IT System Administrator Job Description
IT system administrator
provides expertise, installation, support and direction on client network issues including Active Directory, DNS, DHCP, security, virus prevention, backups, disaster recovery, email, and general network performance.
IT System Administrator Duties & Responsibilities
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Sample responsibilities for this position include:
Create and update technical documentation (server configuration, backup and recovery procedures)
Write documentation for the daily operation (server configuration, perform backup and recovery procedures)
Provide system administration and support for Windows Active Directory, DNS (Windows and BIND), Internet/Firewall and WWW computer(s) and associated software
Deliver technical support to engineering teams, aiding optimization of existing system(s) and processes
Analyze engineering teams' processes and identify areas for improvements
Administration of regional and global Engineering Systems including but not limited to hardware, software and user support
Participates in the creation of yearly budget
Creates and maintains user and system documentation
Experience installing and maintains CAD environments (Starpanel, Catia, NX, Pro Eng
Engineering License Knowhow (LUM, DSLS, FlexLM)
IT System Administrator Qualifications
Qualifications for a job description may include education, certification, and experience.
Licensing or Certifications for IT System Administrator
List any licenses or certifications required by the position: ITIL, AWS, OCI, MCSA, RHCSA, MCSE, CCNA, SSL, RHCE, SQL
Education for IT System Administrator
Typically a job would require a certain level of education.
Employers hiring for the IT system administrator job most commonly would prefer for their future employee to have a relevant degree such as Bachelor's and Associate Degree in Computer Science, Education, Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Information Systems, Networking Technology, Computer Engineering Technology, Computer Information Technology, Design, Administration
Skills for IT System Administrator
Desired skills for IT system administrator include:
Backup and recovery procedures
Disaster recovery procedures
Active Directory
Anti-Virus Clients
Computer/ Laptops/ Printers/ Scanners/ peripheral troubleshooting
Internet proxy
Patch management
DHCP
3PAR type architecture based on operating systems
FSTAB
Desired experience for IT system administrator includes:
5-7 years working experience in an IT Administrator role 5-7 years working experience in an IT Administrator role
Profound skills in supporting IT infrastructure (system development, network operations, storage and backup management, software and database support) Profound skills in supporting IT infrastructure (system development, network operations, storage and backup management, software and database support)
Strong technical skills in the domain of Windows Server 2008/2012, Microsoft Hyper-V and SCCM/SCOM/SCVMM is essential Strong technical skills in the domain of Windows Server 2008/2012, Microsoft Hyper-V and SCCM/SCOM/SCVMM is essential
Basic MS SQL database and scripting skills is an asset Basic MS SQL database and scripting skills is an asset
Great team player with strong interpersonal skills Great team player with strong interpersonal skills
Ability to prioritize own workload on a daily basis Ability to prioritize own workload on a daily basis
IT System Administrator Examples
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IT System Administrator Job Description
Job Description Example
Our company is looking for an IT system administrator. To join our growing team, please review the list of responsibilities and qualifications.
Responsibilities for IT system administrator
- Collaborate with other operational teams during Service on-boarding, capacity expansion, ensure adherence to production deployment standards
- Review and establish Configuration Management audit policies to meet established requirements
- Interface with OCI personnel to ensure new systems/services are compliant with IT Configuration Management policy
- Enter all configuration data into CMDB and ensure information is up-to-date, accurate, and auditable
- Establish partner performance measures and generate standard monthly regional scorecards and metric reports
- Engage the internal teams in the establishment and execution of standard processes for life cycle management of the hardware and software assets, help create strong relationships with partner teams and ensure that a process of continuous review and improvement are inherent throughout all elements of the OCI team
- Resolve problems by executing Standard Operating Procedures
- Assure internal and vendor compliance to company standard operating procedures
- Provide system administration and support for Internet/Firewall and WWW computer(s) and associated software
- Install, configure and maintain application environments
Qualifications for IT system administrator
- 2+ years of IT experience in a similar role
- Knowledge of Networking and MS OS technologies
- MS experience in MS windows cluster
- Troubleshooting MS clustering and windows platform
- Preferred MS Certifications
- Open to work shifting schedules, on-call or Holiday and weekend work
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Our growing company is searching for experienced candidates for the position of IT system administrator. Thank you in advance for taking a look at the list of responsibilities and qualifications. We look forward to reviewing your resume.
