What are the responsibilities and job description for the Full Time System Administrator, Corporate position at First Arkansas Bank and Trust?
General Description
The System Administrator is responsible for the design, implementation, operation, and maintenance of the organization’s server, storage, virtualization, backup, and infrastructure-dependent application environments. This role ensures the availability, performance, security, and recoverability of core technology systems supporting business operations. The position serves as a technical resource for enterprise infrastructure platforms and business applications that rely on server, virtualization, storage, database, network, and disaster recovery services.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities
1. Administer and maintain server infrastructure, including Windows and/or Linux systems.
2. Manage virtualization environment, including VMware ESXi hosts and vCenter platforms.
3. Provision, monitor, and optimize virtual machines and system resources.
4. Manage enterprise storage systems (SAN/NAS) and capacity planning.
5. Administer backup and recovery solutions, including routine backup validation and disaster recovery testing.
6. Ensure system availability, performance monitoring, and proactive issue resolution.
7. Apply system patches, firmware updates, and security hardening practices.
8. Maintain infrastructure documentation, system configurations, and operational procedures.
9. Support data center operations, including hardware lifecycle and vendor coordination.
10. Participate in disaster recovery planning, testing, and execution.
11. Administer and support infrastructure-dependent business applications, including coordination of upgrades, integrations, troubleshooting, vendor support, and lifecycle management for applications requiring server, virtualization, storage, database, backup, disaster recovery, network, or security infrastructure services.
12. Collaborate with infrastructure, network, security, application, and vendor teams to support enterprise systems and technology initiatives.
Physical Demands
Physical Activities
• Stand: Occasionally
• Walk: Regularly
• Sit: Regularly
• Use hands to finger, handle, or feel: Regularly
• Reach with hands and arms: Regularly
• Climb or balance: Never
• Stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl: Regularly
• Talk or hear: Regularly
• Taste or smell: Never
Weight Lifted
• Up to 10 pounds: Frequently
• Up to 25 pounds: Occasionally
• Up to 50 pounds: Occasionally
• Up to 100 pounds: Occasionally
• More than 100 pounds: Never
Vision requirements
• Close vision (use of a computer, equipment, or any other work duties that require clear vision within two feet or less).
• Distance vision (driving vehicles or equipment; work duties such as surveying that requires clear vision at twenty feet or more).
• Color vision (interpreting color software screens or reports; work duties that require the ability to identify and distinguish colors).
• Physical Demand: MODERATE DIVERSITY, MODERATELY PHYSICAL: Work activities which allow for a MODERATE AMOUNT OF DIVERSITY in the performance of tasks which requires SOMEWHAT DIVERSIFIED PHYSICAL DEMANDS of the employee.
Additional Information
Core Competencies / Additional Info
Understand and adhere to all compliance issues, attend training as required and related to this position, including but not limited to the Bank Secrecy Act, Privacy Act, US Patriot Act, and Security.
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