Description

ImOn Communications is the LOCAL choice for cable TV, high-speed Internet and phone service. We value the relationships we have with colleagues, customers, and members of our community and look forward to serving Eastern Iowa for many years to come. As we expand our service availability we are looking for a Systems Administrator III to be a part of the ImOn Difference! Our employees share a passion for building a culture of “Creating Connections One Person at a Time” and fostering a fun and rewarding work environment.

The Systems Administrator role is broad in technology coverage and deep in platform experience. This role is responsible for the implementation, configuration, maintenance, and performance of critical business applications and databases. This includes ensuring industry best practices are followed, a fault tolerant architecture is implemented, proper monitoring is put in place, and documentation is created/ maintained. The Systems Administrator will assist in overseeing technical escalations, project scheduling, and team guidance as required.

Essential duties and responsibilities include but are not limited to:

• Manage applications through product lifecycles, from development to mission critical production systems.
• Develop processes for optimizing database access and security.
• Design and implement database and application backup strategy and test backups to ensure recoverability according to business SLAs.
• Assist end users with break/ fix troubleshooting as point of escalation for complex technical issues.
• Perform scheduled maintenance and support release deployment during maintenance windows.
• Develop and maintain training materials including solution and procedural documentation.
• Guide vendors by communicating requirements, evaluate software solutions, and build cost effective solutions.
• Regularly provide mentoring and cross training guidance for others in the department.
• Technical liaison to other teams in support of common business goals by analyzing project requirements and developing reliable/scalable solutions.
• Technical advisor to business partners to consult, design, and implement secure technology strategies.
• Effectively document and communicate technical information in a clear and understandable way to all levels of the organization.

Strategic & Planning Responsibilities

• Act as project lead in the design and review of new systems, business applications, and related hardware; conduct capacity planning as needed.
• Lead and influence technical direction at all levels of enterprise Infrastructure
• Lead, coordinate, and participate in key process improvements as they relate to infrastructure technologies

Requirements

We are looking for people with:

An Associate’s degree (A.A.) in the field of computer science or management information systems and/or 6 years of directly related work experience is required. Certifications in Cisco, VMWARE, Citrix, SAN storage technologies, collaboration platforms, and Windows Server are highly desired. Additional requirements include:

• A minimum of 6 years’ equivalent work experience in a senior technical analytical position responsible for managing server, application, and database environments
• Advanced knowledge of server technologies including Operating Systems, physical and virtual server environments, collaboration systems including Office 365, MS Teams, Sharepoint, and Active Directory
• Advanced knowledge of MS SQL Server
• Basic knowledge of the following networking technologies: routing, switching, LAN/WAN, wireless, and Ports /protocol filtering (firewall systems)
• Working knowledge of Microsoft Azure
• Extensive experience installing, configuring, and maintaining database applications.
• Advanced technical knowledge of scripting code using shell scripting tools.

ImOn will hook you up. When you join the ImOn team, you get more than just a paycheck. ImOn offers all employees:

• 401(k) with a company match
• Affordable Health Insurance to make sure you and your family stay healthy
• Dental Insurance starting at $4.91 per paycheck
• Vision Insurance provided for free to you and your family
• Life and Disability benefits at no cost to our employees
• Wellness Program

Work Life Balance. As fun as it is to work at ImOn, we understand you work to live and not live to work. We offer what you want:

• Paid Holidays – We offer 9 paid holidays each year, including the employee’s birthday.
• Paid Vacation Time – Employees earn vacation time each year based on your length of service at ImOn.
• Personal Time – ImOn offers 40 hours of personal time each year to help you take care of yourself and your family.
• Volunteer Time Off – We encourage our employees to connect with the communities we serve by volunteering at local non-profits.
• Parental leave
• Bereavement Leave

Apply at www.imon.net/careers today!