Senior Administrator, Systems Job Description
Senior administrator, systems
provides leadership and operation oversight to system administrators on one or more server platforms, including but not limited to Active Directory, SharePoint, Exchange, Skype for Business Server and SQL Server.
Senior Administrator, Systems Duties & Responsibilities
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Sample responsibilities for this position include:
Provides guidance to team members in the day-to-day support of the Digital Products, Services and Infrastructure management
Manages the day-to-day operations of the corporate environments host computers by monitoring system performance, configuration, maintenance and repair
Supervises Projects
Establishes, maintains and manages Windows user accounts
Help identify, communicate, and resolve issues in order to maximize the benefit of IT Systems Investments
Assist with integration of servers, including database, e-mail, print and backup servers and their associated software into enterprise systems
Ensure system connectivity, mapping, processes, and service records
Assist with and provide training to team members on differing areas of technology our environment
Demonstrate high responsiveness for technology issues
Participates in leading, or leads the maintenance of systems
Senior Administrator, Systems Qualifications
Qualifications for a job description may include education, certification, and experience.
Licensing or Certifications for Senior Administrator, Systems
List any licenses or certifications required by the position: MCTS, MCSE, MCSA, ITIL, MCITP, PKI, SSL, CE, RHCT, MSCA
Education for Senior Administrator, Systems
Typically a job would require a certain level of education.
Employers hiring for the senior administrator, systems 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, Technical, Engineering, Computer, Business, Management, Computer Engineering, Math, Computer Programming
Skills for Senior Administrator, Systems
Desired skills for senior administrator, systems include:
Active Directory
Exchange 2003
Methods
NAS concepts
Principles
Production systems
SMS
SQL server
SharePoint
TCP/IP stacks and their functionality within Microsoft
Desired experience for senior administrator, systems includes:
6+ years of work experience in complex systems design, programming and systems software and support
Design configuration and support level knowledge of a wide variety of
Expertise greater or equivalent to that of a Red Hat Certified Engineer
Extensive direct experience in the administration and configuration of Red Hat Linux (RHL) servers, both physical and virtual, in the support of an Oracle database, (both single instance and Real Application Clusters), and WebLogic centric environments
Extensive direct experience in the management and administration of System Administration servers in a shared storage topology that primarily utilizes GigE backbones and iSCSI, NFS & CIFS based technologies
Experience in configuring, administrating, and maintaining servers
Senior Administrator, Systems Examples
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Senior Administrator, Systems Job Description
Job Description Example
Our company is growing rapidly and is looking to fill the role of senior administrator, systems. To join our growing team, please review the list of responsibilities and qualifications.
Responsibilities for senior administrator, systems
- Troubleshoot complex environments
- Ability to deep dive on technical problems and leverage available tools for resolution of complex problems
- Drive automation, self-service enablement, operational efficiency
- Support developers in an Agile software development environment, including responding to help requests filed via JIRA and modeling development best practices
- Resolve system emergencies with significant impact on the integrity of user data and systems, including participation in the on-call rotation
- Analyzes user’s requirements and high level system architectures to develop system requirements specifications
- Management and execution of desktop support the administration of the TEDAC Network
- Responsible for responding to a variety of system administration related requests
- Determine the best approach to addressing desk top related requests through the development of a system security plan and testing
- The Senior technical expert for MS applications design, development and management
Qualifications for senior administrator, systems
- In depth understanding of Storage Area Networks, including solutions from EMC (Clarion, VNX, VMAX, Data Domain)
- Experience with automation tools such as UCSD, VRealize, Puppet, Chef or Foreman
- Experience with scripting language such as BASH, PowerShell, Perl, Ruby, or Python
- Strong knowledge of physical and virtual infrastructure
- Strong knowledge of networking and enterprise data storage
- Working knowledge of monitoring and alerting best practices
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Job Description Example
Our company is hiring for a senior administrator, systems. If you are looking for an exciting place to work, please take a look at the list of qualifications below.
