Senior System Administrator

Distributed Infrastructure Design, Configuration and Deployment Support

Purpose: Support the design, configuration and deployment of Windows Server 2008/2012 Managed Member Servers (MMSs), Failover Servers (FS1s) and Application Managed Servers (AMSs).

10 + years experience highly preferred

• Install, configure and administer Windows Server 2012.
• Configure advanced Windows Server 2012 roles and services.
• Maintain existing Windows Server 2008 R2 Branch Office infrastructure configuration.
• Install and configure the Hyper-V Server role.
• Deploy and manage a server virtualization environment using Microsoft technologies.
• Coordinate Branch Office server hardware, OS and backup software deployment/refreshment projects.
• System Center product knowledge including Data Protection Manager and Virtual Machine Manager.
• Use Windows PowerShell for administering and automating administration of Windows based servers.
• Proficiency using Windows PowerShell to automate the management and configuration of virtual infrastructure environments.
• Troubleshoot network protocols.
• Formulate conclusions about the state of the virtualization environment using a third party.
• Monitoring and reporting tools.
• Develop methodologies and practices to manage and plan system capacity based on projected growth rate to ensure that system performance remains at acceptable levels.
• Develop and execute high availability, disaster recovery and failover technology as it pertains to physical and virtual server environments.
• Implement backup and restore strategies for virtual machines.
• Knowledge of networking technologies used in a virtual environment.
• Deploy server images and templates.
• Knowledge of Microsoft’s Distributed File System (DFS).
• Communicate technical procedures and processes to non-technical users.
• Work with teams, vendors and consultants to determine strategy for complex system changes, upgrades and implementations.
• Participate in problem management reporting, resolution and documentation in Change, Asset and Problem Reporting System (CAPRS).
• Develop server configuration, maintenance and operations documentation.

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.