Senior Systems Administrator

Primary Job Duties/ Tasks

The activities the candidate will be tasked with include, but are not limited to the following:

1. Support and expand DOT infrastructure.

2. Coordinate server configuration and administration with multiple parties (SDC, DOT, and contractors).

3. Make recommendations for future server and software upgrades.

4. Monitor systems and applications to ensure security, availability, and performance.

5. Establish systems by evaluating network performance issues including availability, utilization, throughput,

goodput, and latency; planning and executing the selection, installation, configuration, and testing of

equipment; defining network policies and procedures; establishing connections and firewalls.

6. Maintains network and systems performance by performing systems monitoring and analysis, and

performance tuning; troubleshooting systems and application problems; escalating problems to vendor.

7. Build and manage relationships in a matrixed environment.

8. Find opportunities to refactor solutions to obtain better performance, cost, and efficiency.

9. Create and manage Azure DevOps projects, git repositories, and pipelines.

10. Oversee and configure Azure DevOps organizational settings.

11. Recommend and assist with the building and hosting of complex application solutions.

12. Understand, deploy, and manage Microsoft Azure and/or other cloud services.

13. Understand, deploy, and manage Microsoft Power Platform.

14. Understand and manage Microsoft 365 services.

15. Supports other IT staff, including developers.

16. Other duties as assigned.

Experience

8+ years experience with: Server 2012 R2, 2016, 2019, and 2022.

8+ years IIS Administration.

8+ years of network communications, including TCP/IP and DNS Samba/CIFS file sharing and NTFS permissions.

8+ years of strong professional experience in Microsoft Azure cloud systems is highly desired.

8+years of experience with other cloud providers, such as AWS or Google Cloud Platform is highly desired.

8+ years of professional experience in the administration of Microsoft software is highly desired.

8+ years of IT work experience in infrastructure/network environments in systems operations, support,

maintenance, and administration.

8+ years of professional experience supporting middleware such as API Management, IT Service Automation

tools, and batch job services is highly desired.

8+ years of professional experience in information systems engineering or another related field is required.