Sr. Systems Admin (onsite East Dallas/Mesquite Area) - Elan Partners
Dallas, TX
About the Job
TITLE: Sr. Systems Administrator (onsite East Dallas/Mesquite Area)
Direct Hire position
No sponsorship
Onsite position
JOB SUMMARY:
The Sr. Systems Administrator plays a pivotal role in advancing our client's Backoffice innovation. We are looking for an experienced systems administrator to help drive the organization into the future.
QUALIFICATIONS:
RESPONSIBILITIES:
Comprehensive Benefits Provided
Direct Hire position
No sponsorship
Onsite position
JOB SUMMARY:
The Sr. Systems Administrator plays a pivotal role in advancing our client's Backoffice innovation. We are looking for an experienced systems administrator to help drive the organization into the future.
QUALIFICATIONS:
- 7+ years' experience in a Systems Administrator role
- Knowledge of Meraki Switches and WAPS, network connectivity, network services, and network security
- Hands-on experience of managing Microsoft Azure, Entra, O365, Windows Operating Systems, Windows Domains, Active Directory, and Group Policy in addition to Windows PC, mobile devices, and peripherals
- Experience patching Operating Systems and applications, firmware upgrade, and Cybersecurity tools.
- Oversee the coordination with IT department regarding installations and configurations of LAN, WAN, VLAN's, SDWAN and related devices.
- Plan, coordinate, and manage the implementation of company-wide server short- and long-term strategy in areas such as capacity planning, upgrade paths and service levels.
- Coordinates the backup and disaster recovery plans with IT, external vendors, and other functional leads.
- Act as a liaison between vendors, technical support, and departments to resolve complex system and network problems. Coordinate and implement corrective measures
- Ability to perform in a demanding, deadline-driven environment with rapidly changing priorities.
- Highly organized and communicative, especially in the development of actions plans and to ensure accountability and follow-through.
- Security knowledge optimizing Multi-Factor Authorization; watching/remediating results
RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Oversee the configuration and management of the IT infrastructure to support requirements in areas such as data retention, security, business continuity, disaster recovery planning/testing and information risk management.
- Participate in projects related to responsibilities; may serve as a technical project lead on occasions.
- Recognize problems, develop recommendations and solutions, and oversee correction within assigned specialty.
- Selection, development, retention, interviews, appraisals, and identifying training needs for staff.
- Staying current on technology trends and communicating these trends with the appropriate staff.
- Liaise between end users and network administration staff to maximize network/systems utilization.
- Oversee the configuration and management of the IT infrastructure to support requirements in areas such as data retention, security, business continuity, disaster recovery planning/testing and information risk management.
- Analyze product life cycles to help develop the IT budget.
- Ability to perform in a demanding, deadline-driven environment with rapidly changing priorities.
- Highly organized and communicative, especially in the development of actions plans and to ensure accountability and follow-through.
- Helps establish standards for voice and telecom devices (video conferencing, mobile/wireless)
- Oversee the user account management and development and deployment of patches within Windows environment as well as VMWare environment.
- Work with the team to transition to Microsoft Azure.
- Oversee installs, configuration, upgrades, administration, monitoring, maintenance, and security file and database servers. Ensure that server uptime is meeting business requirements.
- Provide security insight and guidance to other functional groups within the company to reduce unnecessary risk.
- Provide practical security best-practice guidance to company -wide networking initiatives.
- Monitors and enforces security procedures.
Comprehensive Benefits Provided
Source : Elan Partners
