Description
Beacon Hill Technologies has a 6 month contract opportunity for a System Administrator.
Responsibilities/Duties/Functions/Tasks:
- Monitors systems to assess performance, identify malfunctions, and determine the root cause of problems.
- Installation, configuration, and maintenance of Windows Server.
- Act as an escalation point for Help Desk and Desktop Support.
- Identifies, researches, and resolves technical issues and responds to phone calls, emails, and personnel requests for support.
- Learn the company network topology and provide monitoring of Real Time status of production Servers and network infrastructure equipment.
- Follow standards, problem management, and change control procedures.
- Review and action on error logs.
- Coordinate vendor related activities and replace all field serviceable components for failed production hardware.
- Maintain and support Microsoft Exchange, Active Directory, and other enterprise services.
- Design, script, and implement solutions to automate daily IT tasks using tools such as PowerShell.
- Continual process improvement.
- Maintains a positive work environment for the team, customers, and vendors.
- Complete all required training applicable to assigned position.
- Additional duties as requested or required.
Qualifications:
- Associate degree information systems, or a related field.
- 2 years relevant industry experience to include increasing levels of responsibility, or an equivalent combination of education, training, and experience.
- Working knowledge of Windows Server 2008, VMware vSphere, Active Directory, and Server Hardware.
- Understanding of the following technology concepts: networking, SAN/NAS storage, Infrastructure Services (file/print/DNS/DHCP).
- Must be able to communicate technical information in a user-friendly and understandable fashion to a diverse audience.
- Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions.
- Requires knowledge implementation and maintenance of information systems.
Hands on experience on the following technology a plus:
- desktop virtualization, MDT/SCCM deployment tools, SAN/NAS technologies, and PowerShell.
Qualified candidates, please apply to (see below) for immediate consideration.