Senior Systems Administrator

Overview

Job Function – Prepare financial reports, developed budgets, and performed variance analysis in accordance with business plan expectation. Compile periodic financial reporting packages for senior management. Oversee general accounting functions, including AR/AP, account reconciliation, and cash management. Administer all financial management systems, evaluating and integrating new applications.

Responsibilities

MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES

Basic Function – Ensure the smooth operation of the organization’s voice, data, and security infrastructure in order to provide maximum performance and availability for the system’s users through design, configuration, ongoing management, and support of Standard Parking’s corporate infrastructure spanning multiple locations across the United States.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

Provide Second/Third tier desktop & application support for all Standard Parking applications, computers, and printers
Generate documentation and provide training to the Help Desk Team to help drive continuous improvement in end user support
Train and mentor junior members of the IT team
Take a proactive approach to network and systems management so as to address problems before the user community is affected
Perform day to day management of networks and systems, as assigned by IT management, without causing interruptions in service
Perform hardware and software builds of networks and systems, as assigned by IT management
Follow formal change management processes for all modifications to the production environment
Responsible for following procedures in support of Sarbanes-Oxley, SAS70, PCI, and other relevant auditing standards
Maintain systems and solutions documentation suitable for knowledge transfer with other IT staff
Work on call, off hours, and rotational shifts, as required, in the support of IT operations
Work with IT management and technical team members in the design, build, and deployment of systems and applications
Provide technical expertise and guidance, to IT management, with regard to any systems/applications that fall under sphere of influence
Consult/work with end users to determine challenges and come to either meaningful or repeatable solutions
Work with Business and Technical Analysis, as well as direct business owners in the development and support of corporate business systems and tools
Support and maintain server clusters and HA environments
Design/build/maintain storage area network platforms
Design/build/maintain enterprise backup and disaster recovery solutions
Maintain and support cloud and hosted applications and systems
Play a primary role in determining and conducting systems and infrastructure upgrades
Act in a leadership role, mentoring and developing junior systems administrators

Qualifications

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

Education/Experience Required: Bachelor’s degree in Information Systems, or related field preferred. Approximately 5-9 years experience in LAN/WAN support in a fast paced environment that may be subject to compliance audits. Experience with corporate IT support of over 100 server systems as well as experience with formal change management process. Strong understanding of networking protocols such as TCP/IP, DHCP, DNS, and others.

Communication Skills: Excellent verbal, written, and customer service skills as well as team leadership skills and experience. Ability to be proactive in seeking out problems and resolutions.

Additional Requirements: Ability to work as part of a team, or independently, to drive projects and work to completion. Strong organizational and time management skills. Ability to lift up to 50lbs and to travel 5-10%. Knowledge in following technologies:

Windows Workstation XP and 7
LANDesk
Kaspersky antivirus
Batch files, Powershell, and MS VBScript
Windows Server 2003, 2008, and 2012
VMWare ESX
Citrix Xen Desktop
Citrix Netscaler
Argent Monitoring
Equalogic storage platform
Google Apps
Amazon cloud services
Debian, CentOS, and RedHat Linux

Experience with unix/linux operating systems, experience in project management, having industry relevant certifications (CCNP, MCSE, etc), and experience with Amazon and hosted platforms is a plus.

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