Senior System Administrator
Boston, MA, United States
Job Description
A Non-Profit client is looking for a talented Senior System Administrator. The Senior System Administrator role provides an exciting opportunity to be part of an IT infrastructure team responsible for supporting a wide range of technologies including core business systems such as Microsoft Dynamics 365 and SharePoint Online and systems administration tasks around disaster recovery and business continuity for the on-premises and cloud technology infrastructure. Responsibilities include active directory, back-ups, recovery, file permissions and maintenance, system OS and software upgrades, configuration, licensing, and support maintenance agreements.
Requirements
Maintain, monitor, and troubleshoot the availability, integrity, and performance of core business systems and applications and supporting infrastructure IT infrastructure: physical and virtual, on-premises, hosted, and in the cloud
Maintain, monitor, and troubleshoot system backups, preventing data loss for critical business systems and data
Create, test, and manage documentation, policies, procedures, and training plans for disaster recovery, high availability, and business continuity systems
Build new Windows servers and virtual servers on-premises and in PaaS
Maintain server rooms and assisted with network and server equipment upgrades and installations as well as environmental monitoring and office security systems
Identify, research, and resolve technical problems, working with infrastructure support resources and vendors-escalating infrastructure issues as needed
Perform updates, security patches, hardware and software firmware and packages, and security vulnerability mitigation tasks
Support IS Team business systems support requests and business system upgrades, including QA and testing of new system functionality
Manage and update licenses, support contracts, and hardware warranty expirations
Research emerging products, services, protocols, and standards in support of business priorities
Liaise with external IT infrastructure providers, vendors, and contractors
Qualifications and Skills 5+ years of related IT experience and various systems administration, including Microsoft on-premises and Azure technologies
Experience supporting physical servers and Hyper-V-based virtual environments
Experience supporting firewalls, DNS, SANs, and IP-based networks
Experience supporting infrastructure needs of business applications, including Dynamics 365 and SharePoint
Benefits Flexible work life balance
401K
500 dollar home work station reimbursement
Cell phone reimbursement
Paid learning opportunity
Student Loan Assistance