Job ID: ET150430
Job Title: Windows System Administrator
Term: 6+ month contract
Rate: competitive
Date Posted: 22-April-2016
POSITION OVERVIEW:
The Windows System Administrator is responsible for the administration, implementation, support and management of the IT infrastructure systems.
KNOWLEDGE:
Windows system administration, Enterprise patch management applications, and System performance monitoring tools.
RESPONSIBILITIES AND ESSENTIAL DUTIES:
- Manage the day-to-day operations of servers and systems by monitoring system performance,configuration, maintenance and repair.
- Ensure that records of system downtime and equipment inventory are properly maintained.
- Participate in projects to implement applications to the server infrastructure in support of a business need or a business solution to ensure operational reliability.
- Ensure high availability and acceptable levels of performance of critical system resources.
- Interface with customers, peers, and managers to evaluate and understand business needs.
- Participate in the investigation and resolution of security related incidents.
QUALIFICATIONS (EDUCATION, EXPERIENCE AND SKILLS):
Education: Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science or a related discipline or equivalent training and experience.
Experience: Minimum of five (5) years relevant System Administrator experience.
Additional experience and/or knowledge of:
- SCCM. Application packaging and deployment
- Patch evaluation and deployment: SCCM, WSUS
- Windows 2003, Windows 2008 R2, Windows 2012: Active Directory, DNS, WINS, DHCP, GPO
- Powershell, vbscript
- Windows server technologies: IIS
- Symantec Enterprise products (Brightmail SPAM appliance, Symantec Anti-Virus)
- VMware ESX and ESXi Server