Guaynabo, PR - IT System Administrator

Job Description

Job Description

Location: Guaynabo, PR

IT System Administrator its responsible for the technical security, design, planning, implementation, and the highest level of performance tuning and recovery procedures for mission critical enterprise systems. Serves as a technical lead to oversee the company’s assigned technical team and all daily tasks and initiatives they undertake, report progress, identify risks, and develop work plans. You should be able to work with your team and inspire them to reach area goals. Serves as a technical expert in system administration for complex operating systems. Recommends the redesign and configuration of operating systems and system applications. Investigates and analyzes feasibility of system requirements and develops system specifications. Identifies methods, solutions, and provides project leadership and management to provide a high level of service to the customers of the department.

Responsibilities:

• Participate in the installation, testing, upgrading (both software and hardware) and retirement of storage, backup, and server equipment.
• Creating network policies and authorization roles and defending against unauthorized access, modifications, and destruction.
• Ensuring security and efficiency of IT infrastructure. Responsible for the network software, hardware, such as servers, switches, backup systems, and firewalls. They are also responsible for the network services, such as email configuration, file management, and security.
• Participates on creating and updating of network policies and authorization roles and defending against unauthorized access, modifications, and destruction.
• Monitor and report on processes, uptime, performance, security, utilization, and capacity of equipment.
• Maintain up to date knowledge on the most recent storage, backup, and server equipment technologies.
• Participate in equipment capacity planning efforts and perform development and testing of new equipment architectures.
• Coordinate with ISO vulnerability and penetration tests, identifying and defending against threats, and developing disaster recovery plans.
• Execute and monitor server equipment backups to ensure company data and applications are safeguarded and can be restored to establish normal operation after an incident or disaster.
• Implement continuous improvements (upgrades and patches) to ensure equipment is preventively maintained, running properly, and protected from computer viruses and/or other security threats.

Required: 

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science/Engineering or equivalent work experience.
• Prior experience supporting Data Centers Operations, Monitoring, Capacity Planning, Servers, Storage, Microsoft Suite, Databases, Network, Security, Backup Solutions and Strategic Roadmaps.

***Equal Opportunity Employer M/F/V/D***