What are the responsibilities and job description for the IT Operations Engineer position at Motion Recruitment?
A leading IT services organization is seeking an IT Operations Engineer for a fully remote contract opportunity supporting a client in the professional sports industry. This hands-on infrastructure role will work across Cisco networking, Windows Server, VMware vCenter, Active Directory, WSUS, SolarWinds, and enterprise backup environments. The position follows an overnight schedule of Friday through Tuesday, 11:00 PM–8:00 AM.
The standout feature of this opportunity is the chance to support mission-critical technology behind a major professional organization. They’re looking for a dependable infrastructure professional who is comfortable troubleshooting across networking and systems environments and can take ownership of issues. This is a great opportunity to build deeper enterprise infrastructure experience, work with a broad technology stack, and gain exposure to a unique, high-visibility environment while working fully remote.
Required Skills & Experience
Tech Breakdown
The standout feature of this opportunity is the chance to support mission-critical technology behind a major professional organization. They’re looking for a dependable infrastructure professional who is comfortable troubleshooting across networking and systems environments and can take ownership of issues. This is a great opportunity to build deeper enterprise infrastructure experience, work with a broad technology stack, and gain exposure to a unique, high-visibility environment while working fully remote.
Required Skills & Experience
- Professional experience supporting IT infrastructure in an enterprise environment
- Hands-on Cisco CLI experience
- Layer 1 and Layer 2 network troubleshooting
- Wireless access point troubleshooting
- Windows Server administration
- WSUS and enterprise patch management
- Vulnerability remediation and registry edits
- VMware vCenter experience
- Active Directory administration and troubleshooting
- Infrastructure monitoring experience
- Strong communication and shift handoff skills
- Ability to manage and prioritize multiple concurrent tasks
- Rubrik or equivalent enterprise backup platform experience
- SolarWinds experience
- CompTIA A , Network , or CCNA certification
- Associate’s or Bachelor’s degree in IT, Computer Science, or related field
- Additional enterprise infrastructure experience
Tech Breakdown
- 30% Windows Server / WSUS
- 20% Cisco Networking / CLI
- 15% VMware vCenter
- 10% Active Directory
- 10% SolarWinds / Infrastructure Monitoring
- 10% Backup & Recovery / Rubrik
- 5% Vulnerability Management / Security Patching
- 60% Hands On
- 15% Monitoring & Incident Response
- 25% Team Collaboration
Salary : $50 - $60