Job Description :
Title : Systems Administrator
Location : San Francisco, CA. 94105 (Hybrid – Onsite 3 days per week)
Duration : 3+ months contract with possibility of extension
Pay range : $75 - $82 per hr. on W2.
Preferred top skill sets : Systems Engineering experience in enterprise setting either as a tech support engineer or IT systems admin
Must have skills : Proven experience (7-10 years) in systems engineering or administration in the Enterprise Services space and Knowledge of monitoring and logging tools for system performance and troubleshooting.
About the role :
- Contribute to the overall success of the IT Operations organization by providing oversight and improvement of corporate IT infrastructure platform and by streamlining recurring administrative efforts.
- Interface daily with other IT technical staff, working on assignments and delivering services related in the area of responsibility.
- This position will require 24x7 coverage and response to systems alerts during 'on-call' periods.
- The Systems Administrator must be receptive to management coaching to increase his / her individual and teams effectiveness.
Additional Responsibilities :
Participate in technology evaluations, related projects, and make recommendations;Help resolve complex IT issues;Maintain systems patch levels proactively;Demonstrate enterprise compliance to standards with objectively using metrics;Respond to and remediate systems incidents;Write installation scripts and programs for installation of products;Develop and maintain hardened systems configuration standards and conventions;Configure systems and tools to automate manual tasks through scripting and scheduling;Make use of command scripting and scheduling to reduce errors;Ensure enterprise changes are tracked and controlled Document standards, best practices and policies for Windows / Linux / Solaris server platforms;Field escalated support requests from groups including : Network Engineering, Systems Engineering, Infrastructure Operations, IT NOC, Desktop Support, GSD, Information Security, Data Warehouse, Application Support, Tech Operations and other.Required Skills / Experience :
This position requires someone who is smart, learns quickly, hardworking and thrives in a fast paced team environment;Requires a Bachelors degree and 6-8 years combined experience within technical support, network administration, systems engineering and security administration;Must have effective oral and written communications skills and the ability to work successfully with others;Strong analytical / problem solving skills, ability to provide alternatives, root cause analysis, testing skills and ability to make thoughtful proposals are also among the skills required;Must have practical experience with network, systems and storage management implementation, troubleshooting, change management and root cause analysis;Must possess hands-on experience with later Wintel / Sun / Linux / VMWare platform hardware and software;Ability to travel : Travel periodically within 50 miles of home office and occasionally to the San Francisco, Bay Area.Day to Day :
Monitor slack channels for ticket management and issue troubleshootingDesired Skills :
Experience with mission critical systems management in a large global organization;Proficiency with two or more management suites from vendors including : Dell, EMC, NetApp, Cisco, HP, VMWare, Symantec, APC;Microsoft enterprise technologies administration expertise including : Exchange, AD / GPO, MS SQL;Data replication and acceleration solutions. Web 2.0 technologies, software development, license metering, asset management, scripting;One or more industry certifications including but not limited to MCSE, RHCE, VCP. Prior experience with salesforce.com application.