Infrastructure Administrator

Overview: The position is responsible for operational management and support of network and server systems hardware, operating systems, and associated management applications and infrastructure at all Arizona Financial Credit Union facilities, including the Operations Center, Branch Offices, and Data Center facilities.

Responsibilities

• Administer and maintain core infrastructure components and applications to ensure they are available, reliable, relevant, secure, and scalable.
• Support all segments within the Information Technology department by contributing to and reviewing detailed design requirements, evaluating and anticipating the impact of technical solutions, and contributing to technical specifications.
• Demonstrate advanced troubleshooting skills in the identification and resolution of problems.
• Plan, document, and execute complex change requests including rollback and validation.
• Follow best practices when making decisions on environment architecture (AD, DNS, DHCP, Certs, etc.).
• Install, maintain, and operate local area network server hardware and operating systems, including virtualized systems.
• Manage new and existing users and specify appropriate individual, group, and enterprise-wide directory structures, applications, and system access levels.
• Troubleshoot and restore services on systems and network-related events in internal-facing systems and network connections; maintain all LAN/WAN and Internet connections.
• Maintain and operate enterprise archival systems, electronic mail filtering, and Internet usage systems.
• Maintain software with current patches and hardware/software upgrades to ensure systems are current.
• Perform other job-related duties as assigned.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in a technology-related field or commensurate experience.
• Three (3) years’ experience as an administrator in one or more of the following: VMware vSphere environment; Microsoft solutions such as Active Directory, Exchange, Azure, O365, Intune, SCCM, Teams, and other Microsoft enterprise technologies.
• LAN/WAN networking experience in a multi-site, multi-datacenter environment leveraging next-generation switching and routing technologies such as Arista, Aruba, Cisco, and Palo Alto.
• Experience with backup, restore, and archive technologies including Veeam with VMware.
• CompTIA Network+, Server+, or Linux+ certification, or similar level certification within the past 10 years.
• One of the following certifications required within the first year: Microsoft Azure Associate, VMware VCTA, Cisco CCT, Arista ACE-L1, or similar level certification.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience administering systems in a stretched metro cluster environment.
• Experience running VMware with NSX networking with service insertion.
• Experience with Brocade SAN solutions.
• Experience with collaboration and communication platforms like Anywhere365, Numonix, Calabrio, XM Fax, or similar.
• Certification in one or more of the following: Microsoft Azure Associate, VMware VCTA, Cisco CCT, Arista ACE-L1, or similar level certification.

Work Environment and Physical Demands

• Regularly required to sit; use hands to finger keys accurately when using calculator machines or computer keyboards; reach with hands and arms.
• Occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds.
• Specific vision abilities required include close vision, color vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.
• The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.
• Must be able to travel independently to department and branch locations.
• Employees who work from home must have business operational internet to complete work tasks and communicate via video call or chat messaging systems in a dedicated workspace.

Pay

$86,100.00