Network System Resource / Admin

Job Title : Network/System Admin

Location: Remote

Duration: / Term:  6+ months / Contract

Job Description:

Experience Desired: 10+ Years.

Qualifications:

• Networking (Switching, Routing, Firewall)
• Network management & Troubleshooting: Administer and optimize network performance and capabilities in a Cisco infrastructure, including switching, routing, firewalls
• System Admin

Responsibilities:

• Infrastructure Administration: Involves deploying, and maintaining server infrastructure while optimizing virtualization technologies, primarily VMWare. This includes executing server builds, encompassing operating system and application installation and configuration.
• Network Management and Troubleshooting: Administer and optimize network performance and capabilities in a Cisco infrastructure, including switching, routing, firewalls and DNS.
• Load Balancing: Experience with F5 web application firewalls, including setting up new sites and configuring iRules.
• Participate in infrastructure projects, ensuring on-time completion and adherence to designs.
• Perform capacity planning to anticipate resource needs and ensure infrastructure scalability to accommodate future growth.
• System Monitoring: Assist with proactive system monitoring tools, monitoring system performance, capacity, and availability, and promptly responding to alerts to resolve issues effectively.
• Web Server administration: Experience with web server administration including installations, configuration, optimizing performance, administering certificates,
• System Services Administration: Administers SFTP servers, terminal services, Active Directory, and Group Policy, ensuring compliance with organizational standards.
• Azure ADFS: Responsible for the administration of Azure Active Directory Federation Services (ADFS), configuration and management of SSO for cloud-based applications and troubleshooting ADFS-related issues.
• Terminal Services Administration: Administers terminal servers, managing user access, application deployment, and performance tuning, while monitoring and resolving terminal services issues.
• Active Directory Administration: Manages and maintains Active Directory infrastructure, including user and group management, domain services, and security policies, troubleshooting Active Directory-related issues, and implementing security best practices.
• Patch Management: Experience with patch automation of windows and third-party patches. SCCM experience preferred.
• Windows scripting: Experience writing and running PowerShell scripts to automate tasks including Employee on-boarding, off-boarding, email management and server management.

Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field (or equivalent work experience).
• Experience with PowerShell scripting.
• In-depth knowledge of VMWare virtualization technologies.
• Strong understanding of networking concepts and protocols.
• Proficiency in system monitoring tools, such as What's Up Gold (WUG) or similar.
• Experience with web server administration.
• Experience with Azure ADFS and SFTP administration.
• Proficiency in Terminal Services administration
• Expertise in Active Directory administration, including group management and security policies.
• Excellent communication and teamwork abilities.
• Ability independently to work in a fast-paced and dynamic environment.