Windows Systems Administrator Job Description Template
Our company is looking for a Windows Systems Administrator to join our team.
Responsibilities:
- Acquire, configure and maintain development, test and production servers;
- The position is for a primary day shift (8-10 hours per day). Participation in a team 24×7 weekly rotation is part of the role;
- Maintain data files and monitor system configuration to ensure data integrity;
- Liaise with vendors and other IT personnel for problem resolution;
- Write and maintain custom scripts to increase system efficiency and lower the human intervention time on any tasks;
- Answering questions about installation, operation, configuration, customization and usage of assigned products installed on Windows 10 Computers;
- Incident identification, root cause analysis and resolution;
- Specific support consists of troubleshooting hardware, software, and network related issues encountered by users;
- You will manage user access and system performance;
- Operate and maintain all Production, Pre-Production, and Development systems in a Windows environment;
- Perform complex system administration of 500+ servers;
- Supporting assess management tracking of inventory;
- You will monitor and update the Windows codebase;
- You will troubleshoot system and server errors;
- Onsite troubleshooting, customer problem investigation, and technical assistance to computer system users.
Requirements:
- Ability to build and optimize data center/enterprise hardware and infrastructure (HP / NetApp / Cisco Preferred);
- A minimum of three years of relevant technical experience in Windows 2008 R2 and higher;
- Storage – Netapp Ontap / Veritas Netbackup;
- Experience with SCOM VMWare Configuration Management;
- Proficient in completing daily assignments and project activities with great attention to detail and a high degree of accuracy;
- Experience with Chef, VMware vSphere, AWS, or Azure is a plus;
- Hands on knowledge of the Windows operating system environment;
- Knowledge of enterprise backup principles, techniques, & software (e.g., CommVault);
- Analyzing, troubleshooting and resolving system OS, software, and performance issues;
- Five years of relevant technical experience performing mid-level systems administration activities;
- Active Directory;
- Working knowledge of File Server Administration (clustering a plus);
- At least 5 years of system admin experience;
- Intermediate PowerShell scripting;
- Knowledge of building and maintaining an offline Windows Server Update Services (WSUS) server.