Senior Server Administrator

Job Function

• Administer, maintain, and support Windows Server environments, including physical and virtual servers.
• Manage and troubleshoot VMware vSphere / ESXi / vCenter environments.
• Support enterprise storage systems, including SAN, NAS, iSCSI, and Fiber Channel environments.
• Maintain server, storage and virtualization performance, capacity, availability, and health.
• Perform server builds, patching, upgrades, migrations and lifecycle management.
• Manage Active Directory related server services, including DNS, DHCP, Group Policy, file services, and authentication dependencies.
• Support backup and disaster recovery platforms, including job monitoring, restores, and recovery testing.
• Troubleshoot server, storage, network and application infrastructure issues.
• Maintain system documentation, diagrams, runbooks, and operational procedures.
• Affiliate with infrastructure projects, including server migrations, storage upgrades, virtualization improvements and cloud/hybrid initiatives.
• Ensure systems are configured according to security, compliance and operational standards.
• Participate in change management, incident response, and after-hours maintenance windows as needed.

Job Requirements

• Minimum of 5 years of experience in server administration, infrastructure support or systems engineering.
• Strong hands-on experience with Windows Server Administration.
• Strong experience with VMware, vSphere, ESXi and vCenter.
• Experience Managing enterprise storage systems, including SAN/NAS technologies.
• Experience with server hardware, RAID, firmware, drivers and hardware lifecycle management.
• Solid understanding of Active Directory, DNS, DHCP, group Policy, file shares, NTFS permissions and Windows security.
• Experience with backup and recovery technologies such as Veeam, Commvault, Rubrik, Cohesity or similar.
• Ability to troubleshoot complex infrastructure issues across servers, virtualization, storgae, backup and networking.
• Familiarity with monitoring tools and alerting platforms.
• Strong documentation, communication, and problem solving skills.
• Ability to work independently, prioritize tasks and support business-critical systems.