Sr System Administrator

Crane Company • Stamford, CT

5d

About The Position

Designs, develops, supports, and maintains the organization’s infrastructure, including implementation and design of hardware and software both on-prem and in the cloud. Analyzes, develops, modifies, tests, and maintains the networking and compute infrastructure. Makes updates to networking and compute related installation, configuration, and baseline documentation.

Requirements

• 3-5+ years of experience as an IT Systems Engineer in a medium to high volume environment
• Experience in managing and maintaining hypervisor technologies including Nutanix and VMware
• Experience in managing and maintaining backup appliances, storage arrays, and server blade systems
• Experience deploying and automating virtual machines both on-prem and in cloud infrastructure
• Experience managing networking technologies, including LAN, WAN, WLAN and Internet, Juniper Networking solutions, and Palo Alto firewalls.
• Knowledge of current cloud and on-prem technologies, hypervisors, networking, Active Directory, storage, and backups
• Proficient in supporting and maintaining compute environments to meet best practices
• Basic understanding of automation tools and deployment methods
• Strong problem solving
• Ability to complete job requirements within time constraints
• Ability to train new employees to support systems as required
• Works independently and collaboratively
• Contributes to moderately complex aspects of a project
• Ability to identify tasks which require automation and automate them
• BS degree in computer-oriented technical discipline or equivalent experience

Nice To Haves

• N/A

Responsibilities

• Responsible for implementation, patching, and management of data center and cloud technologies including VMware, Nutanix, and Azure
• Responsible for Active Directory, including identity management, group polices, OU structures, and domain services.
• Responsible for implementation, patching, and management of networking, including LAN, WAN, wireless and Internet.
• Responsible for implementation, patching and management of security appliances, including firewalls and information security services
• Ensure uptime of critical business systems and infrastructure through monitoring and timely remediation of infrastructure issues
• Deploy and manage virtual machines both on-prem and in the cloud
• Provide troubleshooting and recommendations for improvements to existing and new systems
• Preserves data assets and ensures back-up procedures meet or exceed our policies
• Help to implement and provide support for disaster recovery of key systems
• Assist other teams with IT initiatives
• Identifies issues, evaluates trends, and anticipates requirements
• Ensures adherence to all regulatory compliance processes and requirements, including but not limited to Sarbanes-Oxley and like regulations
• Support the monitoring, alerting and automation infrastructure for critical business systems and infrastructure
• Maintains organization's effectiveness and efficiency by delivering and supporting strategic plans for implementing infrastructure technologies
• Maintains professional and technical knowledge by attending educational workshops; reviewing professional publications; establishing personal networks; benchmarking state-of-the-art practices; participating in professional societies
• Provides documentation and training to other team members and IT teams
• Adhere to a structured weekly schedule that includes a combination of shifts from 7:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. and 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m., providing backup Help Desk coverage as needed.
• Any other task assigned by supervisor or management

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior