with hands-on experience using Azure resources and Services. Also experience with Platform Sizing, Infrastructure Cost Reduction
Hands-On experience (IAC) utilizing Terraform or Ansible.
Act as a Subject Matter Expert for cloud end-to-end architecture, including Azure and future providers, networking, provisioning, and management.
Knowledge of infrastructure automation, monitoring, logging, reporting, and the ability to adopt industry best practices and build high-performance infrastructures that are self-healing, scalable & resilient.
Expert in configuring Dell Server/Storage Hardware
Experience in setting up and deploying Forward/Reverse Proxies
Extensive knowledge in VMware vSphere (6.x - 7.x) Hypervisor, including VMware NSX, Storage vSAN, and iSCSI targets.
Microsoft ADFS, DirSync/AzureConnect, DNS, DHCP, Active Directory, GPO, SRS, FRS, RADIUS, Microsoft NLB, Microsoft Failover Clustering, IIS, Microsoft PKI/CA/SSL certificate infrastructure
Microsoft RDS (Farms, RDSH, RDG, RDWA, NPS (CAP & RAP), RDCB, and UPD)
Microsoft SQL Database Administration (SQL queries, SQL PROCs, Database health maintenance, performance, backup, restore), SQL Server 2012, 2014, and 2019.
Scripting in Python or a similar general-purpose scripting environment (VBS, PowerShell, and Batch/CMD scripting)
Windows Server 2012, 2016, and 2019 Datacenter OS level.
Manage Exchange Servers 2010, 2016, and 2019 in DAG (Database Availability Group) environment (Client Access, Hub Transport, and Mailbox rules)
Networking Knowledge (minimum CCNA Level)
Excellent troubleshooting skills and root cause analysis
Help plan, maintain, and improve Infrastructure BCDR (Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery)
Strong interpersonal, written, and oral communication skills.
Able to conduct research into networking issues and products as required.
Ability to present ideas in user-friendly language.
Highly self-motivated and directed, with keen attention to detail.
Proven analytical and problem-solving abilities.
Able to effectively prioritize tasks in a high-pressure environment.
Strong customer service orientation.
Experience working in a team-oriented, collaborative environment.

Responsibilities

Aid the IT Infrastructure Manager in the development of IT strategies in collaboration with the other IT team members, with a specific focus on infrastructure service delivery and life cycle management.
Implement and maintain policies and procedures set by the IT leadership.
Deploy, manage, and maintain the enterprise’s infrastructure, Business Continuity, and Disaster Recovery Plan set by the IT Infrastructure manager and IT leadership.
Prepare and ensure the accuracy of documentation, procedures, manuals, and help sheets for all IT infrastructure systems.
Design and implement redundant systems, policies, and procedures for disaster recovery and data archiving to ensure effective protection and integrity of data assets.
Help plan, maintain, and improve BCDR (Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery) policies
Conduct research and make recommendations on data center products, services, protocols, and standards in support of procurement and development efforts.
Oversee new and existing equipment, hardware, and software upgrades.
Interact and negotiate with vendors, outsourcers, and contractors to secure network, cloud, and data center products and services.
Design, implement, administer, and support infrastructure technologies, solutions, and services such as computing, storage, networking, physical infrastructure, software, COTS, and open-source packages and solutions, and virtual and cloud computing, including IaaS, PaaS, and SaaS.
Understand information security and the types of security controls that can be used to mitigate security threats within solutions and services.
Use a modern standard approach competently and guide others in so doing.
Own an issue until a new owner has been found or the problem has been mitigated or resolved.
Initiate and monitor actions to investigate patterns and trends to resolve problems, including consulting specialists where required. Determine the appropriate remedy and assist with its implementation, as well as with preventative measures.
Take inputs and establish coherent frameworks that work.
Design systems characterized by medium levels of risk, impact, and business or technical complexity. Select appropriate design standards, methods, and tools and ensure they are applied effectively. Review the systems designs of others to ensure the selection of appropriate technology, efficient use of resources, and integration of multiple systems and technology.
Define the integration build. Coordinate build activities across systems and understand how to undertake and support integration-testing activities.
Explain the technical concepts required in the role and understand how these fit into the wider technical landscape.
Review requirements, specifications, and define test conditions. Identify issues and risks associated with work while being able to analyze and report test activities and results.
Break a problem down into its component parts to identify and diagnose root causes. Troubleshoot and identify problems across different technology capabilities.