Title: Senior Systems Administrator
Location: Hybrid out of Phoenix, AZ - 2x week onsite - Locals only
Duration: 3 Months Contract
Visa: U S C, G C, G C TN, H 4 EAD
Interview Mode: Video
Job Description:
Top Skillset:
- Sr Sys Admin experience
- VMWare
- Active Directory
- CIS/NIST is ideal if possible, security background is a nice to have!
Position Overview
The Senior Systems Administrator will design, administer, and support critical infrastructure across Microsoft Windows, virtual, and physical server environments. This individual will maintain a complex Active Directory environment, support enterprise data center operations, develop automation solutions, and troubleshoot system, hardware, software, and infrastructure issues.
The ideal candidate has strong experience with Active Directory, VMware, Windows Server, storage, PowerShell, and enterprise infrastructure administration. This role also requires the ability to support highly available environments, collaborate with vendors and business stakeholders, and document key infrastructure components and network flows.
Key Responsibilities
- Support and maintain a complex Microsoft Active Directory infrastructure, including DNS, DHCP, Group Policy, and multi-domain forests.
- Administer and maintain virtual and physical server platforms.
- Create system automation using PowerShell and other scripting languages.
- Use orchestration tools to improve infrastructure consistency, efficiency, and compliance.
- Install, configure, and maintain third-party business applications, including imaging, collections, lending, and accounting systems.
- Develop and maintain technical documentation covering infrastructure components and network flows.
- Investigate, diagnose, and resolve system, hardware, software, and infrastructure issues.
- Respond to technical inquiries from internal staff and external vendors.
- Assist with outage response, troubleshooting, and remediation.
- Perform additional infrastructure and systems administration responsibilities as assigned.
Required Qualifications
- Four or more years of experience as a Senior Systems Administrator, Windows Engineer, Virtual Systems Engineer, or in a comparable enterprise infrastructure role.
- Four or more years of experience working in an enterprise data center.
- Four or more years of storage administration experience.
- Four or more years of experience administering VMware virtualized server environments.
- Four or more years of experience supporting multi-domain Active Directory forests, including DNS, DHCP, and Group Policy.
- Four or more years of experience working with vendors and multiple levels of business stakeholders.
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Information Systems, or a related field preferred. An equivalent combination of education and professional experience is required.
- Microsoft certification such as MCSE, MCTS, or MCSA required upon hire.
Required Technical Skills
- Windows Server administration
- Microsoft Active Directory
- Microsoft Exchange
- Microsoft Teams
- Microsoft SharePoint
- Microsoft SQL Server
- Network administration
- Server and infrastructure design
- Physical and virtual server administration
- PowerShell automation and scripting
- Programming and scripting languages such as C# and VBScript
- Infrastructure troubleshooting and outage remediation
Preferred Experience
- One or more years of experience as a Network Administrator or Infrastructure Administrator.
- Programming or scripting experience with PowerShell, C#, VBScript, Perl, or similar languages.
- Citrix Server administration.
- Backup administration, including backup scheduling and troubleshooting.
- Database administration.
- Unix or Linux administration.
- Web services, websites, and related web technologies.
- Supporting fault-tolerant, highly available, or clustered solutions.
Preferred Certifications
- Cisco Certified Network Associate, or CCNA
- VMware Certified Professional, or VCP
Professional Skills
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
- Strong critical-thinking and creative problem-solving abilities.
- Effective project management skills.
- Excellent time-management and organizational skills.
- Ability to manage multiple active projects and competing priorities.
- Ability to collaborate effectively with internal teams, business stakeholders, and external vendors.
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