Infrastructure Administrator

Everest Search Partners has a client in Montana looking for an Infrastructure Administrator. This position is onsite, fulltime and a direct hire opportunity. 

General Function: Responsible for performing complex project planning and maintenance tasks independently, this position will also provide Tier 3 support to resolve issues that are assigned to the IT project engineering team. Being able to learn new technologies quickly and adapt to new ideas and new methodologies is a must.  This position is expected to participate in the critical system support structure with other IT departments. The Principal Infrastructure Administrator is expected to function with a very high degree of autonomy and self-direction once assigned work. 

 Position Functions:

• Participate, engage, and occasionally lead team meetings, team building activities, and other opportunities to strengthen the department.  
• Execute project-related tasks from concept, planning, design through project completion.  
• Actively maintain education and cross-training on infrastructure areas of expertise. 
• Prepare, lead, and attend training when available and appropriate.  
• Participate in the evaluation and estimation of infrastructure work requests, and major projects.  
• Provide management with insightful systems recommendations that include detailed work plans along with supporting documents such as VISIO diagrams.
• Participate in infrastructure project development and planning.
• Troubleshoot system outages and performance issues in support of key business processes and core services. 
• Configure and install systems equipment to ensure their reliable operation for fulfilling business objectives and processes.

 Position Requirements:

• Ability to implement, administer, and troubleshoot system infrastructure devices, including active directory, DHCP, DNS, current Microsoft Windows Server OS and virtual environments.
• Ability to implement, administer, and troubleshoot network infrastructure devices, including switches, routers, and firewalls.
• Ability and willingness to travel to all branch locations.
• Ability to be periodically available on an on-call basis to ensure availability of systems.  This includes the availability to support the 24/7 on-call staff as needed.
• Ability to work nights and weekends as needed, which may include holidays or non-standard business hours.      

• Ability to multi-task, prioritize and organize day-to-day responsibilities with attention to detail and timeliness.
• Ability to follow oral and written instructions.
• Ability to work with others in an effective manner, listen well, share work-related information and be tolerant of others’ work styles.
• Competent with Microsoft Office; ability and willingness to work with a variety of office equipment and software systems.
• Ability and willingness to interact calmly and professionally with people from all backgrounds.
• Ability to lift up to 75 lbs. to overhead positions with or without accommodation.

Required Education and Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, MIS or a related subject.
• 5 years related employment experience.
• Currently have (or willing to obtain within the first 12 months) - MCSA, Azure Administrator Associate or other certification(s) within the field of an equivalent level.
• 3-5 years of work experience managing networking infrastructure lifecycle, including installations, configurations, upgrades and replacements.
• 1-3 years of work experience managing Windows and Linux/Unix based server systems.  
• 1-3 years of work experience with Virtualization or SAN systems.   

This job description is to be considered a general outline of the duties and responsibilities of this position and is subject to changes and revisions by management at any time. Responsibilities are listed as guidelines only and the job is not necessarily limited to these specifications.

Salary : $75,000 - $90,000