Sr. Cloud Systems Administrator

Responsibilities

• Manage the rollout of various virtualization technologies and multi-tenant, private, and hybrid cloud environments
• Determine tooling, tool identification, and approaches for scripting and automation. Tools include Power Shell, OpenTofu, Ansible, ADO, Azure CLI
• Lead integration efforts with third-party SaaS and development partners
• Understand new infrastructure costs, present the difference in costs between options for deployment of infrastructure
• Oversee the installation of new and/or rebuild of existing servers and configure hardware, peripherals, services, settings, directories, storage, etc., in accordance with standards and project/operational requirements
• Provide oversight for the installation and configuration of systems such as Active Directory, DFS, and File and Print services
• Set direction for standards in the installation and configuring of all software running within DFA controlled environments. Ensure maintenance of documentation for all configurations for IT utilities and business applications
• Provide expert guidance on virtual technologies including but not limited to VMWare, Nutanix and Hyper-V
• Provide expert guidance on RDS and other virtual desktop technologies. Advise the Desktop Support team with options for this technology and assist in how it should be deployed
• Set direction for the development and maintenance of installation and configuration procedures
• Set direction for maintaining system standards and ensure the accuracy of this documentation
• Work with the Operations team in implementing automation and orchestration of infrastructure tasks
• Work with the Assurance team to help set direction for security monitoring to identify any possible intrusions
• Set direction in the design and management of Active directory including Organizational Unit (OU), Group, and User related tasks
• Provide systems administration related solutions for various project and operational needs
• Participate in technical research and development to enable continuing innovation within the infrastructure
• Study existing information processing systems to evaluate effectiveness and supply information to the senior team for improvement roadmap
• Provide tier I/advanced support. Investigate and troubleshoot issues
• Repair and recover from hardware or software failures. Coordinate and communicate with impacted business group(s)
• Set direction to ensure the following tasks are properly handled: apply operating system (OS) patches and upgrades on a regular basis, upgrade administrative tools and utilities, configure / add new services as necessary
• Audit hardware/software to ensure compliance with organization guidelines
• Maintain a database/library of all supporting documentation for hardware and software, including all operational SOPs, configuration, or other procedures
• Supply periodic performance reporting to support capacity planning
• Configure CPU, memory, and disk partitions as required
• Maintain data center environmental and monitoring equipment
• Work directly with management to set direction for the install and support of cloud infrastructure (e.g., Azure, AWS)

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree, with a technical major, such as computer science with 5+ years’ system administration or transferable technical experience or equivalent combination of education and experience
• Experience with various virtualization technologies and multi-tenant, private, and hybrid cloud environments
• Experience with scripting and automation tools such as Power Shell, OpenTofu, Ansible, ADO, Azure CLI
• Knowledge of the following technologies: Windows OS, Active Directory, File and Print services, VMWare, Nutanix, Server Networking, Azure
• Working knowledge of the following protocols: TCP/IP, UDP, SMTP, HTTP, FTP, SMB and CIFS
• Experience with migration from on premises to cloud services such as Azure or AWS