Description
Job Title: Systems Administrator
Type: Contract - 6 months
Location: Pequot Lakes, MN
The Systems Administrator role is responsible for the support and administration of corporate IT Infrastructure systems located in North America. This person will also be responsible for performing daily system administration tasks to ensure maximum system performances and availability.
Client information:
Our client currently ranks as a worldwide leader in their product with a preeminent position in their products line. They offer the broadest portfolio of products and services in their industry. The company has over 5,000 employees, 600 Full time professionals dedicated to R&D, and operations in 30 countries across five continents - reinforcing the company's commitment to provide products that are empowering the next generation of cutting edge technology and relevant social discussions.
Primary Responsibilities of the Systems Administrator:
- Perform installation and maintenance of server operating systems and management of user accounts.
- Perform installation, maintenance and support of Microsoft Hyper-V host Servers.
- Respond to alerts and notifications for systems from Solarwinds monitoring tool.
- Manage and support iSCSI storage environment, including: Servers, Switches and storage arrays.
- Maintain OS patching for critical and non-critical Servers.
- Weekly maintenance of FCS role to manage Anti-virus environment.
- Perform periodic hardware and software system maintenance.
- Perform maintenance and support for Microsoft Active Directory.
- Maintain and support DFS and file services.
- Maintain and support print services.
- Design, code, and maintain PowerShell scripts.
- Perform basic layer 2/3 troubleshooting.
Requirements:
- 1-3 years of experience with Microsoft operating systems with heavy emphasis on Windows 2008 R2 Server
- Advanced level of technical experience and the ability to understand overall system architecture and design, the interactions of software, hardware and user activity to be able to troubleshoot problems across all subsystems.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Microsoft certifications a plus
- Any network certifications a plus
Synergis is a woman-owned company that serves a myriad of clients across nearly all industries, from start-ups to Fortune 100 companies. The outcomes of these relationships are demonstrated in a growing list of more than 300 clients and industry recognitions by Inc. magazine and the Atlanta Business Chronicle.
From its foundation in 1997, Synergis has been successfully recruiting and placing IT professionals in all areas of information technology. Recently named the Best Place to Work in Atlanta by the Atlanta Business Chronicle, Synergis has been successfully recruiting and placing IT professionals for over 10 years. For more information about Synergis, please visit the company website.
Synergis is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer.