Principal, Administrator Job Description
Principal, administrator
provides technical support to various computer systems such as VMWare, Cisco UCS, Pronto, Exchange and other company-wide systems.
Principal, Administrator Duties & Responsibilities
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Sample responsibilities for this position include:
ServiceNow System Administrator responsible for supporting the ServiceNow environments and implementing new functionality
Lead member of the team responsible for implementing IT Service Management processes in the ServiceNow tool, including customizing data fields, workflows, and automation
Direct other team members throughout implementation, striving for consistency and designing best practices
Meet with key stakeholders to gather and document requirements for IT Service Management processes and procedures
Architect integration solutions with other tools, such as Customer Relationship Management, Project Portfolio Management, Software Development Lifecycle, and Automated Discovery tools
Drive UAT testing and correction of reported defects
Works closely with BU representatives, engineers, and external service provider
Develop and implement ServiceNow upgrade strategy and test plans
Troubleshoot across complex and interconnected systems, engaging peers and vendors as needed
Responds to problem reports from users and partners promptly to isolate root cause and assist other team members as necessary to resolve
Principal, Administrator Qualifications
Qualifications for a job description may include education, certification, and experience.
Licensing or Certifications for Principal, Administrator
List any licenses or certifications required by the position: AWS, CE, NCMA, MCSA, CPCM, IAT, PKI, CCNA, MCTS, SAN
Education for Principal, Administrator
Typically a job would require a certain level of education.
Employers hiring for the principal, administrator job most commonly would prefer for their future employee to have a relevant degree such as Bachelor's and Master's Degree in Computer Science, Administration, Business/Administration, Technical, Education, Business, Information Technology, Management, Engineering, Law
Skills for Principal, Administrator
Desired skills for principal, administrator include:
NATO responsibilities and organization
Internal applications necessary to complete routine and moderately complex tasks
Internet
UK pensions legislation
Use of MS Office
IDS
International Public Sector Accounting Standards
Cisco UCS B series blade server chassis and Cisco UCS Manager 2.0
EXIM compliance and Part 130 process
Emergency drills
Desired experience for principal, administrator includes:
Documents problems, recoveries, and root causes and ensures all system changes are documented and coordinated in advance
Be an Oracle guru and advisor across all of Blizzard, as necessary, for best practices for environments that will operate under extreme load scenarios
Mastery of RDBMSs, especially Oracle and its related suite of technologies
Comfortable as a sys admin, especially with troubleshooting the load profile of Oracle on the system
Comfortable speaking architectural concepts, especially as you discuss design with software engineers, to optimize our usage patterns of RDBMSs
Demonstrated experience with relational database concepts (e.g., normalization, referential integrity, modeling, logical and physical ERDs, and isolation levels)
Principal, Administrator Examples
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Principal, Administrator Job Description
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Our company is looking to fill the role of principal, 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 principal, administrator
- Owning all aspects of service delivery
- Acts as team lead for escalation of issues
- Lead and participate in Facilities roadmaps, testing and proof of concepts
- Responsible for the creation, management and upkeep of change records, standards and build documents for assigned areas of responsibility
- Facilitates the establishment and implementation of best practices across technology solutions within his or her area of expertise
- This includes implementing solutions requiring integration of multiple platforms, operating systems and/or applications across the enterprise
- Works with our architecture, implementation, operations anchors to analyze vulnerabilities/risks and assess business impact
- Accountable for the performance and reliable functioning of all runtime environments
- Functions as a subject matter expert to projects and implementations requiring his or her expertise
- Manages monitoring frameworks and metric systems to assess system or product performance against best in class measurements
Qualifications for principal, administrator
- Experience with database languages (PL-SQL / T-SQL)
- A minimum of 8 years’ experience or equivalent education / work experience
- Willingness to learn things you don't know yet, and to work hard if necessary
- Excellent skills in various computer programs required
- In lieu of degree, a combination of degree and 4 additional years of experience will be accepted
- Knowledge of VMware, SCCM, and PowerShell Scripting
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Our company is growing rapidly and is searching for experienced candidates for the position of principal, 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 principal, administrator
- Monitor and troubleshoot application errors
- Investigate, respond and resolve trouble tickets related to errors in the production system
- Stand up new development and production environments
- Work with developers to integrate hot fixes and other software into development and production systems
- Develop/Update install documentation and other deliverables as necessary
- Run weekly reports and metrics
- Create and maintain appropriate documentation (Database, Architecture)
- Analyze and diagnose problems reported to the help desk, escalate support issues
- Install and configure database system software plus third-party system tools, applications and products
