Position Purpose:

Provide Sr level Server Administration support in a virtualized environment.

Principle Duties and Responsibilities:

Essential Functions:

1. Install OS applications, daily system maintenance, applications integration, upgrades on Windows systems in a VMware virtualized environment .
2. Will work closely with network, application, and middleware teams to support product installations, customizations, and deployments .
3. Perform Active Directory Services administration and management to include design, cleanup and routine maintenance and configuration .
4. Will work closely with UNIX, OpenShift, Backup and Storage teams to support deployments .
5. Provide operations support to ensure high performance backup and data protection, universal availability and simplified management of complex systems and storage networks .
6. Supports, implements and maintains backup plans to ensure continuation of critical operations in the event of a disaster or recovery .
7. Operation, configuration, and troubleshooting of organization backup and data replication infrastructure .
8. Provide administration and support of the OpenShift platform .
9. Provide Administration and support of the Spectrum Protect (SP) and Spectrum Protect Plus (SPP) platform .
10. Perform Active Directory Services administration and management to include design, cleanup and routine maintenance and configuration .
11. Develop or lead oversight of update, documentation and management of GPOs across .
12. Develop and maintain user and technical documentation .
13. Create administrator and service accounts, maintain system documentation, tune system performance, and install enterprise wide software .
14. Monitor policies and standards for allocation related to use of computing resources .
15. Provide support including software updates and upgrades, backup and recovery, performance mgmt and capacity planning for the environment .
16. Collects and assesses information from the user community in software and hardware problem resolution .
17. Defining and tracking metrics and key performance indicators to raise the bar in team performance and customer service .
18. Reduce errors working with the other Windows administrators through process improvement and root cause analysis .
19. Produces support documentation on demand .
20. Help tune performance and ensure high availability of server infrastructure .
21. Assist developing and maintaining configuration management solutions .
22. Utilizes performance tools to help teams make the most out of the available infrastructure .
23. Demonstrate strong customer service skills to provide onsite technical support focusing on strong listening skills to gain accurate understanding of the situation, displaying a sense of urgency to resolve customer issues .

Perform other duties as assigned.

Other Requirements:

1. Experience with GPO creation and maintenance.
2. Hands on experience with VMware ESX, ESXi/vSphere, vCenter, vMotion, DRS, and additional virtualization technologies and concepts.
3. Understanding of enterprise storage technology to interface with storage administration group.
4. In depth experience and knowledge of Active Directory, Hyper-V, VMware, IIS, MS SQL, WSUS and AD Group Policy.

A credit history check from a national credit bureau will be conducted for all candidates for this position including new hires and current employees seeking promotion or transfer.