Associate Systems Administrator

W2 Contract-to-Hire • $25 - $30 per hour • Buckeye, AZ – Onsite

About the role

Experienced IT technical administrator who will perform infrastructure hardware and software build-out activities for new Supply Chain facility and expansion projects. Responsible for administering, monitoring, and supporting Supply Chain facility hardware platforms, operating systems, and their related products and technologies during build-out. Focused on improving distribution center operations through participation in support and integration activities of our distribution and operation support systems. As a member of a team, this position will ensure high standards for system implementation, establishing documentation, standards, best practices, procedures, processes, and guidelines.

Responsibilities

• Administer, monitor, and support distribution-center hardware platforms, operating systems, and related technologies.
• Participate in the build-out of new Supply Chain facilities and expansion projects.
• Integrate and support distribution and operation support systems to improve distribution-center operations.
• Develop and maintain documentation, standards, best practices, procedures, processes, and guidelines.

Requirements

• Working experience with networking topologies and wireless computing infrastructure.
• Working experience maintaining network systems and services, including servers, routers, switches, firewalls, VPN, VoIP, and other IP devices.
• Working experience with UNIX and Windows operating systems.
• Working experience with Internet/Intranet technologies.
• Working experience with Data Center design/optimization and environmental support components.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, root-cause-analysis, and troubleshooting skills.
• Undergraduate degree or equivalent work experience.

Preferred Qualifications

• A minimum of two years of experience with backup technologies, high-end storage solutions (Hitachi SAN preferred), SCCM System Management, and Event Management tools.
• Experience with the installation, maintenance, security, performance monitoring, performance tuning, and integrity of operating systems.
• Experience with IT processes such as System Management, Patch Management, Change Management, Configuration Management, Release Management, Problem Management, Business Continuity Planning, Customer Service, and Vendor Relationship Management.
• Experience defining and delivering effective methodologies and processes to enable a proactive work environment and structured, repeatable Tier 1 support.