20076 – System Administrator III
Location – West Point, GA
PURPOSE
The System Administrator III:
- Installs, configures, and supports the organization's networks (e.g., LAN, WAN).
- Maintains systems, applications, security, and network configurations. The System Admin III maintains all firewalls, switch stacks, switches, and routers as well as network hardware.
- Monitors network performance, conduct analysis / testing, and ensure secure and reliable operation.
- Manages firewall and backup solutions, resolve connectivity issues and service disruptions, tests the network for weakness, and create and maintain a disaster recovery plan.
- Evaluates new network systems and applications and recommends upgrades, patches, new applications, and equipment.
- Provides technical support and guidance to users.
Essential Functions
- Design, configure, implement and maintain firewalls, virtual private networks, intrusion detection and prevention systems.
- Design, configure, implement and maintain systems including VMWare and Hyper-V virtual server hosts, Linux and Windows servers.
- Manages/Maintains Domain Policies, DNS, DHCP and other integrated systems.
- Develop and maintain documentation of the systems and network architecture.
- Perform after-hours implementations, maintenance, and problem resolution as required. Some weekend work is required.
- Ability to work well with little supervision.
- Support and maintain systems backup and recovery processes.
- Maintain a thorough understanding of the basics behind the Internet and its workings (DNS, Security, IP Routing, HTTP, VPN, Email Routing, SPAM, etc.)
- Maintain network security.
- Design, configure, implement and maintain firewalls, virtual private networks, intrusion detection and prevention systems.
- Design, configure, implement and maintain systems including VMWare and Hyper-V virtual server hosts, Linux and Windows servers.
- Manages/Maintains Domain Policies, DNS, DHCP and other integrated systems.
- Develop and maintain documentation of the systems and network architecture.
- Perform after-hours implementations, maintenance, and problem resolution as required.
- Some weekend work is required.
- Support and maintain systems backup and recovery processes
- Maintain a thorough understanding of the basics behind the Internet and its workings (DNS, Security, IP Routing, HTTP, VPN, Email Routing, SPAM, etc.)
- Maintain network security.
Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities and activities may change at any time with or without notice.
Job Requirements
- Bachelor Degree in Computer Science/Engineering, or IT Related disciplines.
- Experience with ITIL best practices preferred
- 7 years of large scale web site systems administrations experience
- High volume, consumer website experience
- Automotive experience a plus
- Thorough knowledge of IT environments, technologies, system hosting infrastructure and their platforms
- Strong Experience administering high volume web applications on Microsoft Windows servers, IIS and .Net framework# # Strong experience administering high volume Linux servers
- Experience with open source technologies
- Experience with Database Technologies (SQL Server, Oracle, MySql)
- Network configuration experience with firewalls and load balancers.
- Experience with release management processes
- Experienced with integrating web components such as CDN & CMS
- Cloud computing (AWS, OpenStack) a plus
- Experience with various networking protocols, TCP/IP, DNS, NIS, LDAP & NFS
- Must have scripting background
- Strong communication, customer relationship, organizational and follow through skills; technical documentation and positive attitude
- Working knowledge of networking, load balancer and Cisco equipment is a very strong
- VMWare Virtual Center highly preferred
- Technical certifications a plus
Salary Range - $100,000 - $105,000 plus fantastic benefits package