Responsibilities for IT system administrator
- Experience in setting up application deployment (Installation, Configuration, Integration with other components) on Cloud environment based on underlying Application Architecture
- Experience in Disaster Recovery setup
- Administration, Maintenance and support of the Application instances on Reference, Validation and Customer environments
- Hands on experience in shell / Perl scripting
- Identify any known incident resolutions using a knowledge management system
- Apply identified resolutions to the incident and interact with the customer to ensure the incident has been properly resolved
- Ensure proper escalation of incidents to other GIT OU Support groups which cannot be resolved by this role
- Work to defined GIT OU Support processes and quality guidelines
- Support the deployment of development environments and applications used for building new offerings and applications that will be deployed into a mission critical SaaS (Software as a Service) Hosting environment
- Antivirus – Symantec (Installation, updates and remediation’s of antivirus client for servers and computers
Qualifications for IT system administrator
- Experience in "virtual support" on conference calls
- Can express self fluently in English
- A minimum of 2 years of IT experience, preferably automotive IT engineering support
- Expertise with IT engineering products and software
- Experience of administration and maintain of Catia, NX, Pro Eng
- Intermediate level proficiency with Windows 7
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Our innovative and growing company is looking to fill the role of IT system administrator. To join our growing team, please review the list of responsibilities and qualifications.
Responsibilities for IT system administrator
- OS level diagnostics and resolution
- Consolidation and removal of old equipment
- Off-shift support for machine moves, quarterly maintenance or coverage for other shifts
- Growth of technical skills to greater depth and width
- Automation of physical and virtual server deployment, troubleshooting and maintenance
- Growth of technical skills to greater depth and breadth
- Support and Maintain the Server Engineering Infrastructure
- Work with new Cloud Portfolio Services supporting integration activity
- Actively participate in Change management and Incident management process
- Participate with cross-functional team for major deployments and patching activity
Qualifications for IT system administrator
- 8 years or more of related technical experience may be substituted for degree requirements
- Advanced knowledge of enterprise Linux OS and Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2, 2012 R2
- Strong experience with enterprise administrative scripting using a major scripting language (Powershell, Bash, Perl)
- Outstanding organizational skills, ability to prioritize effectively, and experience with technical project
- Remote System administration skills using ILOM, console, system Manager
- Programming / Scripting (Shell scripting, csh, ksh, Perl)
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Our growing company is searching for experienced candidates for the position of IT system administrator. Please review the list of responsibilities and qualifications. While this is our ideal list, we will consider candidates that do not necessarily have all of the qualifications, but have sufficient experience and talent.
Responsibilities for IT system administrator
- Automate regular tasks through scripts Perl/Shell
- Participate in Change Mgmt
- Hardware and Onsite support
- Incident support and resolution
- Supporting of production environments
- Automation of product deployment and maintenance procedures
- Application deployment and ongoing operational support
- Researching, analysis and proposing new technology and architecture solutions
- Participating in new architectures implementation and testing before releasing to production
- Investigate and troubleshoot issues with supported service
Qualifications for IT system administrator
- Middleware (Weblogic)
- Desire to analyse and discover the root cause of problems
- Bachelor's degree in any IT/Computer related course
- At least 2-4 years experience in a Systems Engineer position
- Strong Knowledge of Windows and Linux server technologies
- Installation and operation of custom Internet and Intranet computing environments
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Our company is growing rapidly and is searching for experienced candidates for the position of IT system administrator. To join our growing team, please review the list of responsibilities and qualifications.
Responsibilities for IT system administrator
- Maintain, monitor and manage mission critical servers and applications in a mission critical 24x7 environment
- Required to monitor the staging, development and production environments, and if necessary troubleshoot to resolve and or escalate any system, application or operational issues
- Performs diagnostic / assessment functions to include the determination and the execution of corrective actions(s) on real-time basis
- Directs and coordinate corrective actions to restore and repair application/ server and system conditions internally and externally
- Serves as technical specialist responsible for front line troubleshooting of service issues and interruptions
- Author, update and keep current procedural documentation
- Assist in the gathering of metrics and performance trends for analysis and tuning
- Is self-motivated by the challenge put in front of them
- Can work remotely, with no in‐office supervision
- Works well with other talented members of the team and assist with any cross training as identified
Qualifications for IT system administrator
- LNMP Administration experience within a mission critical environment
- Expert knowledge of Sparc Hardware
- Experience configuring ethernet networking devices— switches, routers
- Scripting in languages
- Redhat Linux family based experience (CentOS)
- Most recently worked with RHEL/CentOS 5/6