IT Senior Systems Administrator Greeley, CO

Job Description
The Senior Systems Administrator role is to ensure the efficient operation and security compliance of the companys data centers Microsoft Azure systems client and job centralized servers databases and equipment. This role will also lead and direct IT systems engineering specialist teams in building managing supporting and maintaining solutions according to departmental policy.

Key Responsibilities
Aids the IT Infrastructure Manager in the development of IT strategies in collaboration with the other IT team members with specific focus on infrastructure service delivery and life cycle management
Implements and maintains policies and procedures set by the IT leadership
Deploys manages and maintains the enterprises infrastructure Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery Plan set by the IT Infrastructure manager and IT leadership
Prepares and ensures accuracy of documentation procedures manuals and help sheets for all IT infrastructure systems
Designs and implements redundant systems policies and procedures for disaster recovery and data archiving to ensure effective protection and integrity of data assets
Helps plan maintain and improve BCDR (Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery) policies Conduct research and make recommendations on data center products services protocols and standards in support of procurement and development efforts
Oversees new and existing equipment hardware and software upgrades
Interacts and negotiates with vendors outsourcers and contractors to secure network cloud and data center products and services
IT infrastructure: You can design implement administer and support infrastructure technologies solutions and services such as: computing storage networking physical infrastructure software COTS and open-source packages and solutions and virtual and cloud computing including IaaS PaaS and SaaS
Information security: You understand information security and the types of security controls that can be used to mitigate security threats within solutions and services
Modern standards approach: You use a modern standard approach competently and guide others in so doing
Ownership and initiative: You can own an issue until a new owner has been found or the problem has been mitigated or resolved
Problem solving: You can initiate and monitor actions to investigate patterns and trends to resolve problems including consulting specialists where required. You can determine the appropriate remedy and assists with implementation of it as well as preventative measures
Service focus: You take inputs and establish coherent frameworks that work
Systems design: You design systems characterized by medium levels of risk impact and business or technical complexity. You select appropriate design standards methods and tools and ensure they are applied effectively. You review the systems designs of others to ensure selection of appropriate technology efficient use of resources and integration of multiple systems and technology.
Systems integration: You can define the integration build. You can coordinate build activities across systems and understand how to undertake and support integration-testing activities.
Technical understanding (Infrastructure engineer): You can explain the technical concepts required in the role and understand how these fit into the wider technical landscape
Testing: You can review requirements specifications and define test conditions. You can identify issues and risks associated with work while being able to analyze and report test activities and results.