System Administrator
Location: Tallahassee FL 32399(Onsite)
Contract Duration: 12 Months
Telecommuting: The candidate must reside in Tallahassee or the surrounding area and report in office 5 days a week.
Work Hours: Flexibility to work hours between 7:00 AM & 7:00 PM after hours weekends and either on a rotation or as part of a regular and oncall work schedule.
The Systems Administrator will be responsible for working on projects systems and/or issues of medium to high complexity and will be expected to provide daily operations support maintenance and administration for Servers.
2 3 years experience with: Server 2012 Rand 2022
2 3 years IIS Administration experience
Job Description:
We are looking for a System Administrator to play a key role in assisting the oversight management troubleshooting and of cloud services and platforms to support the infrastructure applications data and other business needs. This position will be fulltime and onsite in Tallahassee FL.
What Youll Do:
- Adding and removing individuals from the list of authorized users archiving files overseeing password protection and other security measures and monitoring usage of shared resources
- Architect design facilitate lead coordinate and direct technology initiatives on multiple fronts across a variety of disparate areas within the organization
- This could include Infrastructure administration application development data management & analytics cybersecurity external hosting identity and access management infrastructure network security hardening privacy and compliance
- Oversight and management of Microsoft 365 environments and other Microsoft platforms identity platforms and a multicloud environment. Selects develops integrates and implements network management applications for Internet components
- The Systems Administrator will be responsible for working on projects systems and/or issues of medium to high complexity and will be expected to provide daily operations support maintenance and administration for Servers
- Support and expand DOT infrastructure
- Coordinate server configuration and administration with multiple parties
- Make recommendations for future server and software upgrades
- Monitor systems and applications to ensure security availability and performance
- Establish systems by evaluating network performance issues including availability utilization throughput goodput and latency; planning and executing the selection installation configuration and testing of equipment; defining network policies and procedures; establishing connections and firewalls
- Maintains network and systems performance by performing systems monitoring and analysis and performance tuning; troubleshooting systems and application problems; escalating problems to vendor
- Build and manage relationships in a matrixed environment
- Find opportunities to refactor solutions to obtain better performance cost and efficiency
- Create and manage Azure DevOps projects git repositories and pipelines
- Oversee and configure Azure DevOps organizational settings
- Recommend and assist with the building and hosting of complex application solutions
- Understand deploy and manage Microsoft Azure and/or other cloud services
- Understand deploy and manage Microsoft Power Platform
- Understand and manage Microsoft 365 services
- Supports other IT staff including developers
What Youll Need Required:
- This position requires ownership of complex issues in order to support Department business
- Bachelors Degree or technical institute degree in Computer Science Information Systems or other related field. Or equivalent work experience
- 2 3 years experience with: Server 2012 Rand 2022
- 2 3 years IIS Administration experience
- 2 3 years of network communications experience including TCP/IP and DNS Samba/CIFS file sharing and NTFS permissions
- 3 5 years of IT work experience in infrastructure/network environments in systems operations support maintenance and administration
- 5 8 years of professional experience in information systems engineering or another related field is required
- Strong analytical skills to determine an organizations needs develop strategies to meet those needs and evaluate effectiveness
- Ability to categorize work set priorities and determine short and/or longterm goals and strategies to achieve them
- Ability to troubleshoot and diagnose problems effectively regardless of technology platform
- Ability to document and automate administrative tasks to reduce manual work
- Ability to context switch between multiple subjects & tasks
- Ability to effectively communicate and share knowledge with others
- Proficiency in working in a fastpaced complex and dynamic business environment
- Proficiency in networking principles and cloudbased network architectures
- Indepth knowledge of Microsoft Azure Services
- Indepth knowledge of Microsoft Server products
- Indepth knowledge of Microsoft 365 services
- Indepth knowledge of Microsoft Power Platform
- Indepth knowledge of Linux (Redhat and Ubuntu)
- Strong grasp of IT infrastructure and application development technology and architectures
- Strong grasp of Linux administration including Linux patching
- Knowledge of assessment and analytical processes and practices
- Skilled in strategic planning
- Skilled in researching compiling and analyzing data to report findings and develop improvement solutions
- Skilled in system administration and hosting across a wide range of solutions
- Ability to research identify and implement innovative solutions.
- Able to be trusted with sensitive information
- Experienced at working both independently and in a teamoriented collaborative environment
- Advanced interpersonal written and oral communication skills
- Ability to conduct research into issues and topics as assigned
- Can conform to shifting priorities demands and timelines through analytical and problemsolving capabilities
- Must be able to learn understand and apply new things quickly
- Highly selfmotivated and directed
- Proven analytical and creative problemsolving abilities
- Ability to effectively prioritize and execute tasks in a highpressure environment
Preferred:
- 2 3 years of strong professional experience in Microsoft Azure cloud systems is highly desired
- 2 3 years of experience with other cloud providers such as AWS or GCP is highly desired
- 2 3 years of professional experience in the administration of Microsoft software is highly desired
- 3 5 years of professional experience supporting middleware such as API Management IT Service Automation tools and batch job services is highly desired
Physical Demands:
- Ability to safely and successfully perform the essential job functions consistent with the ADA and other federal state and local standards
- Sedentary work that involves sitting or remaining stationary most of the time with occasional need to move around the office to attend meetings etc.
- Ability to conduct repetitive tasks on a computer utilizing a mouse keyboard and monitor
Server 2012 R2, 2016, 2019, and 2022,IIS Administration experience