IntePros is looking for a
Sr. Systems Administrator for our Client in Thornton, CO. This is a full-time opportunity to join a driven, tenured Infrastructure Team.
This is primarily an onsite role - candidates much be located in the Denver/Front Range.
Candidates must be authorized to work in the U.S. without sponsorship - NO EXCEPTIONS.
The Senior Systems Administrator assumes a leadership role in ensuring the functionality and operation of our client’s IT systems, equipment, and infrastructure. This role encompasses the implementation, maintenance, and operation of enterprise systems. It involves providing technical guidance in areas like capacity planning, security configuration, functional and technical design, as well as the resolution of complex issues. Additionally, this position performs and supervises tasks related to testing, implementation, maintenance, documentation, and development of operation and maintenance policies and procedures. This position works in collaboration with principal systems architects, business systems owners, IT stakeholders, and IT leadership to fulfill objectives to operate and maintain systems and infrastructure in a manner that meets District business requirements.
Ideal Candidates Will Have
- Strong VMware and Windows Server experience in an enterprise environment with an emphasis on a cybersecurity-centric approach.
- Experience with any of the following: data center micro-segmentation systems, security services including WAF, Firewall, SIEM/Infrastructure Monitoring Software is an advantage.
- Experience with Google applications or similar experience in Microsoft Office 365/Azure Workspace.
- Highly collaborative solution-oriented approach, being able to work closely within the Infrastructure Team and responsively across IT and the District to provide high availability with good customer service.
Key Areas of Responsibility
- Analyze, plan, secure, implement, maintain and troubleshoot all centralized Datacenter Infrastructure including servers, virtualization, storage, backup and recovery, and networking.
- Ensure the infrastructure is supported in a way that achieves a high level of availability and resilience, meeting defined service level and business requirements.
- Resolve complex network and server technical issues escalated by users and IT staff.
- Perform capacity planning, resilience assurance, vulnerability analysis, business continuity / disaster recovery testing, and incident response to maintain business system readiness.
- Administer, troubleshoot, implement, and maintain enterprise security measures to restrict unauthorized or inappropriate use of resources and data.
- Develop and adhere to written, electronic, and physical means to enforce policies, procedures, and practices.
- Provide technical expertise and makes enterprise recommendations related to standards, security, projects, implementations and rollouts, etc.
- Act as an organizational interface with vendors to learn about new systems / products and how they could best be utilized.
- Collaborate stakeholders to develop and support infrastructure to meet Service Level Agreements allowing our client to meet its objectives and improve the customer experience with IT.
Qualifications/Experience
- Bachelor’s degree in computer science or equivalent major preferred or 4 years of similar and relevant experience may be substituted for this requirement
- 5+ years of experience in the installation and maintenance of Enterprise Network and Server management