Responsibilities for senior administrator, systems
- Provide administrator support on Microsoft Windows and Linux Server based platforms
- Conduct a thorough analysis of each system to identify system shortcomings and anomalies
- Provide solutions to mitigate any discrepancies found in order to enhance system performance and stability
- Ensure that each of the systems are properly maintained and operational
- Must be available for O&M support 0600 to 1800 Monday through Friday, Eastern Time (ET), excluding Federal holidays
- Act as a liaison to the business segment, facilitating communication between Development, QA, Product Management, Technical Operations and Segment business leaders on new product releases, technical outages, and routine
- Provide operations and maintenance support for maintaining APPMS web-based Oracle/Sequel Server Databases
- Ensure the application software for APPMS is properly maintained to operate on current USACE hardware and interfaced/integrated with legacy systems
- Import ASCII delimited files into Oracle tables utilizing Oracle and SQL/PL
- Editing of script files and manipulation of data will be required
Qualifications for senior administrator, systems
- You are proficient web application administration (IIS, Apache, Tomcat)
- You have a solid understanding of database (MSSQL, MySQL, etc…)
- You understand and embrace the importance of communications and documentation
- You are committed to excellence in customer service
- Working knowledge of the TCP/IP protocol suite (e.g., ARP, IP, TCP, DNS, UDP, and SNMP) and associated operating system tools (snoop, tcpdump, traceroute)
- Experience with implementing and administering PowerVM virtualization technologies (Virtual I/O) on IBM System pSeries platform
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Job Description Example
Our company is looking to fill the role of senior administrator, systems. If you are looking for an exciting place to work, please take a look at the list of qualifications below.
Responsibilities for senior administrator, systems
- Tier 3 incident support
- Automate and refine platform to ensure optimal performance
- Coordinate, facilitate and contribute to the design and implementation of platform integrations, upgrades and expansions
- Expertise with implementations and support of MS Exchange, MS SCCM and Citrix
- Expertise with PowerShell scripting
- Experience with large enterprise systems
- Ensure that the infrastructure is developed and maintained and that preventative actions are carried out within acceptable timescales in line with internal and external SLA’s
- Ensure IT documentation is kept up to date any IT administration tasks and compliance to IT Policies and Procedures
- Engage in local and global projects (upgrade or implementation)
- Maintain backup infrastructure, review alerts and troubleshoot failed backups
Qualifications for senior administrator, systems
- 2+ years’ experience with white box
- 2+ years’ experience with software defined servers
- 2+ years’ experience with network defined servers
- Experience with Windows Server 2008, and 2012 and Desktop Operating systems Windows 7, 8, and preferably 10 and associated Microsoft Desktop applications
- Experience deploying and supporting some or all of the following applications
- Certifications in IT security such as Security+ would be advantageous
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Job Description Example
Our innovative and growing company is hiring for a senior administrator, systems. If you are looking for an exciting place to work, please take a look at the list of qualifications below.
Responsibilities for senior administrator, systems
- Attends meetings and interacts professionally with peers and management
- Participate in on-call rotation with other IT staff to support production and corporate sites
- Maintain accurate and current documentation of LAN technology installation settings, specifications, and floor plans
- Identify and analyze system requirements to develop detailed design specifications for data traffic and system enhancements
- Design, configure, and maintain system services within company infrastructure, monitoring the data communications to ensure system is available to all users
- Manage and oversee multiple projects/priorities simultaneously
- Maintains data files and control procedures for complex systems of networked computers or a single group of microcomputers linked to a host workstation
- Responsible for system security and data integrity that involves general troubleshooting, and communication with end users
- Anticipates impact of growth and changes in operations, and recommends design and/or process changes
- Participates in disaster recovery/business continuity planning including backup and recovery procedures and higher availability configurations
Qualifications for senior administrator, systems
- High level of proficiency in Linux and Centrify
- Five or more years of experience in the Information Technology field
- Requires Bachelor's degree and 5-7 years of related system engineering experience
- Experience with User administration and AD policies
- Knowledge of software upgrades procedures
- Prior experience in Dept
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Senior Administrator, Systems Job Description
Job Description Example
Our company is growing rapidly and is looking to fill the role of senior administrator, systems. We appreciate you taking the time to review the list of qualifications and to apply for the position. If you don’t fill all of the qualifications, you may still be considered depending on your level of experience.
Responsibilities for senior administrator, systems
- Primary owner and technical manager for all data centers, both on-site and co-located
- Provide systems administration, operational support & problem resolution for Linux based Applications & services with DevOps implementation practices
- Perform hardware & software installation/upgrades
- Install, configure & troubleshoot WebSphere products on Linux & Windows platforms
- Maintain product fixpacks & update installations including impact analysis, package automation scripting, & coordination to non-production & production environments, application testing & signoff
- Install, upgrade & troubleshoot BPM (Business Process Management) product & configure web client bindings, timeout values & SCA module component
- Write & maintain deployment scripts for new products or applications & configure existing deployment scripts for new domains or applications
- Monitor system performance & capacity & report changes in usage
- Forecast system demands, recommend upgrades, expansion & reconfiguration
- Troubleshoot hardware & software problems & take corrective action
Qualifications for senior administrator, systems
- Administration of NetApp storage appliance (FAS and E series) experience
- Use of monitoring and troubleshooting utilities
- Construction of concise and complete technical documentation and work instructions
- Moderate knowledge of design and installation of Windows multi-site environment
- 10-15 years of hands-on experience working in Windows server environments 2003,2008 and 2012
- 5 years hands-on experience administering VMWare