Enterprise Systems Administrator

ENTERPRISE SYSTEMS ADMINISTRATOR (CONTRACT TO HIRE)

RATE: $45HR - $53HR

LOCATION: REMOTE (LOCAL TO PHOENIX, DALLAS, OR VIRGINIA)

6 MONTH CONTRACT TO HIRE

Active Directory, Hyper V, DNS and Azure;
good team experience, communication and writing skills, specifically documentation.

This role helps maintain reliable, secure, and well-documented infrastructure services its operating companies, including implementation support, troubleshooting, operational coordination, vendor follow-up, and day-to-day administration under the direction of senior IT leadership.

Essential Duties & Responsibilities

- Support and maintain assigned data center, Azure, Microsoft 365, and related technology solutions.

- Assist with upgrades, configuration changes, monitoring, and incident response for data center and cloud solutions to support reliability, security, functionality, and performance.

- Research, monitor, and evaluate relevant technologies, trends, and operational improvements;
provide input, documentation, and observations to support management review.

- Assist with hardware and software procurement activities, renewals, inventory updates, and service/support agreement tracking.

- Coordinate with Desktop Support staff, vendors, and partners to help resolve assigned issues and complete infrastructure-related tasks.

- Apply working knowledge of storage, backup, network, security, and compute platforms to support assigned systems and issue resolution.

- Collaborate with administrators and support teams at Corporate and Divisional levels to share information, follow standards, and resolve assigned technical issues.

Qualifications

- B.A. / B.S. or equivalent experience required

- Four to six years minimum experience with Active Directory, DNS, VMware, Microsoft Hyper-V, Microsoft Azure, Microsoft 365, Cisco technologies, and Microsoft and Linux operating systems.

- Experience with server, storage, and backup hardware platforms such as Cisco UCS, Dell, IBM, NetApp, EMC, Nimble, Pure, Exagrid, or similar technologies.

- Experience with backup solutions such as Cohesity, Veeam, or similar platforms.

- Effectively communicate and interact with personnel at all levels of the company.

- Must be capable of delivering a very high level of customer service.

- Possess a strong sense of urgency and understand that time-sensitive issues require prompt attention.