Senior System Administrator

Position: Senior System Administrator

Location: Irvine, CA (Onsite)

Job Type: Full time

Please Note: Candidates must be local to Irvine, CA

Workable Visas: US Citizen or Green Card Holder only

Looking for a seasoned Systems Administrator. The right candidate will have an in-depth knowledge of Storage and virtualization technologies. Additionally, experience administering a highly available transactional environment that has regulatory compliance his highly preferred. This position offers an opportunity to lead and develop a team in a dynamic, fast paced and collaborative environment. You will assist our customer in its journey to mature its infrastructure into an enterprise class environment.

Skills and Experience Required

• Experiencing managing and leading a team of senior and junior level team members.
• Hands on experiencing managing a Microsoft Infrastructure both On Prem and in Azure cloud.
• Knowledge in core Microsoft products (DC, AD, DNS, WSUS, SCCM)
• Knowledge of managing Group Policies to implement and enforce standards.
• Ability to effectively develop, document and communicate technical processes and standards.
• Ability to approach a challenge from multiple angles.
• Experiencing in training and providing guidance to support staff in areas of expertise.
• Ability to effectively develop, document and communicate technical processes and standards.
• Ability to identify areas of improvement, articulate the challenge, plan and execute the necessary changes.
• Ability to gather and analyze data to make informed decisions on the infrastructure.
• Strict adherence to change control.
• Strict attention to detail.

Desired

• Experience supporting an environment with strict security standards.
• Experience with PowerShell or other scripting language to aid in administration of duties.
• Security minded operational approach.
• Having Microsoft and other technical certificate(s) is a plus

Typical Duties

• Deployment, management, monitoring of Microsoft Server infrastructure.
• Vulnerability management of the environment.
• Maintains overall system compliance with information security policies and procedures.
• Supports annual security accreditation and maintains security levels throughout the year.
• Represents IT’s interests and concerns on complex projects through the lifecycle of a project, and escalates concerns to management as necessary
• Plans, schedules, and communicates system changes to other team members prior to implementation.
• Champions development and implementation of best practices, policies, and procedures for the IT Systems group.
• Manage risk in your day-to-day duties supporting the infrastructure.
• Maintain and develop documentation necessary to managing the infrastructure.
• Participate in on call rotating schedule for afterhours support.
• Work with cross functional teams to solve problems or deliver solutions.
• Work with cross functional teams to solve problems and deliver solutions.
• Mentor and train Jr. level engineers and administrators.
• Performs other duties as assigned

Other Qualifications:

Technical Certifications:

• Certifications in any of the following; MCSA, MCSE, VMWare. ITIL or other relevant technology engineering certifications.

EDUCATION:

• Bachelor’s degree (B.A.), technology trade school or relevant training programs.
• 5 years related experience in tier 1 systems architecture, implementation, support and/or training or equivalent combination of education and experience.

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: $120,000.00 - $150,000.00 per year

Benefits:

• Health insurance
• Paid time off

Schedule:

• 8 hour shift
• Day shift
• Monday to Friday

Experience:

• Windows System Administration: 8 years (Required)
• core Microsoft products (DC, AD, DNS, WSUS, SCCM): 5 years (Required)
• Azure Cloud: 5 years (Required)

License/Certification:

• MCSA (Required)
• MCSE (Required)
• VMWare (Required)

Ability to Commute:

• Irvine, CA 92612 (Required)

Work Location: In person

Salary : $120,000 - $150,000