Systems Administrator
Summary
On-site Systems Administrator on the Fremont IT Infrastructure team, managing Windows and Linux servers across physical, virtual, and cloud environments — patching, monitoring, troubleshooting outages, administering SaaS (M365, Intune, Atlassian), and supporting public cloud services like VMs, Kubernetes, and storage.
JOB TITLE: Systems Administrator
FLSA: Exempt
Department: IT
Report to: IT Manager
Job Summary:
The Quanta Manufacturing Fremont (QMF) Systems Engineering team is responsible for architecting, building, automating, and managing our server Infrastructure at our campus in Fremont, CA and our public cloud providers. As a Systems Administrator, you will work with talented colleagues on challenging projects within the IT Infrastructure. You'll bring a proactive approach to server infrastructure management and support, addressing both immediate operational requirements and long-term systems stability. You’ll enjoy this team if you like working in a highly collaborative environment focused on being entrepreneurial, agile, and responsive.
Key Responsibilities:
- Implement, and maintain various Windows server infrastructures (physical, virtual and cloud), focusing on scalability, reliability, and security.
- Perform systems maintenance and system upgrades including service packs, patches, hot fixes, and security configurations.
- Monitor server performance, ensure system availability and reliability, and provide optimization recommendations.
- Troubleshoot server infrastructure problems, outages, and ensure rapid resolution of system incidents.
- Work with the latest compute and storage management tools.
- Experience with physical server hardware and storage systems.
- Experience Managing SaaS offerings like M365, Google, Intune and Atlassian.
- Establish and maintain a strong relationship with the business including local, remote, and regional users regarding server technology solutions.
- Document server configuration and operational procedures.
- Establish & maintain healthy working relationships with all technology departments.
- Be viewed as a knowledgeable and reliable technical resource across all infrastructure technologies.
- Ensure the business understands our service portfolio by translating technical solutions into simple to understandable dialogue.
- Manage and support Public Clouds associated security, compute and storage services like virtual machines, kubernetes, db, storage, etc.
- Partner with the InfoSec team to ensure Security best practices are enforced in an effective and scalable manner.
Education and Experience:
- 2+ years of hands-on experience with Linux and Windows administration and application resource utilization monitoring.
- Experience with virtualization technologies (e.g., VMware, KVM).
- Server Hardware experience (e.g., Dell, HPE).
- SaaS Management experience (M365, Intune and Atlassian).
- Solid understanding of networking concepts (TCP/IP, DNS, DHCP, firewalls).
- Familiarity with monitoring tools (e.g., Nagios, Zabbix, Prometheus).
- Experience with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP) is a plus.
- Strong problem-solving and analytical skills.
- Excellent communication and documentation abilities.
- Minimum 4-year college degree in Management Information Systems, Computer Science, or equivalent discipline.
- Linux or Windows Certification a plus.
- Cloud Certification a plus.
Physical Requirements:
- Ability to walk and stand on cement floors for long periods.
- Ability to stand, stoop, bend and perform repetitive tasks.
- Must be able to lift to 30 pounds at a time.
- Prolonged periods of sitting at a desk and working on a computer
- A driver's license and the ability to travel to various sites within Fremont city limits