- Participate in the process of ensuring that identified Business Continuity measures are implemented, documented and regularly tested to enable continue operations of systems identified as requiring such protection in accordance with the corporate Disaster Recovery program
Qualifications for principal, administrator
- Experienced Database Administrator for MS SQL Server and Sybase ASE in a mixed Windows and Solaris/Linux environment
- Minimum of 7 years’ hands-on experience as a DBA is required
- Designing, implementing and maintaining Windows client/server environments
- Designing, operating, and maintaining complex Windows/UNIX/LINUX client/server
- Good understanding of monitoring systems (OEM, Nagios)
- Use and knowledge of configuration management solutions / Infrastructure as Code (Puppet, Chef, Ansible)
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Our company is looking for a principal, 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 principal, administrator
- Provide an ad-hoc support service to users of all computer systems, troubleshooting and resolving database problems
- Liaise with manager
- Installation and configuration of network infrastructure
- Maintenance of server and desktop infrastructure
- Provide contract management support as directed by Manager of Contracts on assigned programs
- Under the supervision of the Manager of Contracts, develop solutions to complex contractual matters to ensure company compliance with contract requirements
- Travel domestically and internationally for negotiation and to provide contract support
- Assist Program Manager in achieving company financial goals for sales, EBIT and cash flow
- Assist Program Manager in communication and meetings with internal and external customers
- Prepare and manage written communications with internal and external customers for assigned contractual matters
Qualifications for principal, administrator
- Comfortable in coding/scripting languages (Java, Clojure, Ruby, Go, Python, Bash)
- Should be able to work in a collaborative team environment with a professional, business–focused attitude and courteous manner towards clients, partners and peers
- Contribute to product development and life cycle, written proposals and develop technical documentation including conducting workshops, seminars, training sessions and public presentations
- Proactively contribute to innovation efforts that support the alignment of platform and IT technologies to business requirements with focus on user experience, performance, ROI, and TCO
- Five (5) plus years experience using Microsoft Office applications
- Relevant industry certifications such as DOD 8570 Level 2 Technical Certification (GSEC, Security+ ce, SCNP, SSCP) or higher (CISA, CISSP, GSE, SCNA)
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Our company is looking for a principal, 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 principal, administrator
- Establishes procedures for maintaining user accounts, assigns file permissions and establishes password and account policies
- Serve as managerial & technical representative for Internal and External Coordination of the day-to-day operations
- Collaborates with the O&S Manager to set expectations and measure performance via SLAs/OLAs and other agreements
- Advises management on situations that may require additional support or escalation including managing the process for internal/external communications for critical incidents and emergency activities
- Manages vendor relationships as it depends on daily operational needs
- Optimizes performance and availability standards through implementing appropriate technical solutions through continual service improvement
- Provides Technical Leadership and mentoring of subordinate personnel
- Occasional travel to Northern Virginia
- Provides proposal support including proposal risk review, compliance, strategy and negotiations
- Provides contract support to internal and external customers, including change management, problem resolution, audit support, contract interpretation and contract value oversight
Qualifications for principal, administrator
- Microsoft Certifications (MCSA, MCSE Windows Server 2008 or 2012, Windows 7)
- Experience with DNS, Active Directory, GPO's, and LDAP configuration
- Experience with Installation, configuration and maintenance of a virtual environment (VmWare products)
- Familiarity with McAfee and Symantec Products (Backup Exec., EndPoint Protection)
- 4-year college degree in Information Systems or Business, or similar
- Experience in Financial Services, Payroll or related business preferred
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Our company is looking to fill the role of principal, administrator. If you are looking for an exciting place to work, please take a look at the list of qualifications below.
Responsibilities for principal, administrator
- Management of Contract Brief process to include Contract Data, Contract Value at the CLIN and ACRN level and significant clauses that are tracked for compliance with the FAR and DCAA compliance
- Initiates documentation of contract files and the Contracts Management System database
- Assists in developing strategy and responsive cost/price proposals in response to customer requirements
- Performs Contract Management from inception to close-out
- Guides internal and external customers in preparation for documentation, pricing, negotiating changes and modifications
- May direct the work of lower level Contract Administrators
- Performs other contracts administrator duties as necessary
- Tune and optimize database performance using tools and methodologies
- Define and communicate vision for system improvements then realize vision through planning, leadership, and execution
- Provide Oracle Database Subject Matter Expertise to team members
Qualifications for principal, administrator
- Proficient working knowledge of SQL 2008, 2012, and 2014 required
- Knowledge of Always ON, Mirroring, and Log Shipping
- Remedy - SRS
- The ability to work closely with CSM Management, Client/Server & Network professionals and the customer community
- 1+ years of working with Active Directory
- 2+ years of working with Windows Server 2012