SYSTEM ADMINISTRATOR

YKK AP America Inc.•Atlanta, GA

10d

About The Position

Our company culture is built upon YKK’s philosophy called the CYCLE OF GOODNESS™. We believe that providing value and being fair to our customers and our employees is what makes us a successful company in return. Guided by our core values and fundamental behaviors, we strive to foster a caring company, committed employees and challenging work that benefits our employees, customers, and communities. We offer competitive compensation packages, training and advancement opportunities. YKK AP America provides employees with a comprehensive benefits package designed to provide the security they need to enjoy life at home and at work. By providing a high level of benefit coverage at a reasonable cost to the employee, we hope to foster a long and productive employment relationship.Position Summary The System Administrator will be responsible for managing business critical software, administering security policies, and ensuring uptime during production hours. This individual will oversee local area networks, wide area networks, and other networking segments – including but not limited to VPN & Enterprise Wi-Fi. Daily tasks may include installing & upgrading network software and infra-structure hardware. This individual will also provide Tier 3 technical support for the IT Services group for troubleshooting issues that are typically production critical and/or involve architectural design. This person ensures all incidents and requests are analyzed, resolved and reported back within the promised timeframes and provides leadership guidance to Tier 1 and Tier 2 analysts as needed.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in the computer information field required, plus 2-3 years of related experience; or an equivalent combination of education, certifications and experience may also be considered.
Working skill level of networking, switches, VOIP, WAN/LAN, Servers, Wi-Fi, & VPN
Set up and support enterprise level networks
Management of production environments
Implement cybersecurity controls appropriate to System Administrator roles
On-going knowledge of current cyber security emerging trends / challenges

Nice To Haves

AWS Cloud administration, architecture and design highly preferred
Oracle OCI a plus

Responsibilities

Manages and monitors existing systems to ensure the server and network environment meets company needs
Documents the existing server and network environment and cross trains others to ensure a sustainable environment
Researches new technology and plans for its inclusion into the server and network environment.
Assist in developing and documenting improvements to current processes
Assist other Sys Admins & IT Supervisor in the execution of established processes and escalations
Support LANs, WANs, network segments, Internet, and intranet systems
Ensure the design of the system allows all components to work properly together
Make recommendations for future upgrades & infrastructure guidance
Maintain network and system security
Tier 3 support for production systems
Monitor networks to ensure security
Evaluate and modify the system’s performance
Maintain network facilities in individual machines, such as drivers and settings of personal computers as well as printers
Maintain the integrity of the network, server deployment, and security
Ensure network connectivity throughout a company’s LAN/WAN infrastructure is on par with technical considerations
Design and deploy networks; Maintain network servers such as file servers, and VPN gateways
Perform network address assignment
Assign routing protocols and routing table configuration
Assign configuration of authentication and authorization of directory services
Administer servers, routers, switches, firewalls, software deployment, security updates and patches