Job Ttile: Senior System Administrator Location: Port Washington/Mequon, WI Type: Full-Time, Permanent or Contract to Hire (CTH is preferred) Experience: 7+ Years Rate: $50 to $60 per hour on W2 (salary conversion from $90 to $110K)
Important Note - You will be required to be onsite three days a week with two days remote. We will not consider candidates that need to relocate, and will will not accept candidates from Corp to Corp companies, nor anyone that requires sponsorship now or in the future. You as the Senior Systems Administrator will join out team to assist with day-to-day support for multiple clients' IT environments including resolving tickets, patching, escalations, troubleshooting, PC deployments, etc. This person will use strong end user and PC support skills to troubleshoot PC issues both remotely and onsite. In addition, this person must have advanced server administration capabilities, VCenter, backup and Azure knowledge to build, maintain, and ensure security needs are met. The Senior Systems Administrator will interact with our clients using excellent verbal and written communication skills and document all work.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities
*Serve as a technical focal point for other System Administrators by either resolving or assisting them with difficult technology incidents.
* Eliminate recurring issues through root cause analysis and remediation.
*Resolve a wide range of tickets, i.e., server, application, network, laptops/desktops, configuration of Windows Active Directory, Group Policy, file and print services.
*Build and configure hardware, peripherals, and services in accordance with standards and project requirements.
*Troubleshoot, repair, configure, and deploy workstations, servers, VPN, printers, switches, routers, peripherals, and software packages.
*Perform software installations, configuration, upgrades, troubleshooting, and performance tuning from multiple vendors and systems.
*Perform proactive daily client checks and remediate any discrepancies discovered.
*Test new equipment, image operating systems, perform data backups, and complete restores.
*Monitor performance and maintain systems according to established SLA's
*Ensure server patching and backup schedules are maintained and documented.
*Support after hours on-call on a rotating basis.
*Ability to deliver professional and personable onsite and remote support. Qualifications
*Solid level of critical thinking, root cause analysis and problem-solving skills with commonly used concepts, practices, procedures, and tools used in supporting and maintaining Windows based solutions.
*Excellent communication and customer service skills with the ability to work with minimal supervision in a fast-pace environment.
*Desire to learn, grow, and enhance our teams' abilities. Minimum 5+ years IT experience with IT administration and support experience with windows administration and management of servers, O365, One Drive, Azure, Active Directory, DHCP, DNS, Group Policy, and RDS
*Strong background virtualization including but not limited to ESXi and VCenter
*Previous Experience in a fast-paced consulting or MSP environment
*Solid knowledge of backup solutions and network storage solutions.
*Basic knowledge of network services: WAN and LAN connectivity, routers, firewalls, and security
*Core understanding of information security best practices and networking fundamentals.
*Tier 2 and 3 desktop support experience Desired Skills and Experience Windows server, O365, Intune, VMware, One Drive, Azure, Active Directory, DHCP, DNS, Group Policy, RDS, networking, SAN, WAN, LAN